Ti Gonzi and Maskiri battle it out on YouTube views
Mako Jerera
Hip-hop rapper, Tinashe Gonzara popularly known as Ti Gonzi, launched a new album titled “Hip Hopu YekuGhetto Volume 2″ two months ago which has a music video already trending on YouTube.
Ti Gonzi flexed his rap muscle in his new song “Pachi hipu hopu”.
The title “Pachi Hipu hopu” means “The Hip Hop Way” taping into his reflections on the vernacular Hip Hop sub culture that is popular amongst the millennials and Gen Zs in Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwean local hip-hop artiste is one of the most versatile lyricists currently.
The album is available on all digital music platforms and is being distributed by Zvigaba.com.
The music video and the album at large seeks to highlight the rapper’s musical and personal journey that is full of pain, anger, grief and mental anguish.
Ti Gonzi who has been away from the lime light was mugged and left for dead and has had trouble with drug and alcohol addiction.
It took a long time for Ti Gonzi to cope with the death of his mother in February last year.
The new song and album is an untold story of how Ti Gonzi overcame these setbacks.
The new banger stands as one of the most viewed videos with over 18 000 views and sitting on number 15 trending in just four days.
However he trails behind his master and veteran rapper Alishias ‘Maskiri’ Musimbe who has two songs trending number 11 and 12 on Youtube.
The controversial rapper who has also been on a haetus has returned to the music scene with a very peculiar collaboration with the mbira artiste Tambaoga who is best know for his 2008 hit jingles Zesa Yauya and Rambai Makashinga.
Tambaoga featured on Maskiri’s love jam Meju (short for Mejury) which is ranking number 12 trending on Youtube.
On number 11 trending on Youtube is the track Mandy where Maskiri featured DJ Face. The song explores homosexual relations where ‘Mandy’ (a lesbian) leaves Maskiri for another woman.
Controversy is a recurrent trait in Maskiri’s discography since the days he released the hit ‘Madam Mombeshora’.
Maskirir’s Mandy has made 24 000 views while Meju has 19 000 views in just two days.
The master has shown why he is the leader of the pack.
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