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The 23-year-old hip-hop and afro-pop singer said the media should be decentralized and be able to incorporate everyone regardless of where he or she hails from. “The music industry in Zimbabwe is centralized and you know everything that promotes music is in Harare,” said Snippet. “All I am saying is that the media should be decentralized if we are to reach our musical destination and the other is artistes should behave more like investors, that is, the more you invest in your music the greater the results. “As artistes we must also push our projects to the limit if we are to be played on air internationally and we must submit our music to internationally recognized media houses,” said Snippet. Snippet hopped into the music industry in 2007 before doing his first recording in 2009 with Perfect Madzima. “From then I did multiple projects to date and my He said he was inspired by his Manager Abel Mavura projections considering the fact that Zimbabwe is full who apart from music used some of his money to of talent is that I will be one of the best artistes if I open a charity organization and his parents through stay focused and keeping originality like not trying to their encouragement. copy anyone in the music industry,” Snippet said. Internationally Snippet was inspired by Lil Wayne an The Economics student at Midlands State University American rapper who is his favorite superstar. (MSU) said his guiding philosophy is to soldier on “I want to invest more on my music projects so with even if it is hard because usually when it is hard you my upcoming album No Romance Without Finance, will be close to the soft spot. I think it will be a stepping stone to my success and “Hope hadzichabata was my best song ever next year according to my manager we have also produced by Dr Pitt Zee and I featured Maskiri, started to record with DJ Dimples, a South African Willie Bounce and Centre Party and the song brings producer and I hope we will be the talk of the special memories because that is the first project that region,” said Snippet. opened doors for me. The young rapper was born last in a family of five “I even recorded Wandinoda with a Zambian group boys in Kadoma before relocating to Bulawayo in called Clique Viral and I heard that the track did well 2007. in Zambia’s own radio stations Komboni 94.2 FM and JOY FM,”said Snippet. Above: Donvert Snippett performing The Bulawayo based musician also said that he usually spends most of his time hanging out. Photo: Donvert Facebook Photos 5 SOCIAL ISSUES Children’s future under threat By Courage Pahla IT is said that children are the future of tomorrow, it might be in oblivion as many of them struts around corners of nightclubs being vendors at most renowned pubs in the high density suburbs of Harare. A cause for concern is that selling cigarettes, eggs and condoms has become common parlance for children mostly in Kuwadzana and Mbare. Their lives are among ordinary lives that remain unnoticed. Prince Thole has sold all these to survive life as a 13-year-old orphan to earn school fees and worries about her grandmother left behind at their home in Kuwadzana. In the night, Thole sits on cardboard box to scavenge children aged below 15 who are estimated to have lost for his customers most of them who are drunkards at their mothers. his top spot Sun Set night club in Kuwadzana. He’s not Results from an assessment of children vending around alone, more children around the country eke out a living bars in most residential suburbs in Harare showed that on the highways and byways from vending. the majority ended up there as a result of poverty, family “It’s not a good place to make money since you can re- breakdown and loss of parents due to HIV and AIDS. ceive it with some form of harassment. Selling condoms There is rapid growth in the number of orphaned to adults is one of the most difficult task but you have no children in Zimbabwe, by last year it is estimated that choice but do that to earn a living. more than one third of children may have lost parents “I realized that it is better to continue with my business as a result of HIV and AIDS. Many grandparents are left and help my grandmother rather than imitating grimy to care for the young whilst children end up vending for lifestyles done by street children,” said Thole.