{"id":64632,"date":"2022-08-18T16:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/musician-ba-shupi-frustrated-that-famous-artists-wont-do-collabos-with-him"},"modified":"2022-08-18T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T16:54:21","slug":"musician-ba-shupi-frustrated-that-famous-artists-wont-do-collabos-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/musician-ba-shupi-frustrated-that-famous-artists-wont-do-collabos-with-him","title":{"rendered":"Musician Ba Shupi Frustrated That Famous Artists\u2019 Won\u2019t Do Collabos With Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe Urban Grooves Musician Ba Shupi has expressed frustration that famous musicians won\u2019t do music collaboration projects with him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Star FM\u2019s Ollah 7, Ba Shupi said he had tried to approach popular local musicians to do collabos with him.<\/p>\n<p>He mentined he had approached artists such as Winky D, Holy Ten, Nutty O, Freeman, and Enzo Ishall.<\/p>\n<p>Said Ba Shupi:<\/p>\n<p>I have approached Holy Ten. I spoke to 7 people before giving up in frustration as I had still not been able to speak to Holy Ten himself. I met Nutty O and he expressed willingness to work with me, but when I spoke to his management, it was a frustrating experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>I have tried that with Winky, I have tried that with Freeman, I have tried that with Enzo, I have tried that with a lot of artists.<\/p>\n<p>They essentially close the door on you. I end wondering \u201cdo these people know that we are all Zimbabwean artists and we need each other?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ba Shupi is a Karanga singer, actor, vocalist, and songwriter who sings his own unique style of urban grooves. 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