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Meet Award Winning African Pop artist Kazz Khalif
Meet Kazz Khalif, birth name Farhaan Khan was born in Malawi and raised in Zimbabwe. Kazz is the co-founder of Boomslang Production, a multi-faceted media house focusing on four aspects of the industry, namely audio engineering, artist development, video production and Clothing line.
The Southern African artist inherited his love for music from his father. Kazz notes, “My love for music stemmed from watching my father perform in his band (The KJ’s) I saw his eyes widen and brighten whenever he picked up his guitar. He was a big part of my love of music, and I knew that’s what I wanted to be when I grew up.”
“My earliest memories go back to when I was a toddler. I remember singing ‘Chimsoro’ by Oliver Mtukudzi and I confirmed this with my sister, and she also said I loved singing along to Gwen Guthrie’s song ‘Ain’t nothing going on but the rent’.”
The admiration, exposure, and endless opportunities to sing/dance on any and every occasion led to the beginning of Pryzm Inc Studio. Kazz spent a lot of time creating material with his brother (Bkay), eventually, the brothers chose to rebrand and thus, Boomslang Production was born.
Bkay and Kazz eventually found themselves i
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If you are a “neutral” observer you would agree that the past week has been equivalent to the World War Three of Words. The Elon Musk platform now called X was aflame in whatever country or region you looked at.
For the Zimbos, the constant word was “gaslighting” – arguments on political leadership (or absence of same) were at the heart of the twar. Accusations were made. Counterarguments were thrown. Receipts in the form of screenshots were resurrected. I know this involved real people, with real emotions, but it was more riveting than the El Classico. Emperors were found walking naked. Not very demure, you would agree.
Down south in Mandelaland, bigotry ended up entangling e-hailing service providers and even fast-food restaurants. The pathology of hate always exhausts itself because it is entirely driven by negative energy. When you are done with your primary target, you move to the next weaker group and hail hate speech on the basis of perceived difference.
Across the Atlantic, Michelle Obama decided to ditch the sophistication of “going higher, when they go low.” She went for Donald’s jugular: “Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs?”
In all this noise, it is easy to lose focus on what’s important –
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