WINKY D COKE STUDIO UPDATE

          ZIMDANCEHALL TOP TEN 2017

1.WINKY D

Winky started gaining recognition in the mid 2000’s when he released ‘Ini Ndiri Rasta’.He then took over the whole game when he released the album which had Baba Musarova Bigman. He has since released 5albums which contain many chart topping hits and has become very influential. In the bid to pursuade the Zimbabwean male population to get circumcised, Population Services International, and the Ministry of Health and Child Wlfare initiated a Winky D and Oliver Mtukudzi dueyt. He has been involved in several conflicts because of his single Kufira kureva which touches on how the ghetto-youth are abusing drugs in the country

2.FREEMAN [HKD BOSS]

Freeman came onto the scene with a major hit ‘Joina City’. This song made waves on all local radio stations and managed to crossover to the older generation which not many young artists are failing to do. They call him the dancehall doctor [HKD BOSS] and is a promising artist who we are hoping will start growing his fan base in other countries .

3.JAH LOVE

The 28 year old star rose to prominence in 2012 when he released his hit songs titled ‘ndini uya uya’ and ‘Gumkum’. Gumkum made waves on all local radio stations. ‘Ndini uya uya’ topped the star-fm charts for many weeks which helped him gain momentum with the non dance-hall fans. Soul jah love won two awards at the 2013 Zim Dance-hall Awards for the Best Collaboration and Best Upcoming Artiste and best song in 2014.

4.KILLER T

The ‘FOR THE WHY  ZVICHITIRWEI ??’ artist has taken the whole game by storm. He has been releasing hit after hit from MAKAROVA GUNNERZ to BVUNZA TINZWE  the chanter is showing no signs of slowing down. He is very popular in watering holes, public transport and hair salons. Killer T has become a household name not only in Mbare but in other high density suburbs. The dancehall star got his stage name from his brother who refers to him as a ‘killer’ of dancehall lyrics. The 26 year old self-proclaimed Matapi Chairman has built a fan base in Harare and has spilt over to the rest of the country.

5.LADY SQUANDA

Lady Squanda is an award-winning artist and one of the very few popular female artists in the male-dominated Zimdancehall music genre. The self-proclaimed Queen of Zimdancehall has performed popular tracks such as Ndinovhaira. She has been dogged with controversy, from fights over men to use of provocative and vulgar language in her songs. Lady Squanda has said her inspiration as a musician is Jamaican female reggae artists, Lady Saw.

6.SEH CALAS [BOSS YALA]

Calaz entered the music industry in 2013 when he released his single ‘PATAKATANGA’ which went viral in the ghettos but did not recieve any air play on the local radio stations. He became an instant star when he released ‘Mumota murikubvira’ which got massive airplay on radio stations and later became very popular with public transport. He later on won the King of Dancehall contest held in December 2013 and walked away with $1 000. When Turbulence came to Zimbabwe in 2013, the two made a remix of Seh Calaz hit song.

and now he is also promising artist who we are hoping will start growing his fan base in other countries .

8.guspy warrior

The son of the famous Manyeruke who is the Godfather of Zim Gospel is the complete opposite of his father in terms of content but chances are in a dacade or two he will be one of the God Fathers of Zim dance hall which is the movement he has been a part of for over five years now. He has dropped tracks like ‘Handikwanise’, ‘yellow bone’ and ‘joze’ but non of them have been as big as his latest effort ‘yowe maihwe’ which has had massive success in our local industry.

9.SHINSOMAN

Shinso who is also known as baba Divanti has been recorded eversince 2009 but only managed to break through into the industry in 2013 when he released his hit song ‘mawaya waya’. His unique husky voice has made him a force to reckon with in the tightly contested Zim dancehall genre. He won the Best Song of the Year Award for ‘Mawaya waya’ at the 2013 Zim dancehall awards. He became one of the first dancehall artists to perform 

DADZA D

Dhadza's music career started when he was still at primary school at a very young age of 10 when he played "marimba" for the school club. The school authorities allowed him to play the instrument even though kids at his age were not allowed to do so. After school, he then went on to sign a record deal with Topshatta Records that saw him subsequently releasing his debut album, "Welcome Prince Ah Fire". The album carried a number of hit tracks such as "Dont get stuck" and "Chikosoro" both which made it in the Zimbabwe Top 20 for a number of weeks.