As the people of the Eastern Cape, we need to stop this inferior way of thinking that an artist has to come from a more superior province like GP for them to be given props. People like DJ Tulz, Maxhoseni, Number, Blaqphamas, Andile Seskhona, Iintloko Zeenyoka tons more have been giving us beautiful music for years and yet we fail to big them up. Instead, we idolize mediocre artists just because baphuma ejozi. Our People dont need to win awards like Zahara or Berita for us to give them recognition. The awards should be a cherry on top of the props that we, the people theyre trying to serve, have already been giving them. Having said that, big ups to Zahara, Berita, Luthando, Point 5, Dumza Maswana others whove been flying the EC flag high As for the EC government, they need to stop this hypocrisy of organizing big events, invite big stars, give them tens of thousands then only give our local artists the change.The amount of money they give to 5 national artists would be enough to give a platform to 30 local artists Im not undermining the opportunities that the government gives to our artists during The Carnival and the Switching on of Lights, however, with all due respect, they are not enough Theres absolutely no reason they cannot come up with programs that will assist boys like Celtic, Lolo, Jigga. Give them a little push the right direction and help them turn into national icons, right from our backyard.Do they really need to go to JHB, CPT DBN, get exploited before they finally make it? I say that aint right! Eastern Cape is as good as Gauteng and our stars deserve to shine, right here. King Beema trufm
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