UPDATE | Jah Prayzah apologises for “stealing” song after Thomas Mapfumo intervention.
Jah Prayzah, who recently released his 14th album, found himself in the eye of a plagiarism storm after Dr Blessing Ivan Vava, the regional director at Crisis Coalition in Zimbabwe, claimed that his song, Moto, sounded too similar to Makore’s Kanyarugwe.
While Makore also noted the similarities between the two songs, veteran chimurenga music star Thomas Mapfumo said that he had managed to broker peace between the two artists.
"I have heard about the issue and immediately decided to intervene and put the matter to rest.
Jah Prayzah called me and apologised. We accepted the apology, and I appreciated the show of maturity. Jah Prayzah told me that he was given the beat by someone and did not know that the beat had been taken elsewhere," Mapfumo said in a interview.
Mapfumo said in his later years he was only interested in fostering peace between artists.
“Coming up with similar beats is common in music and I have seen it before. However, I have reached a point where I do not need to fight with younger artistes since I have grown to become an elder in the industry.
