has been negative feedback, but
comparing the negative to the
positive, the numbers are
minor.
G.M.: Are you getting airplay?
Karma: Yes I am! Not as much
as I want to but that’s not in my
control, but, I’m getting airplay.
GM.: As a rising artist, what
are your thoughts on the
music industry in Zimbabwe?
Karma: I think that in Zim as a
whole, the entertainment is at
par for Zim standards, because
we have always found a way to
entertain ourselves. But
globally, I think that we still
have a long way to go. But we’re
working on it and I’m loving
the progress. We are making a
lot of progress.
GM.: We got to listen to your
album and wow! Who did
you work with and what’s the
motivation behind “Chasing
Moments”?
Karma: On “Chasing Moments” I
have worked with Gappy
Ranks, he is a dancehall artist
from the UK, I’ve also worked
with a local poet
Madzitatiguru, Simz, he’s also
a local artist, I’ve worked with
Antwoine Grey; he’s from
America. We connected
through Reverbnation. I also
featured R&B singer, Mikaile.
“Chasing Moments” is about
selected moments that I chose
to put into the album. Some sad,
some happy, some mellow; I
wanted to put them in there so
that people could find moments,
like the moments and they get
to think about their own
moments, like the moments
they get to think about their
own moments, the moments
that they cherish, or the
moments that they want to
remember, that’s what the
album is about.
that it’s too cliché; if you were to ask
some other rapper who they would
like to work with they’d probably say
2Chainz or Lil Wayne. But, K’naan, I
think it would really be explosive!
GM.: Who are your musical
inspirations?
GM.: Where do you want to take
your music?
Karma: Okay, first of all Bob
Marley. Nas, I listen to a lot of
Nas. I also listen to Talib Kweli,
Mos Def. I listen to a lot of
underground hip-hop.
Underground hip-hop is more
mature than commercial hiphop. So I think that’s where it
comes.
GM.: So far you have worked
with an interesting selection
of artists. Who would like to
work with locally and on a
global scale?
Karma: Locally, I really want to
work with Rockford, Roqui. I
think that we would really
make a tight track, if we really
sit down to it. And
internationally I’d like to work
with K’naan. K’naan has reached
international levels now, so I’d
like to work with him . I’m not
too keen on other artists. I think
Karma: As far as it can go. If it can go
to Mars, we’ll see. But as I’m going to
South Africa for school, you can see
that it’s a strategic move because your
recognition internationally is more
probable to happen in S.A. than here.
So it’s a way of bringing it here,
because you go there to bring it here.
GM.: Last words…
Karma: First of all don’t judge! Don’t
judge people. You have no right to,
not at all! And be yourself. Those are
basically the lessons that I have learnt
the whole of last year. Ignore other
people’s opinions. I’m not saying
don’t listen to what they say, hear
them a