SUNGURA “Godfather” Hosiah Chipanga has announced he could shelve his music career citing piracy as the major reason. He added he would only release an album after piracy was dealt with.
Report by Jairos Saunyama Own Correspondent
The Mutare-based musician cum prophet, who released his 25th album last month, said it was unwise for him to release another album as he was not getting anything from it.
In an interview, Chipanga — who is the leader of Messiah’s Apostolic Prophetic Inspired People’s Institute (Mapipi) church — said he would no longer release an album until God asked him to do so.
“I have decided to shelve all my forthcoming albums then keep them as part of my will with my lawyers so that my family will release them when there will be no piracy. It’s better that way instead of working for fraudsters who are reaping where they did not sow. This is what I am going to do. If I release an album, it will be for free, but for now the nation must know that I did my part and because of piracy I am going to stop releasing albums,” he said.
Meanwhile, the wordsmith is boasting of a new album released last month titled Dzorai Vana that is receiving fair airplay.
Although the musician has not sold any CD it was being sold on the streets by pirates. This, he said, has decelerated his drive towards recording any of his albums in store.
Chipanga is a popular musician in the country who is well known for hit songs Kwachu Kwachu, Nyamututa and Shinda Isina Tsono, among others. He rose to fame with the album Vapange Chipanga which carried the hit song Ndagaya.
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However, he stunned his legion of fans after he launched a church at his house a few months ago. He is rating himself as one of the best prophets in the country.
