GOSPEL music icon, Mechanic Manyeruke has revealed that he is yet to listen to his son, Guspy Warrior’s music despite him having made it big in Zimdancehall.
Over three years after entering the music scene, Guspy – as Emmanuel Manyeruke is popularly known – maintains that he has no regrets over his genre and choice of lyrics which range from sexually suggestive themes to drug abuse.
Popular for his biblical lyrics and artistic serenity, Manyeruke has admitted that despite all the noise his son has made in the music industry, he not yet summoned the courage to listen to Guspy’s lyrics.
“I am yet to sit down and listen to any single album except what I come across on television,” said Manyeruke in a documentary screened in Harare recently, courtesy of the International Images Film Festival.
Guspy’s hit song Seunononga, which shook the airwaves in 2013, is premised on mischief with the video loaded with sexually-suggestive dance styles.
Notwithstanding his father’s attitude towards his type of music, the youthful artist revealed that he is devoted to Zimdancehall and has always been ready to overcome family resistance.
“I had to be firm. I said ‘You guys are going to be disappointed but I stand for what I believe in’,” he said.
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Father and son were, however, featured together with many other artists, in the documentary And the Beat Goes On which profiles two generations of Zimbabwean musicians.
Although Manyeruke, who said his best album is Ari Mandiri Jesu, has since gone public declaring his love for his son, it appears he is still struggling to accept Guspy’s genre.
“My music targets the youths. I chose to sing music for my age.I am always positive and always try and encourage people of my generation not to worry because things will be alright,” said Guspy. – online
