HIPHOP VERSUS LAW
HIPHOP VERSUS LAW N ew year is always a good year but 2018 is not doing any favor for MDubz hip hop music artists. In the first two months of the year 2018, we have already witnessed apprehension of two hip hop artists for recording songs which are said to be slightly parallel to the constitution of Malawi. The first victim of the ordeal was rapper Chavula, real name Mwiza Chavura, ex member of the legendary music group Trap-squad which comprised of the likes of Stich fray, Juda gaga, the late Revolver & Sir patricks. The rapper got arrested earlier this year for recording a song titled Rape. The songs concept focused on a guy (Chavura) threatening a girl who has been rejecting him that he will one day rape her “Nzakupanga rape! Kukamwa kwako nzaku mata tape” part of the lyric reads. Morally, the song was indeed extremely out of virtues for most Malawians, but unfortunately, hip-hop fans saw nothing wrong with the song. “ It’s a lovely song, I see nothing wrong about ...