Grammy award winner Zakes Bantwini says he feels paranoid following the death of fellow musician AKA.
He says he is scared of performing and honouring his gigs as the music sector currently mourning the tragic death of the rapper.
Bantwini also said the passing of the music powerhouse has left him traumatised, adding that the incident took him back to the pain he felt when his father was also shot four times in the head a few weeks ago.
“We are all fearful and when you have fear, you have to think again about going to a gig, about posting your show on your Instagram stories,” the Osama hitmaker says.
“Nobody is supposed to die especially through somebody else’s will. We live in such trying times and it makes you worry because no one is ever brought to book when such things happen.”
The producer and DJ plans to hang his microphone after 20 years but he will first release his fourth album, which he’s working on currently.
Speaking to Drum, the multi-award-winning artist says the album is the final thread in his relationship with Universal music.
“When I release this album, I will be done. My relationship with Universal will be over and I will be a free agent, I will be a free man,” he added.
“When I started music, I knew that I wanted to win a Grammy. When I went to school, I was like, there’s no way that I would spend four years studying music and then I’m not going to have a Grammy.
“I am totally against the SAMAs judges because they have robbed us of the SAMAs. Today, we don’t trust the SAMAs because of the judges.
“People who should be judging anything that is through the SAMAs should be music enthusiasts at the highest level, should have studied music and at least be in the music industry.”
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