Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s entertainment industry is facing a familiar but intensifying dilemma, recalling October 21, when Hip Hop artiste Cosmas Mfoy, famously known as Rapcha, released his thought-provoking track Politrix.
In it, he rapped, “You don’t know how hard I’m fighting to leave a legacy, and I don’t want to divide my fans.”
At the time, it seemed a bold artistic statement. In hindsight, Rapcha may have foreseen the storm soon to hit the music scene, where politics, fan loyalty, and artistic identity collide.
Since the October 29 general election and the curfew that followed, accompanied by an internet shutdown, many artistes have found themselves on precarious ground.
Fans who once idolised them have withdrawn support, accu
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