13 April
1993 a baby boy was conceived, 12 years later he was now writing his own music
and 20 years later he has become a force to reckon with. This is not a scene
from a Hollywood fictional movie but a description of Tinashe Gonzara better
known in the music circles as T-Gonz
He has
worked with Maskiri, Tererai Mugwadi, Cindy, Xndr, Dr Clarence, Qounfuzed, Ras
Tiraz, to mention but just a few. The ever smiling rapper has a natural
aptitude for using words in a quick and inventive way to create humour. You cannot
help it but laugh your lungs out if you listen to his music.
In one song “Dear
Tererai” he assumes the persona of a young man in love with an older woman, and
telling her how much he desires to be with her and at the same time
acknowledging that it is not possible for them to fall in love since the woman
is married. He has other songs like Tine musikanzwa featuring Maskiri, Hupenyu
featuring Cindy, Panapa and Kana party yapera among others.
He has
worked with Talented producers like Gaanwid, Xndr, Spencer Masango, Rapha and
Dr Clarence.
Like most
artist of this era he uses Social Platforms like Facebook, Soundcloud,
Reverbnation and YouTube to spread the tentacles of his music world wide. He also
sells CDs and is currently working on a video which will be out soon.
He is
inspired by real life situations a fact that can be confirmed by listening to
his music. To him every pleasant or unpleasant situation can be translated into
a song. He is inspired by real life situations and circumstances.
One cannot
talk about the ‘ZimHop’ movement without mentioning T Gonz. It took us 3 days
to finally get in touch with him because his mobile phone is always busy; a lot
of promoters are on the hunting for his signature. He is definitely going to
change the shape of the Zimbabwean music industry.
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