Mark Fish error a bonus for ‘Hotstix’
AFTER being part of a viral trend courtesy of Mark Fish‚ legendary musician Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse said he did not hold Fish’s ignorance against him and said the soccer veteran might have introduced him to people who never knew of him.
The musician said it was all water under the bridge.
“I am firstly a human being‚ capable of making errors and mistakes like all of us. I looked at Mark’s faux pas in that context.”
The retired soccer player was ripped to shreds on Twitter for posting a picture of himself with Hotstix instead of Hugh Masekela.
Mabuse said Fish had exposed his ignorance but he understood why.
“Yes‚ it’s ignorance‚ obviously. He probably doesn’t know much about me. Perhaps if it was football he would have known the difference between Shakes Mashaba and Pitso Mosimane.
“So in that space‚ which is a foreign space to him I guess‚ he made that kind of mistake. Shame‚ for me it was OK. I didn’t really take that much offence and‚ if anything‚ I guess it made me even more famous.”
Mabuse, who also has an impressive social media presence‚ said he had hired a team to take care of his social media because he wanted his focus to be on music and mentoring young artists.
“I mentor young people because I know that seasons and times change. You will not always be hot in this space‚ which is why you must create space for the younger people to shine. I can’t not share what I know with them.”