Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

Why Cassper won’t take pics with fans

- Sunday Correspond­nent Life

DURING his recent performanc­e at the City Hall Car Park in Bulawayo, Cassper Nyovest presented a side of himself that fans may not be familiar with.

A scuffle had broken out between fans in the small crowd that had come to see him put up another spellbindi­ng performanc­e, and as fists flew, the rapper barked a warning from the stage.

“Stop doing what you’re doing,” he shouted from stage as he cut the music. “We are here to have a good time and you’re spoiling things,” he said. It was not much what the rapper said as much as how he said it. The force of his command was

immediatel­y acknowledg­ed by the brawlers who put an end to their party spoiling hostilitie­s. For many fans, it was a rare sight t o see Nyovest angry. Since he emerged on the scene, the rapper has sold himself as the poster child of African humility and humbleness, something that has earned him the adoration of fans that see him as a peace loving wordsmith who is vastly different from his foe, AKA. The latter has been known to throw fans off the stage should they come too close for comfort.

Last year AKA threw a fan’s phone off the balcony afte after they had tried to take a selfie with his celebrit celebrity girlfriend Bonang Matheba. On her recent trip to Bulawayo, Kalawa Jazzmee diva BusiswaBus­isw also found herself in the crosshairs after refusin refusing to take a picture with physically challenged Bulawayo socialite Michelle Madau.

Nyovest h however, revealed that he was also not immun immune to the frustratio­ns that come with a life lived ini the spotlight.

“Sometimes“Sometim I do say no because I’m not in the mood and I do forgive myself. I give as much of myself as I c can. I take as many pictures as I can and I talk tot as many people as I can. I give as much adviceadvi­c as I can and that’s the least that I can do,” the rapper revealed in an interview.

The rapper,rapp who burst onto the scene with his hit song Gusheshe in 2013, revealed that he now shied a away from confrontat­ions as people seemed to findfi offence whenever he fired back.

“It is not easy to get used to (fame) but I’m used to it now.n Whenever I get uncomforta­ble with somethings­ometh I don’t react. Sometimes when I respond s some people get offended so I just choose to keep quiet so that I don’t offend anyone. It’s impossible to be loved by everyone but I just don’tdo want to offend people,” he said.

As he app approached the stage at the City Hall Car Park, N Nyovest was mobbed by fans who seemed overwhelme­dove by the fact that the man that they usuallyus idolise from the TV screen was now a fingertip’sfinge touch away.

Although he appeared overwhelme­d by the reception, NyovestN said he had learnt to take the good withw the bad when it came to all the adorationa­doratio that he got showered with on a regular basis.basi

“You havehav to look at it from both ways. If it wasn’t for t the people and the love (that they give) and theth crazy things that they would do for you like,like (for example) spend their money on you.

“It’s crazy because who spends their money on someonesom­eon else? The least that you can do is appreciate thatt by giving your time. Every time that you can take a picture you do so that those times that youy can’t you don’t feel bad,” he said.

Bruce Ndlovu

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