Gather the congregation and ready the choir, Lady Zamar is in preach mode and dropped some pearls of wisdom on the topic of hate this week. The star has had her fair share of trips to the Twitter trends list, after being dragged for everything from her personal life to fashion.

She took to Twitter this week to address the hate she has been getting over the last few years and reminded her fans that haters are only hurting themselves. “Hate kills only you,” she said. Zamar added that so much energy is “wasted” trying to bring someone down, while destroying your own soul in the process.

You waste so much time plotting and planning someone’s demise only for it to be your own grave you’re digging.” She encouraged her followers to stay in their own lane and not listen to the hate. “Focus on your own growth and your own journey,” she added.

Her comments come just months after she told fans that often a hater can become a fan. “So what if some people don’t understand you? If they criticise and berate you? Fact is, it won’t be everyone and eventually, haters will become fans if you stay authentic, honest and true to you and who you are.”

Speaking to TshisaLIVE about how she felt about the backlash she often got, the Collide hitmaker explained that she was tired of people saying she was always looking for attention.“I am trying to find my identity as an African child and show others they can do that too without being placed in a mould of what you should wear or how you should look

Zodwa Wabantu recently took to social media to show off her new hairstyle but some fans noticed something else – The media personality had a few grey strands showing and a few social media users were quick to point them out.Zodwa Wabantu did not respond to those who mentioned her natural grey strands. Zodwa Wabantu recently showed off her hot new hairstyle on social media.

The socialite looked glammed up with the new look and manicured nails. Some social media users noticed that the media personality has a couple of grey strands creeping in.

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Gigi Lamayne has shared a hilarious video where she addresses the ‘very annoying’ question on when is she getting married. Judging by the skit, the rapper has had her fair share of that ‘rude’ question being thrown at her.

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She has decided to respond to those questions in a video on Instagram, expressing her frustration over such meddling, leaving many in stitches with her video.
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“This ‘Getting married thing is annoying,” she captioned her video. In the video she is asked about her age, and she responds with “20-something.” The rapper goes on about her night life and enjoying her youth, but all of that is disrupted by an old woman’s voice who asks when is she getting married.

Before the video ends, Gigi then talks about popping champagne, which is followed by a rude, “when are you popping champagne on your wedding” question.

Gigi is currently in her prime as her career is souring, however she has managed to keep her private life, private. The independent rapper has always been focused on achieving beyond her dreams, however she is proud is proud of her progress.

An aspect of her private life that she has been very open about is depression, revealing that in 2019 she fell into depression but has since made progress.

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She had posted a very cryptic tweet but later deleted it when people started to worry about her.

After being confirmed to be hospitalised, Gigi gave her followers an ounce of hope that she recovered, writing “Depression won’t win.”

Gigi Lamayne is not the only ZAleb who has opened up about the frustration and unecessary pressure people put on women to settle down, have kids and get married.

A few months ago, Ntsiki Mazwai also addressed such saying she will not be getting married nor is she planning on having kids. She has been targeted for her lack of romance and not having any kids to keep her off social media.

The poet has always been trolled by people on social media asking her when is she getting a man and settling down. These insults have been hurled at her every time she touches a nerve and says something controversial.The thick-skinned Ntsiki has never addressed any of the insults however in a random tweet she let it be known that she has no interest in settling down.

“Guys I don’t pray for a husband and kids……it’s not a desire for me. I do pray for travel and abundance and that’s the life I live,” she shared.

Nandi Madida has recently revealed that she had engaged with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, saying she was deeply honoured to speak with him. She revealed this after releasing her song which inspires body positivity, Organic.

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“I had the honour of speaking to CEO and Co-founder of twitter @Jack about a month ago (I still can’t believe it) and it’s just beautiful to see the Global community he’s created with Twitter. Today I experienced how small the world can be with the release of Organic. Big up bro,” she wrote.Jack has also had a conversation with media personality, Bonang Matheba and they also reportedly met in person. Bonang expressed how exciting it was for her.

Bonang was seen hanging out with Twitter CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey, at #OneTeam 2020 Conference. She was invited as one of the guest speakers along side fellow panelists author, Shea Serrano, and actress and media personality, Jameela Jamil.

“It is such an honour to be in a room with unique and great voices who shape powerful conversations that are important and interesting. This has definitely given me a new perspective on connecting with people all around the world,” Bonang was quoted saying.

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Nandi Madida’s latest release is produced by her husband, Zakes Bantwini, and it was also co-written by her 3-year-old son Organic. The musician shared that the single is dedicated to the late Sara Baartman, and speaks about the authenticity of African bodies whilst promoting self-love.

“My new single ORGANIC is dedicated to the late Sara Baartman who was born in South Africa. We see her body being appropriated in mainstream media, but she was never celebrated but rather tortured and abused for her African curves that you see so many emulating today. OUR ANCESTOR went through so much,” she wrote. “The reason I wrote #Organic is because African women have been Appropriated but never appreciated. Everything we have is organic and we are truly magic. This single is dedicated to Sara Baartman.”

In her movement to really start a trend where women of all shapes and sizes embrace their bodies, she has urged her female followers to re-create her single cover, using bedsheets. Her followers have been posting such pictures and the musician proudly re-posts them.

The Black Is King Star recently signed to SONY Music and Organic is her first single since signing to the label. Her announcement was coupled with a snippet from her interview interview with Slikour. She discussed the extent of her partnership with Sony Music, hoping that her fans would appreciate the new direction she has decided to take with her career.

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The drama in celebville never ceases to amaze anyone and at often times, lawyers get involved and things get nasty. Nomcebo Zikode has made headlines once more, and this time there seems to be trouble between her record label Open Mic Productions and DJ Tira’s Afrotainment.

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According to Sowetan Live, Open Mic Production has issued out a legal letter to the Afrotainment boss to take down his song Nguwe featuring Nomcebo Zikode, which is from his recent project 21 Years Of DJ Tira. Co-owner of the label Lionel Jamela told the publication that they have lawyered up to get Tira to take down the song from all music streaming platforms and from his album, as well as to stop marketing it on his social media as well as the radio stations.

This is because Nomcebo did not get the proper approval from her record label to feature on the album.

Open Mic says they cannot allow Nomcebo to work with any other artist at the moment because they are trying to push her music career as a solo artist.

“As a company that is managing Nomcebo and has signed her we have decided that we cannot allow anyone to release a song featuring Nomcebo now while we are focused on pushing her as a solo artist,” said Jamela.

Jamela then added that Tira did not communicate with them and went about the wrong way of scoring a collaboration with their artist, who currently has the second biggest song in the country currently.

“Tira has no formal agreement with the label, whereas when you record with an artist that belongs to another company you must communicate with them and get the proper legal clearance.

“I don’t know what Nomcebo’s personal stand is, but as a company we are doing right by an artist that we are developing. Her song is topping radio all over the country and if there is another song that is coming from somewhere it will disrupt our own marketing strategy,” concluded the co-owner.

Tira confirmed to Sowetan live that he received the letter but has not yet responded. “Yes those are some of their demands and I’m responding to all of that so that we can find common ground. I think there was a breakdown of communication between me, Nomcebo and them (Open Mic). I was dealing with Nomcebo a lot, but she was also supposed to finalise things with them. We all need to come together and sort out whatever issue we have,” Tira responded to the publication.

Tira clarified that his intentions were not to disrupt Nomcebo’s reign and just wants to see her grow as an artist, hence the good working relationship they have. He said that he was aware that Nomcebo was signed under Open Mic, but he hoped she would handle the legalities with her company.

“I’m not trying to capitalise on the Jerusalema hype and interrupt her solo career. We all want Nomcebo to shine and have the best career. We just want to see her win and that’s why I have a good relationship with her. We are all trying to see if we can all work together,” Tira concluded.

Nomcebo said she is unaware of any problem between Tira and her record label. “I’ve been doing songs with other artists like Mobi Dixon and the list is endless. I’m not aware of any issue between Tira and Open Mic,” she said

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