Chuyển đến nội dung chính

Passion Java, Uncle Roland: the rise of celebrity from outrage

Uncle Roland is pictured in intense tongue action with a lady that again seems significantly younger than him.  And on and on it went.Fame, after such juicy videos and content, came fast for Uncle Roland.a tycoon that had already made a name for himself in Harare social circles where he has also been trapped by the camera lens on such occasions as Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s famous

All White parties.“I never saw it coming that someday I will be every household talk. It all started as cyber bullying on Facebook, name calling and insults, then Twitter family turned it into fame.I’m humbled as I get celebrity reception everywhere I go,” Uncle Roland told our sister publication B-Metro recently.

More, he said, was yet to come.“A big artiste in SA asked me to appear in his coming music video, it’s going to be lit,” he said.While few will begrudge him his fame, some would see the irony in the fact that Uncle Roland’s 15 seconds of fame came while he was trying to dance and trying to sing along to a tune to a song by South African crooner Samthing Soweto.

As the festive season beckons, Samthing Soweto is the man of the moment, with his infusion of soulful melody into tracks by red-hot Amapiano beat-smiths Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa making him a dance-floor favourite.It is this combination of seductive melody and irresistible dance tunes that dragged Uncle Roland from behind the camera to what appeared to be an unplanned cameo in front of it.However, while he is hot property right now, things were not always so for Samthing Soweto.

He was once a football kicked from record label to label and left the group The Soil right before they achieved multi platinum success with their debut in 2011.For over a decade, Samthing Soweto has shed blood, sweat and tears in search of fame. Now in his prime he has finally attained it.For some, like Uncle Roland however, with the invaluable of social media, that fame can come in as little as 58 seconds.Fuelling the fame Uncle Roland seemed to have attained with relative ease is the outrage that videos like the one that he made generates.Many banged their keyboards furiously as they complained about why a man (Uncle Roland) was frolicking with women at least half his age.Others complained how the 51-year-old, rumoured to be a person of interest for battering his ex-wife while in Zimbabwe,


was now glorified.It was like adding fuel to fire. The more the outrage heightened, the more his legend also seemed to grow.It is the same kind of outrage that has made miracle making prophets the most watched socialites of the digital age.Over the last few weeks, the generator of the most buzz among the country’s ever-theatric prophets has been the self-proclaimed Swag Prophet, Passion Java of Kingdom Embassy.In Zimbabwe and elsewhere around Africa, prosperity preachers have redefined what a man of cloth is.

From feeding congregants grass to claims of miracle money, standards of worship have been changed and redefined by these Men of God who seem to have cast away old standards of ministry.It has, of course, attracted the ire of those that see their behaviour as a contradiction of what is taught in the good book.But even by those standards, Prophet Passion Java is a man who stands apart from the rest.He has been captured dancing to songs containing vulgar lyrics,


 flaunts his wealth without shame and has even coined phrases that are now part of the urban street lexicon.Last week, he was feuding with rapper Stunner. As his behaviour gets even more outrageous, his stock also seems to rise.With the popularity of social media, it remains to be seen how far moral boundaries can be pushed by those seeking instant fame and celebrity.

Nhận xét

Bài đăng phổ biến từ blog này

Meghan Markle's shock family showdown in LA

The Markle family are again lashing out following new claims that Meghan Markle has not reached out to her father during the coronavirus crisis.In yet another explosive interview, Thomas Markle, 53, has claimed that his half-sister is still yet to check in on their 75-year-old father, Thomas Markle Sr.It comes just days after it was revealed that Meghan’s father-in-law, Prince Charles, is no longer in self-isolation after he had symptoms and tested positive for the life-threatening COVID-19 last month.“Meghan has not called [Dad] to ask how he is,” says Thomas. “It’s really, really, absurd Thomas, who insists he is in daily contact with their Mexico-based father, believes Meghan has shown zero concern for their elderly father.“She has made no effort to find out how he’s coping with this crisis, if he’s got enough food and supplies or if his health is OK,” Thomas continues.The Markle family are again lashing out following new claims that Meghan Markle has not reached out to he...

Chamisa's lawyer spoke out about Mnangagwa's fraud evidence during the election

OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on “new evidence.”.Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu said after studying academic works on the elections published by self-exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo, they were now making efforts to have the judgment on the 2018 presidential elections set aside.The country’s top court ruled that Chamisa had failed to prove allegations of fraud during the presidential election, a vote which left the nation polarised and violence on the streets of the capital Harare.Mpofu said the basis of approaching the ConCourt was because they now believe that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) presented to the courts false information and, therefore, their call for the judgment to be set aside.“The general rule is that once a final judgment or order has been given, the judge who gave it or any other judge of parallel juri...

Grace Mugabe to make a graceful exit from politics

The future of former First Lady, Grace Mugabe, who arguably created more enemies than friends during her husband's last days in office, now hangs in the balance. The demise of the former president.Robert Mugabe, the man from whom Grace drew power and protection, leaves his wife now exposed. Grace, who during the greater part of husband's presidency had been focused on charity work, before later venturing into politics..With the support of Mugabe, Grace was in December 2014 parachuted to the helm of ZANU-PF Women's League, automatically qualifying to sit in the ruling party's highest decision-making body, the Politburo..The ex-First Lady then used her position and marriage to Mugabe to vilify all those she perceived to be harbouring ambitions of succeeding Zimbabwe's long-time ruler..She became literally untouchable with ministers currying favours with her to avoid being sacked by the President. The former First Lady ganged up with the G40 faction of ZANU-PF....