Culture Spears Find Gold In Piracy :: Mmegi Online

Piracy seems to be working wonders for Culture Spears in Zimbabwe. The Botswana super group found out during their recent trip to Harare that not only are Harare streets flooded with fake Culture Spears' DVDs and music, but they also realised that where ever they travelled almost every Zimbabwean seemed to identify them as Culture Spears musicians, thanks to the cheap fake DVDs and CDs in the city.

Then a miracle happened when a promoter who was not quite sure about the popularity of the Botswana outfit in Harare decided to book them for two shows. The results? Kabelo Mogwe tells Showtime Monitor that both shows were sold out to the amazement of the promoter who paid them something in the region of P20 000 for the two gigs.

" It was amazing how everyone welcomed us in that town. We were like t Oliver Mtukudzi in Botswana..but I also found out that piracy is rampant there, mainly because we do not sell our music in Zimbabwe.

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