Rapper, Eve's Harare show cancelled
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Media reports in Zimbabwe early this week reported that the rapper, who has sold over 5 million copies of her first three albums, will be performing in Harare alongside another rapper, T-Pain, enroute to Gaborone.
However, yesterday Olivier Prentout told Showbiz the Harare show has been cancelled, and that there is no additional superstar for the Gaborone show, billed for November 27.
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