Meet Mr. Stash, Zambia’s Most Decorated Music Producer
1 November 2020
[Photo Credit:Lusaka Star]
By Kinyua Mwangi
When you hear great music by XYZ Entertainment and its affiliated artistes, thank among others, Stanley Mwaba alias Mr. Stash fiery music producer who is XYZ’s executive producer.
Over the years, Mr. Stash has in his music production career has shaped the lives of many artistes in Zambia whom he has produced music for.
It so happens that of the biggest names in Zambia’s music industry, he has produced multiple songs for each of them if not many.
Talk of the late Daev, Bobby East (now XYZ Entertainment CEO), Slapdee, Macky 2 among others he has a stake in their musical growth.
In 2019, a host of Zambian artistes came together to celebrate the milestones by the multi award-winning music producer in a high-powered event that startled Zambians.
A year ago, he spoke of a growing trend by Zambian artistes where he alleged that they were embracing foreign tunes other than remaining true to their Zambian roots. He said that this trend has affected both established and upcoming artistes.
However, he noted that his relevance to date in the industry is because he has remained true to his roots and people always identify more with his songs because they can feel it right to the heart.
He, however, explained that the issue of leaning more on foreign styles and cultures in music of out of fear.
“The hard part is to be prepared to either be accepted or be rejected by the masses which is why a few artists choose to take up the path of copying others,” he said as reported by Lusaka Star.
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