Macky 2 Decries Music Piracy in Zambia, Vows to Take Legal Action

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By Kinyua Mwangi

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Piracy continues to manifest its ugly claws in Africa’s music industry and this time it has caught the attention of Hip-hop star Macky 2. He acknowledges that making music in Zambia is now a herculean task, thanks to piracy which has seen the mushrooming of blogs and other digital streaming sites.

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“Zambian music is hard.. An artist spends weeks working on a song, the moment it Comes out all the tuma blogs and sites download the song and put it out on their platforms for free,” he stated in a Facebook post.

Sadly, he said, the same people still expect musicians to go back to the drawing board and make more music.

“They expect the artist to go back and passionately work on some more music. NNama fans nabena.. telling you they need an international feature when they won't even buy your s***,” he lamented.

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The ‘Alabalansa’ hit maker explained that piracy is a major reason why artists fall quickly for deals, after which they are later criticized for taking some projects like political songs.

He threatened to take legal action against those distributing and publishing his songs illegally.

“I will take some people to court for illegal distribution and publication of my new song.. Alo imwe mwebatuma blogs.. I have tried to reason with you but you have forced my hand. i need to make some examples,” he said.