Budding South African Rapper Jay Hood Protests Lack of Airplay, Blames it on ‘Corruption’

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By Kinyua Mwangi

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Budding South African rapper Jay Hood has protested the lack of airplay forhis two hip-hop songs ‘Picture Me Rolling ‘ and ‘Alright’.

'Picture Me Rolling,' which features Emtee, and 'Alright,' released at the end of last year, are two excellent tracks from the rapper.

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Hood took to Twitter to express his displeasure with the fact that these two tunes are not receiving enough airplay despite meeting all of the requirements. He blamed it all on the ‘envelope’ - to mean bribery.

“Channels told us we need standard “industry” quality videos and songs that bang to be playlisted.#PictureMeRolling and #Alright are high quality videos and songs with established artists on them. Both submitted but not getting played. Why? Cause we indie and not showing envelopes?” he said.

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The rapper advised other budding musicians to take advantage of the internet, while also paying praise to his fans for their overwhelming support throughout his career. “Anyway to all upcoming artists, use the internet. Do what you want and what makes you happy. #PictureMeRolling approaching 100k views. Thank you,” he added.