OPINION: Of gospel artists and 'blasphemy'
16 December 2013
There tends to be a little bit too much of back lash and judgment when it comes to gospel artists and although it is reasonable for people to be extra keen on the artists sometimes the arguments for judgment are just ludicrous and make no sense at all.
Two weeks ago Ruth Matete who was last year’s winner of the highly watched music talent show Tusker Project Fame was attacked brutally for dressing ‘inappropriate’ during her performance at the finals of TPF 6 and though she took time to apologize tweeps took to her attacking her terming it as unreasonable and against the ethics of a gospel artist.
Though it may be reasonable and understandable why she faced such attack, was it really necessary could that be the most evil thing she could have done as a gospel artist?
This time round the new target of the so called ‘judgmental’ people and ‘holy than thou’ people is gospel whiz kid Willy Paul for his new single ‘Missi’ which was released a little over a month ago and has received little if no airplay based on the fact that they believe his new song lacks creativity and is blasphemous
The controversy arises when Willy Paul compares God to a baby, a lady and even a thug.
He says, “Ungekua kabinti ningecheza love song, huku na kule ningekufuata wewe…ungekua motto ningekutoa nappy, kila siku kubali ma-pampers…ungekua jambazi ungenitenda, singecomplain.”
Honestly as a Christian I understand that there are some ways in which we are expected to carry ourselves and behave, but at times people tend to focus on that which is not important and forget to see the deeper meaning of some context. We tend to be the first to judge others forgetting that we are all not perfect and are all born sinners.
Not that I’m defending any of the artists but my point is that we all likely to make mistakes at one point of our life so there is no need to be so judgmental and cruel towards this artists because just like any of us they are trying their best to spread the good news the best way they know how.
Two weeks ago Ruth Matete who was last year’s winner of the highly watched music talent show Tusker Project Fame was attacked brutally for dressing ‘inappropriate’ during her performance at the finals of TPF 6 and though she took time to apologize tweeps took to her attacking her terming it as unreasonable and against the ethics of a gospel artist.
Though it may be reasonable and understandable why she faced such attack, was it really necessary could that be the most evil thing she could have done as a gospel artist?
This time round the new target of the so called ‘judgmental’ people and ‘holy than thou’ people is gospel whiz kid Willy Paul for his new single ‘Missi’ which was released a little over a month ago and has received little if no airplay based on the fact that they believe his new song lacks creativity and is blasphemous
The controversy arises when Willy Paul compares God to a baby, a lady and even a thug.
He says, “Ungekua kabinti ningecheza love song, huku na kule ningekufuata wewe…ungekua motto ningekutoa nappy, kila siku kubali ma-pampers…ungekua jambazi ungenitenda, singecomplain.”
Honestly as a Christian I understand that there are some ways in which we are expected to carry ourselves and behave, but at times people tend to focus on that which is not important and forget to see the deeper meaning of some context. We tend to be the first to judge others forgetting that we are all not perfect and are all born sinners.
Not that I’m defending any of the artists but my point is that we all likely to make mistakes at one point of our life so there is no need to be so judgmental and cruel towards this artists because just like any of us they are trying their best to spread the good news the best way they know how.
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