Chester Morepower, popularly known as Mr Banjo, has expressed disappointment in journalists, claiming they are more interested in reporting scandals involving musicians rather than promoting their music. In an interview with Diggers Lite, the architect of the popular hit song, Eondongana, criticised the media for prioritising negative news, such as artistes facing personal struggles, over their creative successes. “Journalists you should be assisting us artistes, some journalists would prefer to report on something bad about someone just to make people attentive, when I am wearing a torn trousers or I have been chased from my house that’s when you will see a journalist writing about you and when you drop an album no one will talk about that because they...

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