{"id":39389,"date":"2025-10-21T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39389"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:42:16","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzakes-bantwini-opens-up-about-taking-a-break-from-music-after-conflicts-over-royalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzakes-bantwini-opens-up-about-taking-a-break-from-music-after-conflicts-over-royalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakes Bantwini opens up about taking a break from music after conflicts over royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127637\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127637\" class=\"wp-image-127637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zakes-Bantwini-opens-up-about-taking-a-break-from-music.jpg?resize=600%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zakes-Bantwini-opens-up-about-taking-a-break-from-music.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zakes-Bantwini-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakes Bantwini<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zakes Bantwini has revealed that fame and hit records once came at a heavy personal cost, forcing him to step away from music for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Gagasi FM with Sphe, DJ Naves and Selbeyonce, the Grammy-winning artist said his musical achievements often created tension among his peers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt every song I make, I make an enemy,\u201d he shared. \u201cBecause the success of a song iyasixabanisa [creates conflict],\u00a0 royalties and not seeing eye to eye bring other people into our friendship and success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Osama<\/em> hitmaker said the emotional strain from constant disputes over royalties and recognition made him take a step back from the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stopped making music; that\u2019s why I went to Sony Music. I was like, \u2018This thing is hurting me. It\u2019s making me more enemies than it\u2019s making me [happy or successful],\u2019\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Zakes said he took a break between 2016 and 2019 to focus on his peace before making a strong comeback,\u00a0 a journey that later led him to his 2023 Grammy win for <em>Bayethe<\/em> alongside Wouter Kellerman and Nomcebo Zikode.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Zakes #Bantwini #opens #break #music #conflicts #royalties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Zakes Bantwini Zakes Bantwini has revealed that fame and hit records once came at a heavy personal cost, forcing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39391,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39389\/revisions\/39391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}