{"id":57167,"date":"2026-04-25T00:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57167"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:47:04","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzakes-bantwini-corrects-nota-baloyi-after-bold-i-fathered-you-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/25\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzakes-bantwini-corrects-nota-baloyi-after-bold-i-fathered-you-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakes Bantwini corrects Nota Baloyi after bold \u2018I fathered you\u2019 claim"},"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_190713\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190713\" class=\"wp-image-190713 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Zakes-Bantwini-corrects-Nota-Baloyi-after-bold-%E2%80%98I-fathered-you.jpg?resize=600%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Zakes-Bantwini-corrects-Nota-Baloyi-after-bold-\u2018I-fathered-you.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Zakes-Bantwini-Nota-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-190713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakes Bantwini shuts down Nota\u2019s claim on fathering him<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zakes Bantwini has responded to claims made by Nota Baloyi, setting the record straight after Nota suggested he played a major role in shaping the careers of several artists, including Bantwini himself.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange began when Nota shared a throwback video featuring himself alongside Kwesta, reflecting on his influence over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>In his caption, he boldly credited himself for inspiring a wave of artists and defining their style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was me 10 years ago\u2026 Still in the same shape a decade later. I put all these niggas on &amp; gave these kids a style to run with. From Zakes Bantwini to Scotts Maphuma, they all got it from NOTA. Then I went corp-corner office &amp; never looked back. I fathered you, like it or not!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Zakes Bantwini was quick to challenge the claim, pointing out that his career was already well established long before Nota entered the scene.<\/p>\n<p>With a mix of humour and firm correction, he argued that the timeline doesn\u2019t support Nota\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHhayi Nota kanjani manje \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 I had a decade on you. You may have watched and learned from me, not the other way around which is fine, that\u2019s how growth works. You were 14 when I opened Mayonie Productions and 16 when I released my first artist Lvovo,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n<p>He further highlighted his industry experience, including his time working in A&amp;R and co-founding a music imprint, to reinforce his point about seniority and influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was already A&amp;R at Sony Africa when you submitted Ngud to us at Sound African Recording, the imprint I co-founded at Sony back in 2015\/16. Influence flows downstream, not up, brother \ud83d\ude02. Big respect to you genuinely, but the timeline tells the real story just don\u2019t rewrite history, brother. But it\u2019s all love this side, let\u2019s not do this, or at least not like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hhayi Nota kanjani manje \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 I had a decade on you. You may have watched and learned from me, not the other way around which is fine, that\u2019s how growth works. You were 14 when I opened Mayonie Productions and 16 when I released my first artist Lvovo. I was already A&amp;R at Sony\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zakes Bantwini (@ZakesBantwiniSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZakesBantwiniSA\/status\/2047677035284222332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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 #corrects #Nota #Baloyi #bold #fathered #claim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Zakes Bantwini shuts down Nota\u2019s claim on fathering him Zakes Bantwini has responded to claims made by Nota Baloyi,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57167","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\/57167","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=57167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57169,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57167\/revisions\/57169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}