“I want to find the best way to apologise to him” – Holy Ten praises Winky D

HARARE – Controversial wordsmith Holy Ten has praised his nemesis, Winky D, describing him as the best musician in the country and expressing his desire to apologise to him for the utterances he made in the past.

Holy Ten and Winky D had a fallout after the release of Ibotso in 2022, with Holy Ten claiming that the veteran dancehall star had tricked him into making a song that hit out at the ruling party, Zanu-PF.

The song, a hit across Zimbabwe’s ghettos where most of the poor live, raised issues of how the powerful and rich are abusing resources meant for the poor and lowly.

Seeing the unexpected upheaval from the track, Holy Ten, a known Zanu PF supporter, distanced himself from the lines he sang, arguing that Winky D had hoodwinked him into dissing the hands that had been feeding him and his family.

In an interview with ZTN, Holy said that he still regarded another collaboration with Winky as the Holy Grail for him as an artist.

“All the controversy that happened was fueled by social media, it wasn’t even that deep. That kinda got worse but, honestly, he was the same when he was coming up, made so many diss tracks but it didn’t make much noise because there was no social media like that,” he said.

Holy said he had a lot of respect for Winky, and was now searching for ways to make amends for his past behaviour.

“I look up to him. I took all his notes and I was implementing them but it seemed like I was being naive or doing something that has never been done.

“I even introduced that man to my wife as a gift because that’s how much I valued and loved him, however, everything that happened after that was just unfortunate.

“That man is the best dressed, the best singer, and he’s actually Zimbabwe gold and, obviously, I come after him. I am the second best.

“I want to find the best way when I can really apologise to him. Because I feel like he might not even have a problem with me but, because of social media, it might be a problem.”

Holy Ten said people should not take some of his behaviour on social media to heart, as he only did some things to entertain his fans.

“People don’t understand that sometimes I won’t even be drunk but I have a comedic persona that comes out during TikTok Lives because I have noticed my fans really enjoy it.

“The plan is never to hurt anyone or offend anyone but, because of the social media noise, everything I do is misconstrued and taken as if I’m doing drugs.

“As for my past actions, I apologise for how it made people feel, not what I said because I am the leader of the youths and I speak the truth.

“I am an entertainer, I’m not a pastor. I’m not a doctor and I’m not an engineer so what does an entertainer do? He entertains and does not nurse people’s feelings.”