Harmonize, Shilole antics as a peep into the superstar galaxy

17Apr 2023
Michael Eneza
The Guardian
Harmonize, Shilole antics as a peep into the superstar galaxy

JUST what sort of world and modes of feeling pass in the minds of Tanzania's millionaire Bongo Flava superstar lineup was available for close-up viewing in a recent talk show.

Tanzanian new generation music artist, Zuena Mohamed, alias 'Shilole'.

It surrounded at least two of the members of this galaxy, a tour of the horizon with pundits on what ex-Wasafi group's bigwig Rajab Abdul, alias ‘Harmonize’, has been saying of late, and data on his latest fashion cars, etc.

The talk show also featured some intriguing scenarios at the household of another star Zuena Mohamed, popularly known as ‘Shilole’, to boot.

Perhaps to get a more comprehensive peep into the superstar galaxy, the fans are likely to remember even more intriguing developments not at the usually event-rich household of the Wasafi brand mover, iconic Naseeb Abdul in his proper name, but on his own body.

A daily newspaper a fortnight or slightly longer back was overly enthusiastic showing a photo of the iconic romance soft talk singer with a boyish look with just a semblance of the six-pack image of old.

The columnist fleetingly said ‘He is in good shape again, and that means you will simply shut up'.

Those with a vague memory of what happened to pop megastar Michael Jackson around 1987 before his album, titled ‘Bad’ or thereof, may have reason to fear the worst if the singer is wasting.

No valid explanation was available for a change of image of the singer, the pundits explaining it as using creams to make his body look pale (some would say ‘white’).

Were it that for the rest everything remained normal, it wouldn’t be a big deal but behaviour also comprehensively changed, in foods, etc.

Even for a non-aficionado, there is at least one good hit that has been heard over the usual FM radio stations’ haphazard view of some songs and it came up, as a new hit from Abdul, nicknamed ‘Diamond Platnumz’.

Otherwise, there is an impression of being somewhat low-key, which could in a sense arise or proceed from changes that have been happening not in his household or his romantic ins and outs but his very physique.

The furtive one-song or new song event might be a reassurance as it was believed but it is not over.

The relationship is that the change with Michael Jackson was similarly physical but behind it lay dark shadows whose glimpses one obtains in some bursts of mood from this or that member of the galaxy.

It, for instance, comes up with impressions of incredible amounts of money the fairly youthful artists appear to regularly obtain. Now they are putting up behaviour rules for members of the class.

Rule number one that was being discussed in the talk show comes from stocky millionaire singer ‘Harmonize’ who is credited with asking persons, or acolytes of this group, that anyone who drives some tiny car like IST ‘should not talk to him'.

It is braggadocio that comes up with being at a certain level in society and being assured of what comes next, from someone who is no longer struggling in life but self-assured. He does not hide from showing a veneer of contempt for ‘failures’.

This sort of attitude is bespeaking not of a princely outlook - a mode of titling that is heard when the ‘chef de file’ of this group had a baby in the past, and she was instantly named a ‘princess’.

Even without plenty of references on the spiritual outlook of this group, or what permeates this group spiritually, it is easy to figure out the megalomania and narcissism tied with the millions they appear to regularly obtain. That leads to prickly questions as to whether music explains all the hype.

As a rule, if one is spiritually regular, or straight, having plenty of money may even impose a measure of humbleness and reserve on the part of an individual, even if the façade may hide dark elements of pride or intolerance.

But routinely one tries his best to hide massive riches, to appear normal or casual, meanwhile as he might be ‘stinking rich’, as they say.

Flaunting wealth by changing the flashy cars that one drives on a biennial basis or so is a problem of spiritual outlook.

This spiritual problem and its outward indicators are not a matter of religious loyalty or upbringing, a psychological problem similar to a sort of ‘infantilism’ as some experts would say.

Affinity with powerful spiritual forces may impact the mood and behaviour of a person as, the more strange it turns, the more people are pulled to admire or wish to emulate someone with that sort of exuberance, etc.

All such excess usually indicates the presence of powerful forces, hostile to humility.

Having large amounts of money where spiritual forces are the harbinger of that situation is like a political leader deep in the influence of such forces, as depending on circumstances he may move on a killing spree.

Protection from those disliking his rule may require regular sacrifices, at times this appears to be cruelty to real or imagined opponents, but at times it is a spiritual requirement for protection.

The same comes up if one lives in the house of a millionaire and starts coming across bizarre scenarios, meeting a curious person who ‘melts’ away after a greeting, etc.

An individual who wholly depends on another is a slave and can be offered in sacrifice.

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