Zim Hip Hop Rises As Bodies Drop
By Onai Mushava
If there is no spoon in the Matrix, there is equally no belt in a rap beef. It is a blood sport where a fabrication is not a foul as long as it stings, just like they say in philosophy: “Got a dope theory? Then forget about reality.” Ultimately, rapper fitness is decided bar for bar and it looks good on hip hop that the trending feud eclipses the most recent dancehall disses for sophistication and savagery.
First, the scoreline at a glance. In the first round, GZE (Resilience Chakare) savaged Noble Stylz (Prince Butawo) from crown prince of culture to clown prince of clout. Whereas “Fatality” was 6 minutes of cold calculus, Noble Stylz’s “GZE Lecture” was more emotion than precision. In the second round, the former 3rinity rapper was still in form with “Dhaf” but Noble re...