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Teasers motivate Zolasko
You have probably come across the name Zolasko, but the Zolasko written about here has nothing to do with Gaborone's Old Naledi location or the rough South African neighborhood in Soweto. Here we learn about James Mojuru, an emerging kwaito-kwasa musician.
Mojuru's stage name is taken from a movie called Juawanna man in which a male character cheats his way into the WUBA (women's basketball league) without anyone realising it."There is a place in that movie called Zolasco, but I decided to switch the letter k for c," Mojuru said explaining how his stage name came about.This Moshona/Zezuru from Serowe has endured name calling like, Mosimane wa Mokwerekwere has never been bothered by the negative attention. In fact, Mojuru's embracing this discriminatory tag has turned into his other identity: "I like it because more and more people are now referring to me as such.
At first people were trying to make me feel inferior because I was from a certain group of people, but I did not let it get to me," he said. Coming from a reserved community, it was not going to be easy for Zolasko to convince his family that was music was his destiny.His family, who are members of the Johana Church of God, were dead set against the idea of him venturing into music. Fortunately, thanks to his perseverance and persistence they finally accepted his career choice: "I grew up loving music, but I knew
that our culture was not accommodating to such an idea.
I was never going to be at peace with myself if I had not followed my dream. I just told myself that every challenge was meant to be beaten," he said. Zolasko started music in 2010 and recorded an album in the same year but decided to hold its release until this year. In the mean time, he decided to hook up with Rhumba star, Franco who featured him in his national tours.Zolasko explained that he realised that it would not do his career any justice if the album were to be released before he promoted his own image."I realised that it was wrong to go into music with the idea of receiving instant cash. It is important for any up coming musician to first focus on getting people to know him and then the money will follow later,"

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