Zim hip-hop and Zimdancehall 2020 (discussion thread)

It's a new year already and are y'all oans optimistic both Zim Hip Hop and Zimdancehall 2020 songs will highlight a further improvement in Zimbabwe's music industry regardless of economic hardships?

 

[Numero Uno]

How has the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 affected Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop artists?

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

How has the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 affected Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop artists?

This COVID-19 pandemic gonna be an apocalypse for some Zimdancehall artists fo sho.

I mean no touring revenue for the summer. Not even sure if you gonna be able to tour for the next year or two -- less music royalty payments coming in and barely selling any merchandise. It's tough for real.

 

[Scorpio]

How has the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 affected Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop artists?

It’s messed up bruh because touring is both Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop artist's main source of income. No festivals, no tours, and nothing in sight for the foreseeable future. BTW, oans laughed when a few artists got caught being taxi drivers and etc. Now you gonna see a lot more of that.

 

[Black Panther]

How has the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 affected Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop artists?

That COVID-19 Coronavirus is about to have all these oans scrambling out here. Oans show money has done dried up. I’m seeing a lot more Zim recording artists selling chamba and mushonga online.

 

[Numero Uno]

How much do recording artists make if they get 1 million streams on DSPs?

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

How much do recording artists make if they get 1 million streams on DSPs?

Roughly speaking, 1 million streams = $9,000 dollars. But that money is going to your label, your distribution, then you, your team, your ngoma, and chinaira... etc.

 

[Lenard]

How has the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 affected Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop artists?

The impact of COVID-19 on Zim artists it depends on the artist. However, most of them will suffer.

 

[Black Panther]

Roughly speaking, 1 million streams = $9,000 dollars. But that money is going to your label, your distribution, then you, your team, your ngoma, and chinaira... etc.

One million streams = $9k... on what platform? ??

 

[Scorpio]

One million streams = $9k... on what platform? ??

Lmao, every loan averaging that would be a multi-millionaire by now. ???

Your numbers are wrong bruh.

 

[Black Panther]

Lmao, every loan averaging that would be a multi-millionaire by now. ???

Your numbers are wrong bruh.

For sure, because 1,000,000 streams divided by $9,000 is $1 per 112 views is it not?

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

One million streams = $9k... on what platform? ??

It’s out there -- multiple DSP sources, look it up.

 

[Lenard]

It’s out there -- multiple DSP sources, look it up.

$9 000? Well, I guess if it’s a mixture of streaming platforms maybe but if it’s all on Spotify it’s about $4 000.