{"id":42370,"date":"2021-06-23T17:46:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/music-star-roki-drops-new-single"},"modified":"2021-06-23T17:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:46:01","slug":"music-star-roki-drops-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/music-star-roki-drops-new-single","title":{"rendered":"Music Star Roki Drops New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Paidashe Mandivengerei<\/b> – URBAN Grooves pioneering sensation, Rockford \u2018Roki\u2019 Josphats has a new love song, \u2018Zviriko\u2019 to underline the talented crooner\u2019s slow return to the music scene.<\/p>\n

The music star, famed for chart busting song \u2018Chidzoka\u2019 in the yesteryear, is now signed under Passion Java Records owned by the controversial self-styled prophet.<\/p>\n

\u2018Zviriko\u2019 dropped Tuesday accompanied by dope visuals which already had over 15 000 YouTube views, just three hours after release.<\/p>\n

The single was produced by sought after producer, Oskid.<\/p>\n

Visuals were shot by Sweezy under SAP and produced by Boss Lashaan and Stewart Nyamayaro.<\/p>\n

Roki rose to fame as one of the pioneers of the once popular Urban Grooves genre at the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

He made a name for himself in the music orbits in the 2000s after featuring on legendary rapper, Leonard Mapfumo\u2019s \u2018Seiko\u2019.<\/p>\n

The award-winning songwriter and dancer\u2019s tracks like \u2018Suzanna\u2019 released in 2001 became instant hits.<\/p>\n

The much-loved star would later disappear from the scene for some time only to return few months back with the song, Hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. By Paidashe Mandivengerei – URBAN Grooves pioneering sensation, Rockford \u2018Roki\u2019 Josphats has a new love song, \u2018Zviriko\u2019 to underline the talented crooner\u2019s slow return to the music scene. 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