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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Ireland-based Zimbabwean-born rapper Munyaradzi Godknows Jonas says he is taking influence from his African family back home for the release of his new solo EP We Move the Needle.<\/p>\n

The Shannon-raised, Limerick-based rapper, known as Munya or G to his friends, came to prominence as a member of the Rusangano Family in 2017.<\/p>\n

In that year, Rusangano Family became the first hip-hop group to win the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year.<\/p>\n

Speaking during an interview with the Sunday Times last year, the 32-year-old rapper revealed that the late musician and a war veteran, Dickson Chinx Chingaira, was his uncle.<\/p>\n

Jonas recalled Chinx visiting their house in Chitungwiza, as a child, when crowds of neighbours would flood the street to catch a glimpse of the musician. He said:<\/p>\n

It\u2019d be like there was a parade or something; that\u2019s how many people came out of their houses to see him.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s how it would be every single time he came to visit; he wore his trademark beret and he would wear African kente, so he was always very noticeable.<\/p>\n

He was a star and he was on the telly all the time, especially in the 90s.<\/p>\n

I already looked up to him anyway, so it was like \u2018Duh! That\u2019s what I wanna do!<\/p>\n

The story of Jonas\u2019 new single, Twelve 61, is based on one of Chingaira\u2019s most famous songs, Vanhu VemuAfrica.<\/p>\n

The title of the track is a reference to Jonas\u2019s grandmother\u2019s house address.<\/p>\n

Jonas is a cousin to rising Zimdancehall star Jah Master, born Rodney Mashandure, who grew up mere streets away from Jonas in Chitungwiza. He said:<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re all from near the same area, and Jah Master shot the video for his song Unonzani in our local town centre \u2014 so we were already big fans of him because he\u2019s one of us.<\/p>\n

And then to find out that this guy who made Hello Mwari \u2014 which is a big tune in Zimbabwe \u2014 is related to me, it was just crazy.<\/p>\n

Twelve 61<\/b><\/p>\n

featuring Jah Master is out now while Jonas\u2019 We Move the Needle will be released in July.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Ireland-based Zimbabwean-born rapper Munyaradzi Godknows Jonas says he is taking influence from his African family back home for the release of his new solo EP We Move the Needle. 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