{"id":73765,"date":"2023-02-08T20:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/he-is-a-snake-longer-than-his-dreadlocks-holy-ten-disses-winky-d"},"modified":"2023-02-08T20:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:46:22","slug":"he-is-a-snake-longer-than-his-dreadlocks-holy-ten-disses-winky-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/he-is-a-snake-longer-than-his-dreadlocks-holy-ten-disses-winky-d","title":{"rendered":"He Is A Snake Longer Than His Dreadlocks: Holy Ten Disses Winky D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Hip Hop artist Holy Ten has shocked music fans by claiming that award-winning dancehall star Winky D is a snake longer than his dreadlocks.<\/p>\n<p>The two collaborated on a song \u2014Ibotso, from Winky D\u2019s latest offering Eureka.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been interpreted to be political, with a lobby group Economic Empowerment Group even saying Winky D should be banned from performing in Zimbabwe, because of the song.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Ten, who has previously said he regrets working with Winky D, dissed the Kambuzuma-raised chanter while speaking on an online show The Episode. He said:<\/p>\n<p>The man you are talking about (Winky D) is a snake longer than his dreadlocks. But even the serpent did not force the apple, which became a global disaster, into Eve\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>The serpent spoke and Eve made a decision. So in this case, I\u2019m Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would have preferred to have done a song with a different meaning with Winky, Holy Ten said:<\/p>\n<p>I would have never done a song with Winky Gee, that\u2019s me avoiding to be sued. I\u2019m not stupid, I have done law and we signed contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Ten has been heavily criticized for his latest comments with award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono advising the Anotobvawo Kune Vanhu hit-maker to learn from his \u2018elders\u2019. He said:<\/p>\n<p>My brother Holly, stop player hating.<\/p>\n<p>Winky D has been doing this music thing for decades, so you might learn something from engaging with him without dissing him.<\/p>\n<p>Winky D is bigger, that is why everyone was happy to see him give you an opportunity to duet!<\/p>\n<p>Show some respect to Winky D and also you must realize that the kind of things you are saying here can turn some of your fans off.<\/p>\n<p>Live and learn, don\u2019t destroy your career dude with this silly and misguided comments.<\/p>\n<p>Winky D gave you a bigger platform than you ever had, a thank you is what a decent person would do.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have management, if you have change them.<\/p>\n<p>A REAL manager wouldn\u2019t let you say this crap!<\/p>\n<p>usatande Botso munin\u2019ina, unopera sesipo!!!<\/p>\n<p>Holy must understand that ZANUPF is not stupid.<\/p>\n<p>They know he did this song willingly but then regretted &amp; is worried about losing the free stuff.<\/p>\n<p>They know that he is trying so hard to fix his image with them.<\/p>\n<p>ZANUPF has more respect for Winky D because they know where he stands with his views.<\/p>\n<p>Holy is just blowing with the wind, so ZANUPF has no respect for him at all, and they have said it privately.<\/p>\n<p>They know he is saying these stupid things to pretend like he is on their side, they know that all he is afraid of is losing freebies, they ain\u2019t stupid.<\/p>\n<p>Asviba both sides and the more he talks, the more he looks like a clown.<\/p>\n<p>Sad!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Hip Hop artist Holy Ten has shocked music fans by claiming that award-winning dancehall star Winky D is a snake longer than his dreadlocks. The two collaborated on a song \u2014Ibotso, from Winky D\u2019s latest offering Eureka. The song has been interpreted to be political, with a lobby group Economic Empowerment Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,35],"tags":[1493,2189,13408,13379,912,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-73765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-culture-and-art","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"tag-africa-press","11":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","12":"tag-eureka","13":"tag-holy-ten-mukudzei-chitsama","14":"tag-winky-d","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>He Is A Snake Longer Than His Dreadlocks: Holy Ten Disses Winky D - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/he-is-a-snake-longer-than-his-dreadlocks-holy-ten-disses-winky-d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"He Is A Snake Longer Than His Dreadlocks: Holy Ten Disses Winky D\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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