Jeys Marabini dedicates album to late parents

MAJAHAWODWA "Jeys Marabini" Ndlovu has released a 12-track album dedicated to his late parents who died in a car accident last year, entitled Jeys at 40.

The album was recorded in South Africa and has songs in isiNdebele, English, siShona and Kiswahili.

In an interview on Saturday, Jeys said his parents' death was a painful experience and a song in the album called Ukufa summed it up.

He said the album chronicles his life's experiences and how he overcame difficulties.

"Jeys at 40, is dedicated to my parents who died in an accident last year. I wanted to honour them because their death for me was a painful experience. They were killed in a car I had provided for their transport," said Jeys.

He said he has worked with various artistes from South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"I worked with people like Prince Kabwiti Gavulamini who was with Lubumbashi Stars in the song Muge Yango Wa-ro which is Kiswahili for I love you. I would write in Ndebele and he would translate into Kiswahili. It was a pleasant experience," said Jeys.

He said the reason he decided to do all marketing and distribution was that Gramma Records were not doing justice to his music. "My music is not found in my locality and that is very disheartening. I would have preferred that other places in the country would not be able to find my music but not in my locality. So I felt that Gramma Records were not doing my music justice that is why I decided to do it on my own," said Jeys.

He said fans should expect a music video soon and urged fans to buy original copies of his songs.

"I spent a lot of money in coming up with the album. For the inlays alone it has cost me $4 500 for 1 000 of them. Piracy will kill us and it is not right. Music is our livelihood as we are 100 percent dependent on the music we produce," said Jeys.

Other songs on the album include Selimathunzi, Ma-Africa, Kambe Ngizoshada, Mukadzi Haarohwi and My Girl.

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