TV PRESENTER and rapper, Maraza, is blaming music for his daughter's death.
He lost his daughter, Uminathi Mhlongo (5) in October 2022 and it put a strain on his relationship with music, which was already not in a good place.
Maraza (34) opened up to Daily Sun about losing his kid and his relationship with music.
"I wasn't making music for three years because I was going through a lot on a personal level. A lot was happening in my relationship and as a parent. My mental health took a toll, and my life was a mess. The industry is not kind, so I struggled to be on the screen and do music during that time," he said.
He said:
Unfortunately, my daughter died suddenly on 21 October last year. And she passed away in my arms. And after that I told myself I was never going back to music again. If it wasn't for music, I would've been there everyday, spending every minute with her. I felt like music took a lot of time that I could've been spending with my child.
Maraza said he eventually realised that the problem wasn't the music.
"It took a while for me to come back from what I was feeling. But I was wrong. I was speaking from a place of hurt. Two and a half months ago, I felt like I needed healing. Although I was mad at music and felt like it was part of the problem, I knew it was my calling. And when I got into studio, this song titled Kuningi was produced," he said.
Kuningi was released in August 2023 and it's about his life in the past three years.
"The song is exactly what the title says - a lot of happening. But through this song, I found healing again and I realised what I should've been running away from were people who added a lot on my shoulders and ran to my place of safety, which is music.
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"When people hear the song, they break down. Some get inspired to fix their relationships and some start appreciating life and see that we are not here forever. People reacted differently to it, but most importantly, people say the song saved their lives," said the rapper.
He will release the Kuningi remix featuring Emtee, Aubrey Qwana, Bravo Le Roux and Lastee on Friday, 13 October.
