Imitation or inspiration? Makahdzi’s album cover shines spotlight on lack of originality in SA music industry

  • 📰 TheCitizen_News
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 40 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 75%

Canada News News

Canada Canada Latest News,Canada Canada Headlines

Miracle Child by Makhadzi looks similar to Rihanna’s album cover for her 2012 album, Unapologetic. Makhadzi confirmed she was inspired by Riri.

Imitation or inspiration? Makahdzi’s album cover shines spotlight on lack of originality in SA music industry Pictures: makhadzisa, Instagram, @KhulaniMalambe/X

The cover of Makhadzi’s upcoming album has sparked a debate about South African artists mimicking their US counterparts and not being creative.by Makhadzi is set to be released on the first Friday of September and the revealing of the artwork by the BET award-winning singer on Monday had throngs of her followers wondering why it looks so familiar.“Inspired by her cover…all my life experiences brought me here,” was Makhadzi’s response when a curious fan said it reminded her of the Rihanna cover.

In 2015, Grammy Award-winning music producer Black Coffee wasn’t only inspired by the artwork of US singer-songwriter Ledisi’s 2011 album,album, which depicts him wearing a coat and walking towards the camera inside a seemingly empty restaurant, was mimicked by L’vovo for his album.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in CA

Canada Canada Latest News, Canada Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Big Telkom earnings boost on back of load-shedding miracleTelkom reported strong earnings growth for Mobile and Openserve.
Source: mybroadband - 🏆 11. / 67 Read more »