Maskiri, born Alishias Musimbe on 6 April 1982 is a Zimbabwean rapper.

Early background

He was born in

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, a residential town about 25 km out of

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, where he grew up and attended Chemhanza Secondary School until being expelled for truancy and bullying other students. He was then enrolled in St. Aiden's Primary School in Chitungwiza but refused to continue, saying St. Aiden's was just dull. Maskiri raps in

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. He is supposedly known by some as Africa's Eminem and has recently performed the song "Africa" with English pop artist

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. This is one of the few songs performed by African musicians in collaboration with international musicians.

Music videos

On Saturday 27 November 2010, Maskiri alongside fellow artist Nox Guni went on set to shoot visuals for "Wenera", Maskiri's first-ever music video which became top ZBC video of the year and won a NAMA. The video was directed by Chagwa Black and was shot on location in

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References

External links

Maskiri returns with a bang
The Standard extract 18 March 2019, retrieved 10 November 2019

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