JZyno, a promising and trending Liberian artist, has used his Facebook page to indirectly call for calm in the situation involving Teddyride and Skinny Boy Kpanto.
Late yesterday, organizers of the Lost In Riddim musical festival suspended this year’s edition of the event due to several “extenuating circumstances” beyond their control. California was the event’s venue, and Kpanto should have been one of the performers.
Upon hearing this, Teddyride posted on his social media handles mocking Kpanto for the concert cancellation. “Let me sit down one place in this London town before I come lost in London like lost in the Riddim.” Read the full post here: Battle for Supremacy: Teddyride Mock Kpanto over the Cancellation of the Lost In Riddim Festival.
Many music lovers called on Teddyride to chill right after viewing his post. They deem his post hateful, which the musician replies to in another post.
“When my tour to [the] USA was canceled in May, every day they [Kpanto and co] were throwing jabs and nobody saw it as hate. I basically don’t hit anyone.” — Teddyride.
JZyno – the owner of the most played Liberian song (FDI) on audiomark, said for the Liberian industry to grow healthy, stakeholders need to nurture it properly. He spoke in context by saying, “to help make this sick industry healthy, we have to consistently give it air to breathe, give it water to drink, give it good soil to grow, fertilize it, and also give it sunlight to beautify its colors.”
The star seized the moment to call on his colleagues to get away with hate and encouraged them to cherish love. He also cautioned that without togetherness, they would be confused.
“Y’all throw the hates away and involve love no matter what. Without unity we gonna be scattered like an unsolved puzzle cards.”