21/04/2022
Born Rodney Mashandure
December 20, 1996
Residence Chitungwiza
Known for Zimdancehall Music
Jah Master (Real name Rodney Mashandure) is a Zimdancehall artist known mostly his unusual dressing, chanting style as well as lyrics. He became popular in early 2019 with the "Takasangana Mutaundi". Jah Master had however been popular to Zimdancehall fans since as early as 2016. He started music around 2010 but it took a while for him to break into mainstream.
In August 2020, his song "Hello Mwari" featured on NashTV's Nash Nation Riddim 3 competition where artists were competing US $1,000. The song's popularity shot up gaining some 1 million views on YouTube within 2 weeks.
The song Hello Mwari became so popular on social media, it spawned a "Hello Mwari Challenge" where people would post videos of them lip-syncing the song. Jah Prayzah also posted a video of him singing the song.
In an interview in March 2019, he said that he had over 700 songs but had never considered compiling an album.
Collaboration
In September 2020, he collaborated with Tanzanian songbird Haitham Kim on the remix of the song Hello Mwari which was supported by the Passion Java Records label. The remix attracted a lot of interest and attention from the Zimbabwean music lovers.[1]
Banc ABC Zimbabwe
In May, Jah Master was unveiled as BancABC Zimbabwe’s brand ambassador for its local remittance service named City Hopper. He received a brand-new City Hopper-branded Toyota Allion as part of the assignation with BancABC to push the product to the market.[2]
Discography
Singles
Hello Mwari Remix (2020)
Hello Mwari (2020)
Seka Hurema Wafa (2020)
Ndiri Mutadzi (2020)
Hondo (2020)
Ndichiripo (2020)
Mbanje (2019)
Ndozvitura (2019)
Dollar “Vatete Nemurora” (2019)
Mutaundi (2019)
Hwahwa (2019)
Tsamba (2019)
Bhurugwa rekwaNdunge (2019)
Source: Pindula