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Musician Garry Mapanzure dies, aged 25

Masvingo- AWARD winning Afro Pop musician Garry Mapanzure has died.

Mapanzure died Friday morning after succumbing to injuries sustained in a car accident in Masvingo which claimed two lives Thursday evening.

He was 25.

The late Mapanzure grew up in the care of pastoral parents and honed his musical skills at Kyle College in Masvingo.

He professionally cut his teeth in the music industry in 2017 and released his first single called Wapunza which clocked over 2 million views on YouTube.

His star continued to have a meteoric rise and in 2019 he was nominated for the prestigious AFRIMA awards in the Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African R’N’B & Soul category for his song TV Room, a collaboration with Hillzy.

In November 2018, he contested in the emPawa Africa challenge created by Mr Eazi to help upcoming African artists launch their careers.

To enter the contest artists had to upload a short video (one minute max) to Instagram of themselves performing either an original song, cover or freestyle, with the hashtag #emPawa100.[

Mapanzure won and became the 10th emPawa Africa pick, the first ever from Zimbabwe.

Through this initiative, Mapanzure released “Slow” which was uploaded onto the emPawa YouTube channel.

His family has not yet released details of his funeral arrangements .

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