Alex musicians pen song of anti-drug abuse
After witnessing their peers being ravaged by drugs and cries of helpless batswadi, Alex music duo of Eugenious and The Voice sat down to pen a song 'Iskhalo' to endeavour to encourage the youth to stay away from drugs.
A collaboration of two talented Alex musicians is set to voice, and at the same time soothe, the cries of ‘batswadi’ [parents] that continue to grieve for their children and grandchildren that are being consumed by the new phenomenon of drug addiction sweeping through the township.
Eugene Selemela, better known by his stage of Eugenious, has struck a collaboration with Asavela Ndziba, another talented Alex musician who goes by the stage name of ‘The Voice’, that is set to drop an EP ‘Iskhalo’ [cries] of parents that have been literally looted of household wares in their homes by their own children and grandchildren wanting to feed their drug habits.
Eugenious (21) is a matriculant of the Class of 2022 currently waiting for his results from Realogile High School while The Voice (24) did not complete his matric at Northview High School after he was expelled for being caught on the wrong side of the school rules.
He was due to have completed matric in 2021 but then decided to go full-time into music production, a talent he realised at age eight while still a primary school learner at MC Weiler.
“We used to have a school choir that graced the school with its music, including singing at funerals of those connected to the school, and I got hooked onto music ever since and have never looked back,” he told Alex News in an interview.
The duo’s collaboration on Ískhalo’ will feature another Alex musician based in River Park ‘Lez World 2.0’, whose real name is Thapelo Lesley Makobela. The EP is due for release in February and will soon hit the gig stages of the township.
“With this song, we are trying to educate the youth to stay away from drugs and other substance abuse while at the same time amplifying the cries of batswadi that continue to ring in our ears as they cry for their drug-ravaged children and utensil, gadgets, appliances and many more, including clothing items they have lost.
“It is more of sad song due to unending cries our parents suffer at the hands of their children and grandchildren, and we have laced it with some positivity that we hope will lure the youth away from this scourge that is destroying our future citizens,” said Eugenious, a Far East Bank lad.
