by Phil Chard

Maraza is not here to have shady brands drag his name through the mud. The South African rapper made that painfully clear earlier today in spectacular fashion.

The rapper who has been enjoying his strongest run to date in his decade long career received a tweet from an excited fan about his reported performance at an event in Midrand later that day. The only issue being that Maraza had no idea of this booking nor had he received payment to perform at this show.

Promoters falsely using the names and images of artists to scam fans is sadly not a new practice. However Maraza, who guards his brand the same way I guard my sneaker collection, decided to take things beyond a simple denial to his followers. In an effort to completely clear his name of any wrongdoing he released a series of tweets where he called out the promoters by name and then released a sequence of videos via his instagram account that detail a highly entertaining and dramatic call between Maraza and one of the event promoters.

It was a truly unfortunate event that won't be isolated by any means but I must commend Maraza on protecting his brand so fiercely and ensuring his fans and potential future victims aren't duped. Imagine if every artist did this to shady promoters?