How Willy Paul, Bahati And Their Accomplices Have Brought Gospel Music Into Disrepute…And The 1 Million + Reasons Why We Miss Angela Chibalonza And Artistes Of Her Ilk

There was a time, not long ago though, when the gospel industry in Kenya and the world over was one of the most revered, respected and adored professions. This was the time when people knew who God really is and the reasons why everybody should be genuine and true to themselves when worshipping him. This was the time the world knew that truly God is Supreme and he remains so.

Gone are those days. While the other parts of the world are still embracing this, Kenya has completely taken a u-turn and believe we are quickly descending to hell like we saw some gold there. All this is happening thanks to artistes like Willy Paul and Bahati.

It was over this past weekend that Kenyans all over were taken aback when Bahati threw what can only be termed as a bombshell. The singer who recently released the song Lover took to his facebook account to let the world know what has been silently going on between him and his nemesis Willy Paul.

In his long post that would take you close to 6 minutes to reach the last line, Bahati explained how Willy Paul has been stealing his songs from producers and rushing to release them before he (Bahati) does that. The bitterness with which he typed the accusations was evident. Bahati explained how Willy Paul has been ignoring his calls every time he wants to discuss this unfortunate incident with him.

Bahati

The singer went on to claim that Willy Paul stole the song Mpenzi from him and now he has stolen his Malia song which is yet to be released and Willy Paul has rebranded it to Salima and is planning to release it soon.

Kenyans, as usual and as expected, joined the conversation and as we speak, there are more than 7000 comments on this post. They were utterly disgusted by Willy Paul. The singer is yet to defend himself from the allegations.

This is not the first time Willy Paul has been accused of stealing other artistes’ songs and changing a few things to make them his. Allegations have risen before that Willy stole beats from Nigeria’s Barna Boy and Rihanna’s songs. He was also accused by a Tanzanian artiste of stealing beats from his song.

Willy Paul

Apart from stealing songs and executing them in his own way, Willy Paul has been embroiled in controversies before. He was accused of dating a chain smoker and has been seen flaunting her not more than once. This is the same lady who later came out and accused Willy Paul of trying to strangle her when they disagreed.

Ghafla Kenya ran this story and when we asked Willy Paul about the same, he went berserk and threatened to blow up Ghafla offices if we do not pull down the story. When he realized we were adamant about it, he calmed down and started narrating how his mum has been sick and would succumb to her sickness if she saw the story. We never pulled it down and Willy Paul’s mum is still alive. Since then Willy Paul has always ignored our calls every time we wanted to get clarifications from him.

Willy Paul is also an arrogant and unapologetic artiste who is full of pride and ego. Ever since he came into the limelight, Willy Paul has always thought he is better off than other artistes and almost always looks down upon them. His relationship with the media is also pathetic and he has allowed it to be so.

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The reactions from his fans after Bahati’s expose tell it all. He is quickly losing feat as a celebrated gospel artiste and instead he is embracing the character of a villain who came out to taint the gospel industry.

Bahati is not clean himself. Despite making the public believe he is humble and down to earth himself, the singer has his own controversies that have made us believe he is not meant for the gospel industry. His move to expose Willy Paul on the social media where he knows Kenyans will always crucify Paul was uncalled for. There are many channels he would have used to reach out to Willy Paul.

And by the way how sure are we that what he is saying is true? Christians do not go the way Bahati went. I saw a comment on his post from one of the fans showing how producer Big Ted vehemently denied the allegations that Willy Paul had bribed him to leak Bahati’s songs to him. By accusing even producers, it clearly shows that Bahati did not consult all the accused parties. There is no way they would all ignore his calls.

I also saw a comment from an incensed fan accusing Bahati of swindling close to 40k from a hawker who had produced songs and asked Bahati to help them promote their songs. That Bahati asked for 40k from the artiste and later disappeared into thin air. Remember this artiste never ran to the social media to taint Bahati. So was he justified to bring down Willy Paul’s career? Hell no.

These and many other things are some of the incidents showing how greed and competition have plunged the gospel industry into catastrophe. Long gone are the days when the industry was driven by the desire to worship God and truly serve him. Unlike then, today it is all about money, competition and desire to mark boundaries.

The gospel industry has never had enemies. Why now? I am not here to judge because I will be going against the doctrines of the holy book but Willy Paul and Bahati are a manifestation of a rotten industry that needs a complete overhaul.

Angela Chibalonza

Angela Chibalonza, even after she left us almost 8 years ago, remains the greatest gospel singer of all time. Her music is not just inspirational but also God-ordained and meant to show thetrue worship of God. Even though she had her own flaws as a human being, she steered clear of controversy and remained in the correct path. She is to date the greatest singer that Kenyans miss.

That is just an example. There are many more true gospel singers who, without courting controversy, have remained blessed and wealthy than Willy Paul and Bahati.

Perhaps the two are still gallivanting in adolescence and its deceitful nature. When they finally mature they will know how much they have wasted themselves.

Haven’t they been told that money without power is useless? If not, someone needs to inject this sense into the two fame-searching incompetent singers masquerading as God’s servants.