Popular musician, Obert Chari, who is known for his hit song, Mebo, spoke to Andrew Neshamba of Drewmas Media, about his life and career.
His group is called Harkrwn Stars, after the town of Hartley (Where the ZCC leader Nehemiah Mutendi started prophecies) .
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1. Chari was born in Negovano in Bikita.
2. He attended Chada Primary school, after his grade seven he became a cattle herder.
3. After his high school at Marirangwe, High, Chari went back and became a cattle herder.
4. In 2009, Chari started attending at Midlands state university.
5. In 2012, Chari moved to Chegutu, and in 2018, he recorded his first album, Ngoma yababa.
6. In 2021,Chari released his second album, Ubuntu.
7. Chari is a member of the ZCC.
8. He revealed that he is married and is a father of two.
9. Chari songs with his brother, Darlington, who also does his dance choreography. Darlington is single.
10. Chari said the girl that acted as Mebo in his video is now married.
11. He met her the day before the video was shot and she agreed to perform as his wife on the video. The girl who was originally supposed to play the part became unavailable before the video shoot and Mebo replaced her .
12. Chari now has a total of 19 videos on his YouTube channel.
13. His favorite song is Ngoma yomugidhi which has over 1.4 million views.
14. Chair’s wife in real life is called Mebo. He denied that he has more than one wife.
15. Chari said he prefers to walk on foot all over Chegutu. This was at first discouraged by his Stage Manager, Courage Nanyange. However, they have came to accept that he is a man of the people.
Please watch the video above this post for more details.