Following the news that Babes Wodumo’s latest track ‘Mercedes’ has been rejected by few individual radio stations, after it is alleged that the song is about a street drug known as ‘Mercedes’ – now the ‘Wololo’ hitmaker is set to launch an anti-drug campaign amongst the South African youth.
West Ink apologised for the confusion caused by the song and insists that the song talks about Babes Wodumo’s favourite car not the drug.
In a statement shared by West Ink record label owner Mampintsha on Instagram, Babes Wodumo will be soon launching a campaign that seeks to create and address awareness against drug use amongst South African youth.
Firstly we would like to extend our sincere heartfelt apologies for the seeming confusion that has emerged following the release of our proposed follow up & highly sought after single for Babes Wodumo titled “Mercedes” which has since stirred a wave of controversy and opened up a debate regarding a dangerous substance of the same name which has become synonymous with the underground KZN community.
It is very sad that Babes favorite car happens to share the same pseudonym as the dangerous drug but we would like to re affirm our truth to you all that the song has always been about a car, which is also the same dream car that her own father has always wanted to own but was never able to afford.
The story of the song is thus a continuation of a young black girl who grew up in the ghetto and literally came from nothing to being what she is today and is just singing out her dreams in her songs. It is also a gravely unfortunate coincidence that we overlooked the possibility of the song being linked to the drug of the same name but we empathize with everyone who has been affected by this.
In the aftermath of this unfortunate series of events Babes Wodumo has decided to come up with a campaign that seeks to create and address awareness against drug use amongst South African youth. We will be sending you details of the campaign soon and we urge and pledge government as well as private stake holders to lend their support to our cause.
Thank you in advance for your continued support and co operation.
