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Hush BK issues public apology to veteran singer Munishi after ‘Malebo’ cover controversy
23rd June, 2026 10:03 AM
The explosive cross-border gospel feud that ignited over the weekend has reached a stunning conclusion, with rising Kenyan artiste Hush BK issuing a total public surrender and ordering his team to completely delete his newly released cover of the iconic hit ‘Malebo.’
The dramatic U-turn comes immediately after the legendary Tanzanian gospel singer, Pastor Faustin Munishi, went on a blistering tirade on Monday, June 22, 2026, fiercely accusing new-age musicians of “theft,” “laziness,” and using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to vandalize his classic intellectual property without consent.
Faced with the wrath of the gospel pioneer, a remorseful Hush BK took to his official Instagram account just hours later to issue an emotional public apology, choosing to swallow his pride and scrap the expensive project entirely.
In a direct address to his fans and the veteran singer, Hush BK revealed that he did not care about the financial losses incurred from pulling down the high-production music video directed by Danny Igiza and featuring comedian DJ Shiti.
“I talked to my team nkawaambia wapull down the Munishi cover yenye tulifanya. Reasons ni kama tatu. Reason number one; sisi tukifanya hio song ilikua hapo Kenyatta Avenue when we were doing the worship call and the intentions were just pure, hatukua tunatafuta kiki ama kujulikana,” Hush BK explained.
(Translation: “I talked to my team and told them to pull down the Munishi cover that we did. There are about three reasons. Reason number one; when we did that song, we were at Kenyatta Avenue doing a worship call and the intentions were just pure, we weren’t looking for clout or fame.”)
The rising star further revealed that the track held immense personal value to him due to his own troubled past, before offering a humble plea for forgiveness to the veteran artist.
“I love that song inaniongelea mimi, I was once a drunkard, I was once an addict wa vitu fulani fulani but God alinikomboa. Hii ngoma sitafuti kiki that’s why nimepull down, I don’t care pesa imetumika kwa video and whatever, hio haiwezi tutoa from our main goal. Kama nimemkosea Munishi, my apologies to Munishi. Kama imekukwaza in any way – maybe umefeel hawa vijana wamenidisrespect – wewe ni kama baba yangu so naomba msamaha,” he said.
(Translation: “I love that song because it talks about me. I was once a drunkard, I was once an addict of certain things but God delivered me. I am not looking for clout with this song, which is why I have pulled it down. I don’t care about the money spent on the video and whatever, that cannot derail us from our main goal. If I have wronged Munishi, my apologies to Munishi. If it has annoyed you in any way—maybe you feel these young boys have disrespected you—you are like a father to me, so I ask for forgiveness.”)
Hush BK’s total surrender followed a fiercely uncompromising warning statement issued by Pastor Munishi earlier that day.
The veteran singer, whose original version of ‘Malebo’ has sat comfortably on YouTube for 14 years racking up over 10 million views, utterly rejected claims from younger stars that their modern remixes were “helping market” his catalog.
“Vijana, acheni uvivu wa kubuni. Tungeni nyimbo zenu,” a furious Munishi warned in his viral video address.
“Vijana nyinyi mnao iba nyimbo zangu, hiyo sio kuimba yani mnachukua ujambazi kwa kuchukua nyimbo zangu na kuzipeleka AI. Mimi sijawaomba mpeleke nyimbo zangu AI. Kama nitatumia AI nitaweka kwenye nyimbo zangu mpya, lakini zile za zamani ambazo nilitumia OI—yani Original Intelligence—wacheni zikae hivyo hivyo!”
(Translation: “Young people, stop being too lazy to create. Compose your own songs. You youth who are stealing my songs, that is not singing—that is absolute banditry, taking my songs and taking them to AI. I never asked you to take my songs to AI. If I want to use AI, I will use it on my new songs, but those old ones where I used OI—meaning Original Intelligence—leave them exactly as they are!”)
The legendary singer also took a massive swipe at the egos of modern internet celebrities who believed their star power was boosting his platform.
“Some who sing that song say, ‘Old man, we are celebrities.’ You cannot be a bigger celebrity than me. You claim you want to market and advertise that song, yet it already has 10 million views on YouTube and it wasn’t promoted by you. The song marketed itself.”
By quickly deleting the video and showing immense respect to the “Original Intelligence” of the legendary pioneer, Hush BK has successfully de-escalated what was fast becoming the most toxic copyright war of the year.
