Ghanaian sound engineer and music producer, Zapp Mallet, has expressed his perspective on the factors contributing to the stagnant growth and development within the gospel music industry.Mallet has pinpointed the presence of animosity and rivalry among gospel musicians as a significant impediment to the industry's advancement in the country.

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He finds it disheartening that musicians who are dedicated to exalting God and conveying His message would harbour jealousy and engage in actions that undermine one another in their pursuit of success and prosperity.Mallet has urged industry stakeholders and gospel artists to confront this issue promptly, emphasising the need to root out such negative elements from the gospel music sector.“Actually, that has been one problem in the industry.

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We can't seem to bond together; I don’t know why. Every time there is animosity somewhere, some people are beefing and that’s one problem I think exists among artistes,” he told GhanaWeb in an exclusive interview.He emphasised that gospel musicians must stop engaging in such behaviour and concentrate on their musical professions. careers.“It's high time we deal with it.

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I don’t know how we are going to deal with it but we must deal with our hearts first. Because this problem is a gospel thing and it's not the first time, it keeps getting worse.“We need to address it; otherwise, the industry will remain as it is. We should be better than this but because of that [ gospel artistes beefing each other], we are where we are now. I hope we are able to tackle it because it is getting better of us,” said Zapp

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Mallet.

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