As the fashion and modelling world was celebrating with the award winning model Ben Chest for winning the Best Male Award during the 3rd edition of the Roil Bulawayo Arts Award last month.
Another celebration is being done this month by the Ben Chest fans' as he managed to become the first male model from the second capital city of Bulawayo to feature in the video of the multi award musician Jah Prayzah'.
The video of the song that Ben Chest cast in is titled Ne Muriwo and it features the award winning dance ensemble IYASA and Tanya Chikuni.
The video was shoot at Matapo area in the outskirts of the City of kings and Queens.
Ben Chest described the collabo in featuring at JP aka Jah Prayzah as a motivation to his career.
"Working with JP was so inspiring the man is too relented,his energy is very much contagious, sort of likes feeds your energy and that brings the best out of you.
"Soft spoken but very focused,it really was an eye opening experience at the same time exciting," described Ben Chest.
On how he managed to take part in the video, he said a call that was made by the award winning artist to him,requesting him to take part in the video he agreed upon it.
Ben also further added that he believes it was after he won the BAAzw that captured JP's attention.
"The collabo with great Jah Prayzah came as a surprise. I just received a phone call from the Man himself JP,soon after the awards it was probably inspired by the big award.
"I really felt honoured,so instead of going alone to take part in the shoot of the video. I decided to go with other two models,Zizi and Hazel to also take part,"informed Ben Chest.
Ben Chest further told Aftv mag that he felt blessed to win the Roil Bulawayo Arts Award,as it has shown to the world that his home town appreciate his work and talent.
"#RoilBAAzw meant so much to me because it's an award from home where I have grown the talent,when home acknowledges you the rest of the world will feel your impact,you penetrate with such unstoppable dynamic force 'bhayisikili lifundelwa ekhaya' (All great works start from home).," he said.
The award winning model said his looking forward for more international collabos as an ambassador in companies and organisations,more acting and more in the modelling sector.
By Rubaya Tapiwa
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