Peter Mushipi Stpeter Zm

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CLARIFICATION/PROOF OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ZAM AND THE YO MAPS TEAM

To address claims that no communication occurred between the Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM) and the Yo Maps team pertaining to the "Budget" video, I'm hereby releasing the documented timeline of our engagement. This move has been necessitated by a false narrative being paddled against ZAM and myself purporting that we lied about being in contact with Yo Maps and his team. It is my responsibility to protect the integrity of the Association I preside over. Any dent on the Association is a dent to the nearly 1000 members who subscribe to it.

1. INITIAL CONTACT AND AGREEMENT TO EDIT THE VIDEO
On 26th April 2026, following public concerns about specific scenes in Yo Maps’ "Budget" music video, ZAM directly contacted Yo Maps and informed him about the matter at hand. After contacting Yo Maps, ZAM also contacted his video director, Longwe Nyirenda, a.k.a. Director Lo of Reel Studios and advised him to agree with Yo Maps on the way forward. During an 11-minute call, ZAM informed Director Lo of the public concerns and provided technical guidance by proposing the use of YouTube’s in-platform editing feature as opposed to taking down the video. The reason ZAM proposed this method was in consideration of the video production costs already incurred by Yo Maps and the need to maintain the metrics (video views). Director Lo requested time to consult Yo Maps before editing. He later confirmed he had Yo Maps’ approval to make the recommended changes.

2. UPDATE ON UPLOAD PROCESS
Once edits were complete, Director Lo informed ZAM that, per Yo Maps’ instruction, the revised video had been submitted to Africori, Yo Maps’ distributor, to replace the original YouTube version. The process was expected to take 48 hours from 26th April 2026. At this point, ZAM considered the matter resolved.

3. FOLLOW-UP AFTER CONTINUED PUBLIC COMPLAINTS
Four days from the date of our initial communicati