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JAH Prayzah’s record label, Military Touch Movement, is trending on social media after it advertised 2018 calendars which it is selling for $5, a price most feel is unjustified as calendars are generally given for free.

Responding to a post on Facebook where the four-paged calendar with posters of the stable’s artistes was posted, some felt that Jah Prayzah and his camp were taking followers for granted.

“$5 is too much. Jah Prayzah is now taking advantage of his fans,” posted one Tae Rance.

Some queried why the calendars were more expensive than CDs which are being sold for $1 with others comically suggesting that for that price the calendar needs to have extra functions like having an alarm or playing the artistes music each time one looks at it.

“$5 . . . must be playing your songs every morning, or maybe it has an alarm,” wrote another.

Suggestions were also made that Jah Prayzah’s camp needed to be more innovative and look for better ways of selling or giving out the calendars.

“I wonder how Jah Prayzah’s management operates. This is simple, when one buys a ticket to a show, they must get a free calendar. The ticket pricing for shows should include the calendar cost. Whoever does your marketing is pathetic,” posted Shumba Spambi.

Most users were annoyed by the fact that too much attention had been given to Jah Prayzah who appears alone on the cover and thrice on the calendar at the expense of other stable mates such as ExQ and DJ Tamuka who were left out.

“Is ‘he’ the only one at Military Touch? The fact that it’s a ‘movement’ then it should be about ‘them’ not ‘him’ so let ‘them’ always be the cover of #MTM. Putting Jah Prayzah first in all the covers and designs will portray a different picture altogether. Thank you,” suggested Brighton Mununi.

Others simply said calendars are things that should be given out for free hence the artiste needed to hand them out for free to fans who have been supporting his career and stable.

For others, they found the $5 price affordable and urged those who could not afford not to discourage others from buying.

“If you don’t have money to buy the calendar, stop complaining and let us who can afford buy. No one has been forced to buy the calendars so stop insulting Jah Prayzah please,” wrote Fenicias Madzivire.

Another follower concurred saying they would buy the calendar no matter the price.

“Even if the calendar is sold for $20, we’ll still buy it.”

On their part, Military Touch Movement said the calendar had four different covers with different artistes so people were free to buy covers with their favourite artiste from the stable.