Zapp Mallet fires at claims he opposed Lord Kenya’s pastoral calling, threatens lawsuit

Legendary sound engineer Zapp Mallet has reacted to claims suggesting he opposed Lord Kenya’s decision to become a pastor, and has also threatened legal action over what he describes as misquotations.

In an interview on Okay FM, Zapp Mallet clarified that he was never upset about Lord Kenya’s spiritual calling.

According to him, the issue he raised was with the former hiplife artiste’s comments cautioning DJs not to play his old songs because he now considered them “worldly.”

“That was a misunderstanding. Why would it be that God has called Lord Kenya and I am pained about it. I am never pained about the calling but rather him saying we should stop playing his music, because he didn’t like it again, that is what I didn’t like,” Zapp Mallet said.

He explained that those statements by Lord Kenya, in his view, affected the reach and growth of the music they created together.

“I’m sure if he hadn’t declared that, by now I am sure it would be flying off more but what he did, I’m sure whether you like it or not it has affected the playing of the music,” he added.

Zapp Mallet also cautioned bloggers to be more careful with how they report his comments, insisting that some headlines have misrepresented his words.

He noted that he never said he was “hurt” by Lord Kenya becoming a pastor and warned that he could have taken legal action for the misquotations.

“Bloggers should also be careful how they report on issues like that because I didn’t say that and that wasn’t what I meant. Somebody even captioned it that ‘I felt hurt,’ and I have never used such a sentence so I’ve been misquoted and I can even sue the person if I want because I never said I felt hurt,” he added.

Meanwhile, in an earlier interview on Max TV, Zapp Mallet expressed disappointment, particularly with Lord Kenya, whom he described as the “biggest artiste” he has ever produced.

He explained that Lord Kenya’s public rejection of their old songs after embracing Christianity did not sit well with him, especially since those records still hold value and could continue generating benefits.

He questioned how any producer would feel if their biggest artiste dismissed their shared body of work, especially when it remains influential and commercially relevant.

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