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Musical piracy hit Zamrock artists hard, and with no safeguards in place, bootleggers in neighbouring countries were able to make money by copying and selling the music of Zambian artists. Many musicians of the era thus left the profession to find other work to sustain themselves and their families. [[Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda|Jagari]], for example, became a teacher, and then a miner.<ref name=guardian/> | Musical piracy hit Zamrock artists hard, and with no safeguards in place, bootleggers in neighbouring countries were able to make money by copying and selling the music of Zambian artists. Many musicians of the era thus left the profession to find other work to sustain themselves and their families. [[Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda|Jagari]], for example, became a teacher, and then a miner.<ref name=guardian/> | ||
The Zamrockers lived an extravagant lifestyle, but were very ignorant of the dangers of HIV and AIDS. Back then the disease was completely unknown – other than as something that only affected homosexuals.<ref name=redbull/> This led to the demise of most artists. | |||
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