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"When you're tired of listening to MacG | Finding good podcasts can prove to be a trying task, especially with so many on our radar. Janice Phiri shares more about the best podcasts to lend your ear to," was the headline which caused havoc on social media. Instead of abiding to what the article told people, his supporters of showed allegiance to the podcast, vowing to never stop listening to him.
Sol Phenduka who is the co-host of the podcast slammed the publication by saying the podcasts they were advertising, are not getting the attention they had hoped for.
"Yall are doing a great injustice to the Podcasts you are pushing here. Your headline takes away from them. Everyone is talking about the HEADLINE but not the Podcasts you trying to promote."
Janice Phiri needs to heal https://t.co/2ZlSmu0rRc
— Solomzi (@Solphendukaa) February 20, 2022
Mzansi was up in arms following that headline and vowed to defend MacG by any means necessary.
We gonna keep supporting the podcast and chill with MacG pic.twitter.com/AxAlON07V0
— Thato🗯 (@thatofaith) February 20, 2022
MacG was correct Radio stations pay Twitter influences to talk negative things about him, The Podcast is a huge threat to Radio Industry.
— 🇿🇦Sbuda🇿🇦 (@Sbudaa_) February 20, 2022
Podcast & Chill with MacG is no longer just an ordinary podcast. It's a Lifestyle...
— ChrisExcel (@ChrisExcel102) February 20, 2022
That's why we will never get tired of it.
MacG once stated that there is a radio station paying influencers on this app to discredit him.
— Ziie. ✍🏿 (@ZiieRadebe) February 21, 2022
Now Stratcom media in the form of City Press is running articles on him to do the same.
Nah, this guy must have something on the big dogs of the industry.
Yini kangaka ? 🤔
MacG's podcast is obe of the best in Africa and also overlapped in Europe and America
— ⚡ X̶a̶v̶i̶e̶r̶ ✞ (@RealXavier011) February 20, 2022
White founders and investors hate the mere fact that this man is a stand alone abd has a lot of support through his content.
Even SABC are cutting him off because of the power he has. pic.twitter.com/DPENSX26U2
On his podcast a while back, MacG mentioned of an influencer claiming to getting paid R60K just to bash the podcast. He asked MacG how can he top that amount so he side with him.
“I’m like to this guy, ‘I can’t match that. Keep doing what you do.' So that’s what they do, they pay Twitter influencers to speak badly about the podcast. They pay these Twitter influencers to push propaganda, to push a message,” he said.
MacG then pointed out that the podcast is at war with their competitors which could be radio. He said the radio industry wishes it could get the numbers that they have.
"The moment a platform like us exists, it's a threat to them. It wasn't a threat at the beginning because if you're a chiller who does not just watch the snippets, you would realise that's how I talk, from way back," he said. "If Podcast and Chill exists and there are 10 more other podcasts, that means radio is dead."
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MacG does not take kindly to people who try to discredit his work and neither did he sugar coast his thoughts on Minnie Dlamini, who was part of those people as well.
When she announced her divorce, Minnie got told that her marriage could not keep up with the podcast. Minnie said she could not finish watching an episode of the podcast and so Sol said, "Well the podcast is not the only thing you could not finish," said Sol. MacG then said, "in fact the podcast lasted longer than her marriage," they all laughed.
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