I will summarize because its quite long
in short he says that he considers himself like a combattant himself because back in the days he took the risk to sing que demande le peuple which was seen as an attack to politicians and he was boycotted on a lot of tvs and had it hard to go outside the country(i remember he almost missed a knee surgery of his oldest son if not for jb stepping in to convince prime minister to hand him passport back)
he understands that not everybody in any country will agree with the president but what he'd like to see from combattants is to find other strategy than just blocking concerts and kind of mocks them that when its politicians coming they cant do anything because of security( throughout interview it will be a bit like that half of his natural common sense half of irony and sarcasm out of being pissed with the the length of the ban)
He says for example they could unite with musicians and with the same energy they use to block concerts they could create ideas to fund people in east of drc( one of the point of view of combattants is that what brothers from east need is not charity but kicking out foreign forces creating chaos there and the kin's authorities who receive various help destined to east and eat it)
then says normally he should not be affected by the ban because he is not anymore a full time congolese citizen but a french citizen living in congo who gets visa to remain in congo but then says if it is because he sang for kabila ok but before singing for kabila he did for jean pierre bemba and what about fally ferre wata fabregas and co who did not
so its hard to understand sometimes because there are various reasons depending on combattants
and he says combattants should not think they have ruined them with the ban because they have found ways to adapt,and makes it quite clear that he has become a millionaire now  without the europe concerts with his activites outside music(gold business,hotel,private business in france...) and that he earned with his book what he had never earned through music but his concern is for the impact on our culture,we are risking to  regret one day having lost that much time without concerts( by the way i have never had occasion to say it but for me not recording albums fully in europe like in the past is more important than concerts because musicians would give their absolute best if they record here the level of motivation would be totally different)
he is asked about fally's concert and he regrets what happened around and he says for him fally did not look happy on stage  and its a shame that they had to perform under such conditions(for those who do not know security system was even stronger than when most presidents arrive,and almost stronger than in terrorist attacks of few years ago) so  in order not to need  such radical condition the best thing is to negotiate with combattants(but he does admit also indirectly that sometimes they mess things themselves with their attitude and words)
he was asked about his beard and says its strange because he grew beard very late and directly grew beard with that grey part and reacts to the rumour that he had a dead corpse in his car for album success back in the days and he says he regrets that people believe that it was actually he came back from a playback in denmark and at airport his friends were telling him another musician was apparently arrested with a dead body in his car and to his surprise two weeks after he sees in newspapers article that it was him and there was also rumour that he dated jaynet kabila and he says if it was really true do people believe he would get visas rejected for his zenith
He was asked about diss in music and explained some of his diss in songs to reply to bill and koffi and adds that he has never ever been into witchcraft and he actually feels sorry for his friends who are into it because its like they feel they cant do things on their own and he challenges anybody who is into kindoki to find him in their reunions of their world and that satan gets too much credit for people for nothing because if he is that strong then he should make his clients immortal
he is asked about koffi and he says he has nothing but absolute respect and admiration for koffi the artist and what he has achieved and that way before he collaborated with him people around were telling him they had styles which were kinda similar so since he was then not a musician he could contribute to koffi's career with his songs which he did and does not regret,his only regret was that koffi was doing everything to keep him in the shadow while he could have given him a boost to start solo career like papa wemba did after
and he says about koffi the human its a different story, he thought their beef which started over papa wemba and little things like those stated above would only result in musical competition but he was very shocked that koffi took it to spiritual level with several attacks and he says there are former quartier latin members who received the same attacks at the same parts  and if he was not somebody who prays to God seriously he was dead so that is something he will never ever forgive  and thats the reason he does not want to become close to koffi again because somebody who tried to kill you you'd be stupid to continue offering him opportunities and he says he is sorry to say it openly like that for one rare time but  people should know its not a game and its not polemic anymore when somebody's life is in danger and that he would never ever do that somebody no matter the disagreement because only God has the right to decide when your time has come
he says one of the secrets of his fitness for his age(58 in september) is that he does not drink alcohol,does not smoke cigarette or weed

guys do you agree with his ideas about and for combattants

I agree with Wazekwa, what tangible success has the concert blockade given RDC since 2010? These successful artist have businesses aside from music, so they'll adapt if combatants completely block secularist musicians that performed for a tyrannical leader.

If you can't reform the political culture at the ballot, then you must do so with violence. Congo needs financial support from Congolese in European to receive arms and logistical support from the EU in exchange for future concessions under a different administration. There's a role for European based Congolese to play, but obstructing concerts is no effective.

Europe and other parts of Africa has their role as well; STOP IMPORTING CONGOLESE SEEKING ASYLUM! If you restrict people's ability to leave RDC, you'll burst the pressure value and people will rise against the government. Besides, it will be a very dangerous place for Blacks in Europe given the demographic change which is displacing the native White population.

i am surprised nobody picked the part he is saying in the most direct ways his issues with koffi and created buzz around it,or is it because people have enough buzz to discuss at the moment sometimes it happens like that people discuss things then remember somethin which appeared in the same period when their discussion is starting to fade away and they bring it back into headlines just to keep having something to discuss about

Wazekwa is, maybe, the only musician who can debate intelligently with the combattants, he describes the situation well and everything he says is true. I'm sorry to say that but I don't see which combattant has the same level of intelligence as Wazekwa to be able to represent the combattants and debate with him. On February 28 what happened only gave a bad image to the Congolese because France itself was ashamed in the eyes of the world of the events that happened, it only showed that anyone who can to do anything in France. If it was not Yuma Prod (the biggest society of production in France I think, they produce the biggest hip-hop/rap and RnB stars of France), the concert would be cancelled because I dont see which producer can negociate with French autorities to mobilize a lot of security, frame a big sector like Bercy and dont have the show cancelled with everything have happened.

Wazekwa is not afraid to say on Internet that Koffi wanted to kill him without any repercussions ?

bro back in the days like 10 11 12 years ago he already said it on tv and that he'd rather sit and chat with tissue paper than with somebody who tried not just once to attack him,koffi tried to sue him i mean sue him the congolese way like you just see police at your home like a random thief arrested but he failed to get wazekwa jailed
i remember in that period wazekwa had also developped of bit of that attitude most leaders have(that overconfidence) and went back to say koffi tried to use his relationship to humiliate him but he countered using his which are as big or bigger(this was the period he was rumoured to be dating kabila's sister)

Bro can you think that Wazekwa could have been jailed and spent a lot of time in jail just because he said that Koffi wanted to kill him ?

Bro can you think that Wazekwa could have been jailed and spent a lot of time in jail just because he said that Koffi wanted to kill him ?

of course not but you know to be honest, celebrities and powerful people of DRC rarely use jail trick to make people rot there,its more just to humiliate and show who is stronger,only political cases can lead to long jail for example the way mike mukebay(if you follow political news) has been jailed for years for exposing kamerhe stealing millions of dollars destined to do things for the country

Always wondered why did they never get along all I know he was salty because Wazekwa gave wemba songs. It's crazy that 20+ years later they still don't get along. An explanation would be appreciated.

Always wondered why did they never get along all I know he was salty because Wazekwa gave wemba songs. It's crazy that 20+ years later they still don't get along. An explanation would be appreciated.

Indeed it all started around the fact first koffi was refusing to give him a proper boost,only putting his name on cd's sleeves with only one half hearted mabanga,while wazekwa was working with him for hours after leaving office or in week end so wazekwa felt undervalued,then when he got taken to work with papa wemba koffi got furious and called him to shout at him that he ruined his beautiful songs by giving to wemba because its him koffi who has success with women
so they had beef from then in 1993 to extent that when koffi and wemba did wake up koffi influenced wemba to refuse wazekwa songs and that he'd hand him one or two of his to credit to his name if needed
but then as they did wake up,papa wemba still supported wazekwa to start career as a singer by encourageing him to record his own album and sang on it ,which made relationship even worse with koffi
you know artists in general when you are talented and suit their style if they can keep you in the shadow forever they'll do so that you serve only them,so the fact wazekwa could become a professional artist with similarities in their style,both being writers, strong rhythm guitarists was not well seen
then in 2005 they made peace thanks to intervention of a lot of people ,and jb on the artistic side who was close to him and who had just made peace with koffi, and they became super close again,they'd often chill together jb koffi wazekwa even going at studio sessions of each other which artists never like to do for spiritual reasons and competition
then few times after,as wazekwa did not side with koffi for recruiting ferre despite conflict it could fuel with werra koffi felt betrayed and hated(as most big names did not side with him either) so he started preparing revenge,and used big money to poach the main members of cultura(in the other recent wazekwa interview posted he explains that one of his bodyguard without his permission assaulted hono kapanga because he was the one holding phones in rehearsals and was tired of seeing hono bother constantly every of the remained cultura members like eclipse bercy and co to join koffi to completely destroy the group)
and there started intense clash with lead to several spiritual attacks from koffi and wazekwa almost dying
thats the reason why even when wazekwa wants to speak nicer about koffi and appease things as soon as he remembers how doctors were telling him he'd die in three days unless God saves him he goes back radical that they'll never be friends again
its a bit long but i tried to explain as clearly as possible

Always wondered why did they never get along all I know he was salty because Wazekwa gave wemba songs. It's crazy that 20+ years later they still don't get along. An explanation would be appreciated.

Indeed it all started around the fact first koffi was refusing to give him a proper boost,only putting his name on cd's sleeves with only one half hearted mabanga,while wazekwa was working with him for hours after leaving office or in week end so wazekwa felt undervalued,then when he got taken to work with papa wemba koffi got furious and called him to shout at him that he ruined his beautiful songs by giving to wemba because its him koffi who has success with women
so they had beef from then in 1993 to extent that when koffi and wemba did wake up koffi influenced wemba to refuse wazekwa songs and that he'd hand him one or two of his to credit to his name if needed
but then as they did wake up,papa wemba still supported wazekwa to start career as a singer by encourageing him to record his own album and sang on it ,which made relationship even worse with koffi
you know artists in general when you are talented and suit their style if they can keep you in the shadow forever they'll do so that you serve only them,so the fact wazekwa could become a professional artist with similarities in their style,both being writers, strong rhythm guitarists was not well seen
then in 2005 they made peace thanks to intervention of a lot of people ,and jb on the artistic side who was close to him and who had just made peace with koffi, and they became super close again,they'd often chill together jb koffi wazekwa even going at studio sessions of each other which artists never like to do for spiritual reasons and competition
then few times after,as wazekwa did not side with koffi for recruiting ferre despite conflict it could fuel with werra koffi felt betrayed and hated(as most big names did not side with him either) so he started preparing revenge,and used big money to poach the main members of cultura(in the other recent wazekwa interview posted he explains that one of his bodyguard without his permission assaulted hono kapanga because he was the one holding phones in rehearsals and was tired of seeing hono bother constantly every of the remained cultura members like eclipse bercy and co to join koffi to completely destroy the group)
and there started intense clash with lead to several spiritual attacks from koffi and wazekwa almost dying
thats the reason why even when wazekwa wants to speak nicer about koffi and appease things as soon as he remembers how doctors were telling him he'd die in three days unless God saves him he goes back radical that they'll never be friends again
its a bit long but i tried to explain as clearly as possible

Koffi is a human filth. I meam even Ferre, Werra and JB do whitchcraft but Koffi always take it to the mext level
But what about those Europe guys making feature with Koffi and Fally like Naza & KeBlack why don't they get touched by the kindoki scar? Is Kindoki the reasom Maitre Gims doesn't want to work with Congolese artists?

there is a lot of mindgames between them,i dont know if it has calmed down but even those who are cool back in the days  the leaders would check a lot of things before meeting,sometimes they just believe all is cool like when koffi (sorry to still give his example because he is far from the only one) took a bit of wazekwa's beard while joking with him
all in all,i think most of them go down the same route,they'll first seek protection from sorcerers against older artists,or be approached for that then be teased more and more about boosting their success or wanting it themselves
in most of the cases they know or can estimate the level of everybody else especially those who become big masters so depending on that they'll act(which is why sometimes some are cool but you wont see them together because they have fear of contact )