This is the event that is giving great competition to Kwani Open Mic. It’s all about the poems/spoken word and freestyles.
Slum Africa showcases the art that is on the mic here in Kenya from artistes that should be getting more recognition than they are receiving already.
Slum Africa will be held at the Dass Ethiopian Restaurant in Westlands on the 18Th of May from 7PM till 11PM.
Entrance to go for Sh. 500. Be there.
After the first edition of this hyper event, you know all too well that there had to be another one of this crazy night, and here it if… Finally!
From Paris with Love was and again will be brought to you by The French Connection to the famous Tree House, Museum Hill on the 18Th of this month (that’s this Friday ya’ll)!
Electro House music will be the sound of the night, controlled by Jean-Marie Erik from 10PM till late.
Entrance to the venue will be for Sh. 500, strictly to persons over 21 years of age.
Here at Ghafla!Kenya, we’re still trying hard to understand what made this music video get so many views on YouTube and rounds on the social media. Not that we are criticizing or anything, it is just a little bit weird.
Maybe it’s the funny dances or the ‘out of this world’ costumes that gave the video 547, 817 views and counting. This is higher than any other Kenyan music video after Jaguar’s Kigeugeu by the way. Yes, it’s that big.
I cannot understand a word in the song so I’m really not sure about the lyrics. You guys really have to help us out on this one. Check it out.
It seems that these two competing artistes will go to any length to trash each other. Prezzo says this, later Jaguar says that. Why don’t we just have a music battle between these guys when Prezzo comes back from the BBA.
Recently, Big Brother asked Prezzo if he knew the song ‘kigeugeu’ and the artiste that sang it. This is what he had to say, “I have never heard of him before. Maybe he’s a small time artist”. Really?…Prezzo?
Later in an interview of Ghetto Radio with Jaguar, having being told about Prezzo’s comments, this is what Jaguar said, “I pray that he wins that money because he needs it. He is the one who decided to be locked up in a house, but personally that can’t happen to me, it will be like being in boarding school. If Prezzo does not know me then he is not from Kenya because my song was ranked number one in East Africa.”
This beef should be settled the professional way just like Bebe Cool and Boby Wyne did it in Uganda.
The ever consistent gospel musician Paul Mwai is on it again. Having released the video for his latest song just yesterday, he is not holding back on the vocals.
His new song, ‘Murangiri’ perfectly brings out his voice. The vocals are just great. The thing is, the whole song is in the Kikuyu language with English subtitles. Still, you don’t have to understand the words for you to know that he killed the track.
With a female vocalist in the background on the chorus, it just gets sweeter. Not to mention the saxophonist after every chorus. Whether you listen to gospel or not, this is good music. It really is. Check it out.
Beautiful and strong voiced Rosy Ohon just hit the music waves with a new track that promises to have the mature gospel music industry in the palm of her hands.
The song, ‘Nibariki’, as the name already explains, talks about the importance of God’s blessings and how much we/she are/is eager for them. Produced by Gamba Records, the Divine lyrics are simple and smooth.
What’s more to love about this song? The fact that gospel music videos are now getting better and better by every new song is something to acknowledge. The song’s video, which has most of its scenes on the Nairobi University grounds, is simply eye catching thanks to Ogopa Videos.
Rosy is beautiful and well dressed in the video as always and you just can’t help but enjoy the song and the video. Very well done Rosy Ohon.
Check out the video below.
Just where is C’Zars?
This reminds me of a book i used to read called “Where’s Wally” in which you were meant to locate Wally. Moving right along, does anyone have any idea where this chap is? His father even put a reward on any information that would result in his discovery &/or safe return but thus far there have been no takers.
The lad was responsible for giving us a slew of hits back in 2006 then just before sitting for his KCSE he simply vanished. All efforts that made to try and trace the chap have borne little fruit, the most being information about him shacking up with some elderly woman in Eastleigh.
I shall refrain from making fun of the whole situation (which is actually very hard to do). Let me just say that the lad really needs to get back home and back to giving us hits instead of galivanting around “Mogadishu Ndogo” with some old lady. That ofcourse is if the whispers about his whereabouts have an ounce of truth in them.
That is my humble opinion.
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North America’s largest documentary market, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival announced 25 projects that were represented at this year’s forum which took place from the 26th of April to the 6th of May 2012. Among the projects selected was a feature about Just a Band, produced by Kenya’s Wanuri Kahiu and Anjali Nayar.
The documentary is titled Just a Band: The Movie, and is a kaleidoscopic portrait of Kenya’s four artistically eclectic twenty-something year olds who form the afro-electro-pop group.
The film follows them through projects and performances, including the street parties and the making of their extremely successful music video Ha-He which went viral globally.
A record 165,000 people attended this year’s festival, which was sub-divided into eight sections: Canadian Spectrum, International Spectrum, Made in Southwestern Europe, World Showcase, Next, Rise Against, Nightvision, Documentary Plays Itself and Shorts.
Winners included The Boxing Girls of Kabul (Canada), Call Me Kuchu (USA) for Best International feature and My Thai Bride (Australia) for Best Mid-length Documentary.
At this year’s festival, Mozilla staged a two day workshop to explore how to use internet and other media platforms to give new dimensions to their documentary storytelling.
If you are a theatre lover or you’re a thespian looking for inspiration…
Then you should be at the Kenya National Theatre this Friday for this year’s installation of Fire by Ten productions.
The cast which boasts talents such as poet ,Kwani’s featured artist of the month, Checkmate Mido, Kevin Amwoma from KBC’s show “Classmates” and Mary Kathomi from NTV’s “Cobra Squad” aongst others will be performing 5pieces; 4 in English& 1 in Swahili.
The pieces are both entertaining &captivating as they tease the mind and provoke thought but are also witty and humorous.
Tickets are 300 advance (call 0722554372 Martin Kaona) and 400 at the gate.
If you are used to watching Big Brother Africa with small kids (a person below 18 years), you better to stop it because
the much anticipated love drama has just started.
Contestants in Big Brother Downvill house have decided to become more intimate in order for them to survive in house.
Everyone expected more drama from the uphill house of which it’s the opposite. Downvill house is proving to be more interesting than the so called ‘’celebrity house’’.
Watch downvill contestants gating more intimate down here >>>>>>
One of the best Kenyan DJs yet, DJ Kaytrixx is ready and set to start off his Kenyan Tour, setting the partying mood right all over Kenya.
Away from the StraightUp Studios, Kaytrixx begins his tour tomorrow night at the Changes Pub in Westlands. This tour is an initiative by Kaytrixx, to travel to most parts of Kenya, doing what he does best while at the same time (and the priority for this tour), meeting and getting up close with his fans who only see the DJ Guru on the KTN Str8Up show.
Kaytrixx had recently given his fans a chance to suggest the places they would like him to visit in Kenya, through his Facebook fan page. Some of the towns that Kaytrixx concluded for his tour are Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Athi River, Meru, Nyeri, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika, Malindi, Machakos, Kakamega among others.
He will make the tour even more interesting than it already is by giving away free mixtapes and bringing to the show Live Video Mixing.
This is the schedule for the tour so far as Kaytrixx has confirmed to us:
This Thursday 17th May 2012 – Changes – Westlands.
This Friday 18th May 2012 – Athi River – Club Vanillas.
Next Thursday 24th May – Kisumu – Club Signature.
Next Saturday 26th May 2012 – Nyeri – Club Banana leaf.
June 1st 2012 – Bella Vista – Mombasa.
June 2nd 2012 – Club Samba – Eldoret.
This will be awesome!
Since Prezzo was unveiled as Kenya’s celebrity representative in this year’s Big Brother Stargame, many people complained
including singer Jaguar.
Every one thought that CMB Prezzo would not go far in Big Brother house, of which he is proving them wrong.
Today team Prezzo got a huge boost when the self proclaimed king wa rap decided to support Prezzo’s quest of winning the BBA prize money.
Check his tweet
We hope every Kenyan will stop hating on Prezzo. Let us support him, he’s our own.
Fresh from the Peoples Choice Cypher delivery, Coola Gang are back again with their latest 7min+ edition titled ‘State of Emergency: The Cypher’.
The brand new cypher features lyrical flows and raps from artists such as Taffy, Shukid, Kapella, Ace the Don and Young Haze, with audio production carried out by Coola member GnX and an overall production quality by A Thousand Words Media.
Click here to find out more about Coola Gang
Checkout S.O.E (State of Emergency) the Cypher below and give Coola Gang a shoutout on the comments section below…
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Kenyan hardcore hip hop group Coola Gang are fast approaching the pinnacle of Kenyan lyrical profeciency, what with a steady and growing fanbase and the re-emergence of the genre in Kenya, the future may only be ripe for the taking.
We caught up with the crew recently and had a chat with members Kapella, GnX and Shukid as they touched on pertinent issues such as the quality of local music videos as well as the music and how they believe firm funding would ressurect the industry and get them where they want to be.
Coola Gang are calling on Kenyan music lovers to be open-minded and for the media not to dictate trends but give the people what they want… thus the Peoples Choice Cypher? In the interview you will also find out what were the crew’s most memorable performances and what we should look forward to from them.
Shukid of Coola asks us to stop concentrating on whats already there and open upto upcoming artistes and the rest who have crazy talent. If you were asked which hip hop artists you look upto in Kenya, they swear that about 95% Kenyans would mention someone from abroad, mainly because they believe the industry has very few options.
Interesting to note was a gospel artiste they look up to, as well as a possible collaboration with a female rapper that would surely be a great hit. Find out what sets Coola Gang apart from the rest, when we should expect their mixtape or album out and whether or not there truly is beef between Coola Gang and Camp Mulla…all in the podcast below…
It is more than touching to see what celebrities are doing these days just to give back to the community. Compassion is building fast in the hears of these selfless media personalities. More and more are joining hands to fight various unfortunate situations.
Kalasha Award Winning actress, Janet Kirina has started the a social media campaign called Media Tulee Mtoto Charity Initiative that is aiming to raise more than Sh. 250, 000 for the welfare of the disabled orphans.
The money and other donations will all go to the purchase of beddings for the orphans who are currently sleeping on the floor, despite the current cold weather.
“Helpless Children, orphans and more so children with physical disability is something very close to many peoples heart and so bumping into Compassionate Hands for the Disabled Foundation was no coincidence. I, fell in love with these kids and that has birthed MTMCI,” Janet wrote on the organisation’s Facebook page.
Donations can be made in the form of money, beddings or food. For more information, visit and like their Facebook page right here.
Celebrated Kenyan singer Jaguar has never confirmed that he’s dating any one, and for this reason a lovely Ugandan
lady decided to try her luck and see if she can be the lucky girl in the singer’s life.
Check the photo
This happened when Jaguar was performing at Club Rouge in Museveni’s land. I think the ‘Kigeugeu’ singer was not interested as he didn’t notice the lovely thighs.
Jaguar should come out and tell the ladies if he’s searching for one.
So just who is Kenya’s CURRENT premier hit maker?
So you had a hit 3yrs ago? Cute! But this article isn’t for you. So you produced a hit that is still running the airwaves but it’s 5yrs old? Then this article has nothing for you!
This article is for the current “it” kids! The instrumental super heroes. Currently how many do we have?
well we’ll start at number 5:
#5 Chuo Records- You don’t know them aye? But i do and i love what they did with the violins on this piece:
#4 Lampstand Records- okay so this song was released last year aye? But a year hasn’t yet gone by and the production work was so sublime that it made Daddy Owen actually sound like a world class crooner
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#3 YGB Records- Who? you ask? My my! haven’t we been under a rock! these rae the guys who do Octopizzo’s tracks. *Aaaaaaah!* I knew you’d get it!
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#2 Homeboys -Not only do they do urban hits, they also do gospel productions that we all know and love! You think not? Here’s one such track and though it’s urban, you get my point.
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and for #1 *drum rolls*
#1 K’Cous- Given the lads young age and the type of instrumentals he’s producing for both himself and Camp Mulla, you can’t help but give the top spot to him.
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If you aren’t on my list it’s simply because you aren’t popping so let’s put in more of an effort into music production. And Matasia Star gets honourable mention. I LOVE this song!
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This is my humble opinion.
The gospel band, Sarabi, comprising of eight musicians was in Oslo, Norway last week for a concert aimed at spreading the gospel, dubbed Soul Children Party.
The event occurred from the 11Th of May till the 13Th. The Kenyan culture was well illustrated with the band and the crowd could definitely tell what country they were representing even without introduction.
Sarabi was also joined by reknowned American gospel RnB singer, Anthony Faulkner.
Various choirs and artistes also performed at the event which was well attended as sources say.
Celebrated South African singer/DJ, DJ Cleo will be performing live in Kenya in June.
The singer is popularly known for his hit song ‘Facebook’ from his Es’Khalimani album.
The singer, popularly known for his hot Kwaito and House music tracks that always live his fans yawning for more will rock Nairobi at a yet to be disclosed venue.
DJ Cleo will be accompanied by his sensational dancers, The Teddy Bears, together with DJ Soul T.
The organizers (Avant PR Company) will be releasing a promo video by the end of this week.
Check out DJ Cleo’s song ‘Facebook’
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For more details, keep it Ghafla.
Big Brother Allstars housemates will have two nights full of good music mixing and partying as they will be in the hands of one of Kenya’s best DJs.
DJ Joe Mfalme will be holding it down at the Big Brother House on the 7Th and 8Th of July. He will first give the housemates a starter party on the 7Th. On that night, I am more than sure that we will witness all that is iridescent and dirty in Africa on the dancefloor and the entire house in general. I can’t wait.
The blazing DJ will then get back on the decks on the 8Th of July for the Sunday eviction party. Good thing is that whoever will be evicted will have a good time coming out of the house, thanks in advance to DJ Joe Mfalme.
Tonight will be the third Wednesday since the launch of the latest Wednesday night event, The Tatto Wednesdays. It is what it is. You get to flaunt all your tattoos (at least those in descent body parts) all night long without looking awkward at all.
This is the place where body ink art is truly appreciated without judgment. You think you have a crazy tattoo? Just wait till you see what guys have on their skin. Just crazy.
Luckily, it is that amount of tattoo craziness that will have you winning a free tattoo courtesy of Burn Energy Drink. DJ Creme De La Creme will be on the decks, doing what he does best, keeping us on our feet all night long.
The best DJ along with the showcase of the best tattoos in town. It just doesn’t get better than this. Party kicks off at 9PM till dawn at The Bacchus Lounge tonight.
It is confirmed that a female bouncer from Club Bella vista in Mombasa lost her life following the
grenade attacks. Five people were injured during the incident that happened yesterday at 9.30pm.
Witnesses say that the attackers had been denied entry by the club bouncers after they resisted the normal security inspections and that’s when they threw the explosives into the club. One of the attackers dropped a handgun when they were escaping after the tragic incident.
Regional police chief said, ”we lost one of the victims, a lady who was a security guard at the club, she died in hospital.’’
The injured were rushed to Coast General Hospital and The Agha Khan hospital.
So Camp Mulla member K’Cous has dropped a track featuring Camp Mulla affiliate Idris Jones called “Green on the Regular” that is basically a stoner’s anthem.
The track which is heavy on the basslines has a staccato hook which has a voice (i believe a lass’) on loop and the chorus is a male voice on loop that says “This is for my n***az that smoke green on the regular”. All in all, wonderful production work that we’ve come to expect from Camp Mulla and K’Cous with aligned vocals and instrumentals: harmony!
As usual, the lyrical chemistry between the 2 MCs is tangible and that brings the song to lifeut honestly, the song should come with a lyrical advisory sticker as it is full of mature vocabulary and even the concept is mature but all in all, an awesome song!
Check it out for yourselves:
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Information just in from our sources reveals that an actress in what used to be Citizen TV’s popular show Tabasamu, has passed on.
The actress is Silvia Wangai (Mama Wavina) news on the cause of death is still scanty, but she is believed to have passed on sometime early last week, around 5th May 2012 after a short illness. We will keep you updated as news of confirmation trickles in.
TABASAMU aired every monday on Citizen TV afrom 9:40pm and Rosemary was a ‘sugar mummy’ in character of course. She was the mother to Wavina where her scenes on the programme became highly criticized by most viewers (especially parents) with the claims of eroding family and society morals and made the KenTV production do away with the script she played.
The synopsis of Tabasamu is:
‘revolving around the lives of three young , upward mobile professional women who share an apartment.It’s about their day-to day challenges and social issues in their lives, their relationship with each other, the men in their lives.’
Friends, family and fans have been pouring condolence messages on her Facebook profile page. You can comment your condolence messages below…
Award winning gospel artiste Daddy Owen is one of the best gospel singers we have. He won Groove awards male
artiste of the year three times in arrow.
His song ‘Dakika tatu’ is one of the best inspirational songs ever done in Kenya. The dramatization was superb, but the message was fantastic.
This was a well done song and it happens to be Ghafla video of the week. Watch the video
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The award winning urban magazine programme Str8 Up can now be streamed online LIVE as it airs on Kenya Television Network (KTN)
The show, which won a CHAT award for best Teeniez Show 2012, has been streaming via UStream since early April and showcases the best in urban and local music through a live mix by DJ Kaytrixx.
You can view the show LIVE every weekday from 5.00pm below…
We have all been talking about Prezzo’s issues in the Big Brother house, but we forgetting
that we have other representatives in the same place.
Alex who is also Kenya’s representative in the Big Brother house (downvile) is also doing wonders. He managed to show Liberia’s representative that Kenyan men are smooth operators, and for this he got a big smooch from her.
All this happened when Alex and Yadel found their way to bed where the Kenyan did what any man would do. Hope to see more drama from Alex.
It seems American President Barrack Obama has opened a whole can of worms again with his public support for gay marriage in his country, with reverberations felt across the world with a multitude of mixed reactions even right here in Kenya.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights for instance took this opportunity to continue the push for the acceptance of homosexual marriages in Kenya but the National Council of Churches came out strongly against the move.
“We are concerned that the direction the debate has taken is that of the recognition of homosexuality and prostitution which are against African beliefs and more so our Christian beliefs” argued NCCK Secretary General Peter Karanja in a press briefing on May 11th 2012.
Television stations have also joined the bandwagon of debate, with KTN previously airing a feature called ‘Muffled Killers’ about homosexual prostitution as well as NTV having a discussion on their morning show about the issue just this week.
One FM have gone a step further today approaching some celebrities on the Drive Show with Adelle and asking them their views on homosexuality, and here were a few of the responses:
Avril – I draw the line on personal choices, I respect everyones personal choices
Big Pin – Ai! I don’t support gay marriages!
J’Mani – I have my reservations about it but I’m ok with it
Holy Dave – Its obvious I don’t believe in them.I love women, women should love men. Guys think it’s cool but there’s nothing cool about it
Wawesh – It’s either or. Some things are up to the individual. It should be up to every individual how they want to live their life
Other artistes who commented on the issue included Nick Mutuma and DNA.
With Tusker Project Fame Season 5 officially underway in East Africa, West Africa isn’t far behind as the region is also set to host its fifth edition ‘coming soon’.
The catch phrase is the same as ours – ‘The Biggest Ever’ – and promises to be the best Project Fame to date. In West Africa though, the title sponsor is mobile communication provider MTN and has seen a series of 4 successive seasons since its inception in June 2010.
Former MTN Project Fame Stars
Both Tusker Project Fame and MTN Project Fame are local versions of the Star Academy which was initially a Spanish reality TV show developed and licensed worldwide by Endemol. It is developed and repackaged in over 50 countries worldwide where the format is almost similar: pop music talent showing and viewer voting to make eliminations to the final best.
The versions may be different across regions and countries, but the format is basically the same, with contestants staying at ‘The Academy’ where they are coached on various performance and musical disciplines. While boarding at this location, they are monitored by viewers via camera, which was an idea borrowed from the other Endemol reality show Big Brother, thereafter they have weekly performances to battle it out to stay in the Academy through the highest number of votes.
There are occassional guest star performances by local or international celebrities and the eventual winner is handed a recording deal and a cash prize.
The first country to broadcast the Star Academy was France in October 2001, though the idea belonged to the Spanish version which went on air just two days later. The first Project Fame on the continent was held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2004, and brought together participants from over 8 different countries. It was won by Zambia’s Lindiwe Alam.
The inaugural East African version, Tusker Project Fame, started in 2006 with Kenya’s Valerie Kimani winning the title.
Sensational band Sauti Sol managed to blend very well with talented hip hop group P-Unit when they did ‘Gentleman’,
which was a big tune in the local and international music scene
Word has it that the celebrated Kenyan group will be releasing a new song titled ‘Tattoo’ featuring the self proclaimed king wa rap Collo. I hope rapper Collo will stick to rapping because that’s what he’s good at.
The song has been produced by super producer Ulopa Ngoma. Sauti Sol hint that this single will be the biggest song they have done, so expect it to be better that ‘Gentleman’.
The Slum Film Festival is back and is still speaking for and representing the passionate film makers that capture the situations and lifestyle in the slums.
This year’s edition is now open to all East African film makers who wish to enter the festival and have their movies featured.
If you want your movie to participate in the next showcase that will be held at Kibera and Mathare from the 3rd to 12th of August, submit the film to the Slum Film Festival 2012 right here.
You can also get the application guidelines here.
Deadline for submission is on the 15th of June.
All the way from the 1930s, the king of East African Funk is back to perform for his die hard fans. We can all remember him with hit songs like ‘unchain my heart’ and ‘makini’ which were the ish back then.
Now he is back on stage for one more time and this time he’s bringing along his daughter Maia Von Lekow who is also in the music business.
The concert will be at the Tree House, Museum Hill Complex on the 25Th of May from 8PM till midnight. The MC of the concert will be Jeff Koinange.
Advanced tickets go for Sh. 800 and Sh. 1000 at the gate.
Come re-live the 30s.
The 2012 CNN Mulitchoice Africa Journalist of the Year awards have drawn a step closer as the judging panel completed its decision this past week on the large number of entries received.
For the first time in its 17 year history, the awards will be held in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with the Multi-choice general manager Simon Bota saying the awards this year would consist of 16 categories which include an Art and Culture Award, Digital Journalism Award, the Coca-cola Company Economic and Business Awards.
Other recognitions to be given out, among others, include the Environmental Awards, Free Press Africa Award and the HIV and AIDS Reporting Award, Radio general news, and Television News Award.
The judging panel, which consisted of industry greats such as South Africa City Press Editor in Chief Ferial Haffajee and media consultant Joel Kibazo, met in London over the last week of April 2012 to sift through the extensive list of entries to come up with nominees for this year’s edition.
Most of the judges felt that there was an increasing confidence in journalist entries, as well as a clearer African story that was being told in fresh and diverse ways.
The previous winner of the CNN Multichoice Africa Award was Kenya’s Fatuma Noor of the Star Newspaper, as entries received were close to 2.000 from over 44 countries across the continent.
On the 1st of June all roads will be leading to the Michael Joseph Centre to watch one of the best and acknowledged vocalists in Kenya, Valerie Kimani.
We all discovered her in the Tusker Project Fame show and now she is headlining on a number of shows. For those who havn’t been to any of her shows, Valerie is a really good performer just like the artistes that will also feature in this concert, Anto Neosoul and Patricia Kihoro.
This is one live band concert you don’t want to miss. I repeat… LIVE BAND CONCERT… VALARIE KIMANI, ANTO NEOSOUL AND PATRICAI KIHORO. It doesn’t get better than this.
Tickets at the gate go for Sh. 1, 500 from 6PM. Be there.
Sometimes you just wish you were outside the city, in one of the country’s towns, where a night out in a popular club brings together the whole community and the rave is funky and natural… Where incentives are giveaways to attendees and you can dance the night away without fear of insecurity in the big bad city.
Well, Western’s Metro FM is throwing a huge party this coming Madaraka Day holiday and your all invited to Club Backyard in Kisii, where the very first 100 people will get FREE tshirts! Street Empire Entertainment presents the Reggae Music Again Tour where Fyah Mummah will perform, alongside Supa Marcus and the Selector Technics.
Entry is only Kshs. 200 and the gates open from 6.00pm all the way till dawn.
He made a huge comeback to the music industry after going M.I.A on it for personal reasons that are now behind him. He made it all worthwhile when he came back with a new look, attitude and flow of music.
Bamzigi brought us the new genre of music that he calls ‘MZUKA’ and he illustrated it in the ‘Bachette’ that was full of energy and a fusion of different types of music and we loved it.
He has now done a new track titled ‘Light it up‘ that is set to be out in two weeks. The track produced by Provoke is ready and waiting on the video which is currently being done by BigBoi Productions.
“We did the track on a Hip Hop Mizuka beat. We mixed electronic elements with those of Hip Hop and it will be out in two weeks,” Bamzigi told Ghafla!Kenya.
Judging from his recent tracks, I just can’t wait for this one and you will get it exclusively on Ghafla!
Our sensational hip hop crew Camp Mulla was scheduled to perform at Big Brother Stargame first eviction night, but they didn’t.
They didn’t explain the reason for not being able to travel to South Africa. The group has a fan base all over Africa, and them missing to perform in such a big event is a big disappointment.
The group was first schedule to perform alongside America’s hip hop sensation J Cole during the launch of Big Brother, but they could not travel because there was delay in the processing of their travelling documentation.
I hope it’s not the same issue that is keeping them from traveling to South Africa, because if it’s that, then our immigration department will be failing Kenya as a whole.
Set for the 17Th of May 2012, this is the show that will be headlined by most artistes. I mean, almost all of your favorite musicians will be performing at this night.
The event dubbed ‘The Traffic Jam’ is a showcase for a new record label, Kaz Music that is owned by the one and only Kaz. The record label is scouting for new musical talent and is looking to nature and introduce them to the music industry while at the same time, exploring various fields of the industry itself.
Among the long list of artistes to perform at this event which will be held at the Michael Joseph Centre will be Kaz herself, Just a Band, Big Pin, Neema Ntalel, Maia Vonlekow, Kora, Patricia Kihoro, Ulopa Ngoma, Valerie Kimani and Fena just to mention a few.
Despite the attendance of all these high profiled artistes, the show will be free for all.
This is a concert not to be missed.
The creator of the ‘mzuka’ genre of music might just be the latest addition to 1FM’s list of presenters. Those of you that haven’t met the dude yet, you should know that he knows how to hold a good conversation and is actually very interesting, so expect nothing but the best entertainment/conversations from him.
“I cannot yet confirm this because negotiations are still ongoing. You will be the first to know though,” Bamzigi told Ghafla!Kenya.
1FM‘s most popular and one of the high rated shows, 1Drive will be welcoming the artiste to their studios to team up with the lovable Adelle for the evening show which airs on weekdays from 4PM to 7PM.
As most people are still wondering if Bamzigi will fulfill expectations, we are sure that he will most definitely be a hit alongside Adelle.
Stay tuned for the show.
Gospel artiste Eko Dydda, the 2012 Groove Award Male Artist of the Year, is in the studio working on his next video, the ‘Beautiful People’.
With hit singles such as Psalms 23 and Ghetto, which propelled him to wide acclaim and stardom, the artiste rose through the ranks, with the help of his fellow musician Juliani, both from the ghetto to show that where indeed there is a will, there is a way.
The video is being done at Link Videos Kenya and we are looking forward to see the results of what could be another award winning production from Eko.
Checkout the video to ‘Psalms 23’ below…
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Following yesterday’s accusations against KTN Senior Investigative Editor Mohammed Ali over a stolen mobile handset as well as handling stolen property, sources say the Standard Group have come out resquesting security for their employee over what it terms as a possible threat to his safety.
The journalist was released on a cash bail of Kshs.50,000 after his case was heard in court yesterday, and a number of speculators think that Ali may be the victim of a setup, particularly because of the nature of his work: investigative journalism that brings to light cases of fraud and cartels thus ruining spats of crime that usually goes on unnoticed.
Click here to read the news of Mohammed Ali’s Phone Theft Charge
Mohammed Ali tied the knot just at the end of last year, 2011 and recently bagged a national award for the Media Council of Kenya’s ‘Best Journalism Award’. He is the brain behind KTN’s popular ‘Jicho Pevu’ investigative feature which he started alongside an English version which used to be spearheaded by CNN Africa Journalist of the Year award winner John Allan Namu, who later moved to rival station NTV.
Jicho Pevu has unearthed a series of crime gangs in the country as well as a range of exposes behind extra-judicial killings and drug cartels.
Today morning KTN’s award winning journalist Cynthia Nyamai tweeted that people should avoid Pesa Point ATM’s after she
lost her money last week. She complained to the company, but all she got was a promise to refund her the money.
Check her tweet
In order to show the power of twitter, immediately after Cynthia tweeted, she got her money back from Pesa Point Company. The journalist could not believe because she spent more than a week to claim her money back but to no avail.
I think people who try to discredit Twitter should learn from this scenario.
Most of Kenya’s gospel music always come with that party film that we are used to, you know, the colourful videos and hype lyrics with the artistes jumping around with mad energy. That is all good but it’s also interesting and entertaining when the gospel rappers get a little bit serious and hard core on the lyrics and beats of their songs, like Juliani sometimes does it.
Gospel artiste Shem and the Wernono Family have now done just that. Everything in the song, from the lyrics, dress-code, all the way to the video just represents hard core hip hop. These guys have shown everyone that they can really rhyme without even struggling.
Dressed in official attire, they present themselves with serious lyrics just as the set up of the video is. I love the dark surrounding of the set that perfectly portrays the effects and image of the track’s hard beats.
You just have to listen to it first hand to understand what I’m talking about. Check out the video below.
Drama series is now headed to the radios. This new series, aimed to the youths will be aired in more than 15 radio stations once launched. It is simply destined to be huge.
Jongo Love will be a 24 episode drama brought to you by the 2012 EMMY AWARD winning magazine, Shujaaz.
As if being featured in most of Kenya’s TV series and radio programmes is not enough, the fast rising Hip Hop rapper, Octopizzo will also be doing all the soundtracks for Jongo Love.
Details for the launch of the drama series have not yet been revealed but will be available to you as soon as we have them. Watch this space.