Month: July 2012

In a Nairobi court of law, Jimwat was this week found not guilty of child neglect after DNA test proved that he was not the father of a 2 year old daughter.

Jimwat had been taken to court by a one Miss Wangui after he had stopped providing her with child care money for 3 months. Apparently, he had been catering for all the needs of the mother and child when he started noticing the lack of resemblance between him and the child.
He decided to go into hiding and that’s when he was called to court. Luckly, after taking Juacali’s advice, Jimwat decided to counter by requesting a DNA test and that’s what has set him free. Miss Wangui is currently begging Jimwat for his hand in marriage.

Source: Calif Records

The creators of XYZ have done it yet again with their latest episode of ‘The XYZ Show’ which features alot of what has been making news headlines in Kenya this month.

From the release of Miguna Miguna’s controversial book to the Ezekiel Kemboi saga that gripped the nation, it’s all highlighted in the hilarious episode.

We even have Martha Karua singing to Tiwa Savage’s ‘Kele Kele’ which had us in stitches with the ingenious wording and play. This is yet another episode you won’t want to miss!

Click here to view the XYZ episode

Here’s the video of Martha singing to ‘Kele Kele’ below…

Jozza K and Sanjei have a released a new single, What’s Up (Mixtape Anthem). The track is the second track off the mixtape expected from the UFFlow Family soon, Aliens in the Attic.

Jozza K is a Kenyan rapper based in Stockholm and made the track on a recent visit to Nairobi. Sanjei is a rapper, producer and music video director. He recently got a chance to record the mixtape at Outkast’s Stankonia Studios.

Sanjei discovered Dora (Oyela) and directed the Hype Pack music video, 21st Century and even had his rap featured on a local commercial. He has previously released I Like The Way You Move and It’s The Aliens: Drunk Dialing, both tracks featuring Songa.

Check out the video for Jozza K and Sanjei’s What’s Up below.
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I have heard a couple of Kenyan rock songs from various artistes who are really good at it. I mean, you can actually enjoy their music and all. A good example of awesome Kenyan rock bands are Murfy’s Flaw and Last Year’s Tragedy.

Some other rock bands have been coming up with songs that leave you in a state of shock for various reasons depending on your moods.

This song, Mobilephonia by Jivuhai, for instance, is something to definitely drive you ‘crazy’.

The strides that gospel rapper Juliani is taking are just massive and so eye catching. Don’t you just love to hear this guy’s flow on every song that he is on? He just manages to kill it in every track that he is in, no matter who else is on it.

Recently, Juliani collaborated with internationally acknowledged gospel singer, Anthony Faulkner in this soulful song titled ‘Connections‘. The song is about the love that we share as brothers and sisters no matter all the natural differences. Making it clear that we are all connected is the mission of this beautiful song.

Juliani keeps it simple and Swahili as we know him to be and this is about to become the next big song, both here at home and abroad.

Celebrating harmony, here is Juliani and Anthony Faulkner’s ‘Connections‘.

Plan B recently did a video shoot for his latest single, Playground. The track was produced by Pro’voke for 3D Music under the 3050 Movement. The video is coming soon. Meanwhile, you can check out behind-the-scene photos from the shoot below.

Video director Kevin Bosco Jnr can be spotted on scene but Enos Olik is the one who is most likely directing the video as he can be seen actually controlling the camera. The two, however, have previously co-directed videos together, and that might be the case here.

Enos Olik recently directed Habida’s Girls Night Out, Chiwawa and Abbas’ AbbaChiwa and the upcoming Weche Tek by Dela among a host of other videos. Kevin Bosco Jnr’s latest video includes Camp Mulla’s S.O.S.

Time sure flies. Especially when everything’s working out pretty well for you. Taio Tripper and his crew, Camp Mulla have recently shot to fame with their fresh style and music up in the 254low and now, they are the hottest hip hop group right now, slowly gaining international recognition.

We just stumbled upon this pic of Taio Tripper from way back, before all the fame and growing up. Check it out.

One of Kenya’s foremost spinmasters and a regular performer around Nairobi’s leading clubs and restaurants, DJ Hassan is set to launch his very own website tomorrow.

DJHASSANKENYA.com is set to go live in under 15 hours and will feature a number of DJ Hassan’s mixes, social media plugins as well as the latest news of where he will be performing. Added extras will be announced at its launch.

For a taste of whats to come, go to: www.DJHassanKenya.com

You may have been wondering for months now about Kantai‘s where abouts. He recently showed up at the MCSK elections with all the other celebrities and looked and proved that there is indeed nothing wrong with him. So, I can’t help but think that he’s just laid back a little bit.

Don’t let the disappearing act fool you though. Kantai has been busy lately, especially with a certain hip hop group known as the Halaiki Family. The recently did a song together titled Halali Mziki.

Now, Kantai has again collaborated with one of the rappers of the Halaiki Family, Cyreh Msanii to bring this track titled ‘what it takes‘. The track is all about the life of an artist and what it really takes to be one.

Have a listen to the track right here.

Upcoming Kenyan rapper, producer and music video director Sanjei got more than lucky when on a trip to check out recording studios in Atlanta, found himself meeting rap legend, Big Boi of Outkast.

Sanjei had traveled to Florida last week and decided to cross over to Atlanta to look up recording studios. Not only did he end up at Outkast’s Stankonia Studios, he found the rapper recording a follow up album to his 2010 Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

He spoke to Big Boi about his music and he was not only given a tour of the premises, but given a chance to record a demo. He was only in Atlanta for the day and so he was given two hours to put out a product. Sanjei opted to work a deal to put the tracks together in Nairobi and head back up to Atlanta to finish the recordings.

“The studio was on lock down for Big Boi who is working on his new album, but they availed to me one of their three studio rooms to complete my project when I am ready. So, when I return to Nairobi I am gathering all my top producers and we will get to work immediately. God willing, later this year if I get a chance to return to Atlanta, you know IT’S ON!!!!” said Sanjei.

Big Boi at Stankonia Studios [Vulture]

Big Boi is currently working on his second solo album after the Outkast break-up, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors which is slated to come out later in the year. Sanjei of the UFFlow Family is currently working on his mixtape.

Mbuvi’s Wewe Mkuu video is finally out. With the song, he does a 180 compared to his last hit, which is still a club favorite. Kataa Kawaya‘s pace is faster and more upbeat compared to Wewe Mkuu.

With his new release, Mbuvi gets back to his roots. He started singing in the late ’90s as a praise and worship leader in church. He went on to rework the famous Luo gospel song, Taya. He made his first mark in the industry in 2001 when he did Ukilya Moko jointly with Shammah. More than a decade later, he is still going strong in the gospel music industry.

The track was produced by Bosire and the video direction is by Dreamland’s Dr. Eddie. The track comes of Mbuvi’s upcoming album which is set for September 2nd release. Check it out below.
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Caroline Mutoko has been appointed as the chair of Kenya Tourism Development Corporation. She is the Group Marketing Manager at Radio Africa Group, parent company of Kiss 100, where she is a Program Controller and host of The Big Breakfast. She is currently awaiting approval from the President.

The former presenter and marketing manager at Capital FM also writes for the group’s Star newspaper. Earlier this year, the mother of one was interviewed on CNN’s African Voices. Ms. Mutoko replaces the KTDC board’s former chair, Mohammed Shaiya.

The KTDC was formed in 1965 with the mandate to facilitate feasible development funding and advisory services for long-term investment in the Kenyan tourism industry. Besides advisory sevices, the board provides short term and long term loans for new tourism entrepreneurs.

A group of five girls have come together to sue key Calif Records male artists for hitting them & running away without any interest in relationships.

The group’s spokeswoman, Miss Dorrin a.k.a Draizy also an MKU student, says that they have undergone emotional stress and pain after giving themselves to the artists only to be ignored and their numbers being blacklisted. They now want to be paid and teach the artist not to mess with women’s hearts. In a brief interview with Jimw@t &; Ala C, they said they have never seen any of the girls but unfortunate for them, Draizy showed us Facebook messages from Ala C to one of the girls.

The girls say that this is evidence that the artist have been avoiding them. They have also added that they are willing to drop the case if the artists agree to be in a relationship with them and at least one of them gets married to the artists.

Source: Calif Records

Just came across this and I couldn’t believe my ears. Back when KBC was still known as VOK and completely amatuer.

This announcement was about that time when the army had overturned the government back in August 1^st 1982.

Have a listen and see just how far we have come.

If I hadn’t already known that this song was done by Kenyan reggae/dancehall artistes, I would have easily fallen to the illusion that this are Jamaican artists.

I’ve always said, if you really have to do something similar to what someone else is doing (in this case, the Jamaican accent), then you simply have to be good at it, or better. Lucky for these guys, they are perfect in this.

I just came across this Kenyan reggae song done by Qritiqal and Mychiqal, both Kenyan artistes, titled ‘DJ Deeskul Dubplate’. The song is done in praise of Kenyan DJ, DJ Deeskul of Code Republic and his works, on the Jamaican riddim, Heart and Soul Riddim.

This is just something else. Listen to it below.

Party freaks, this is officially your call to party. Almost every artist right now is recording music with the party themes and approach, getting their fans on their dance floor and their music in the clubs.

Thing is, most Kenyan artistes doing this usually do it in English, like we are already used to, and it’s all good. But honestly, isn’t it just so much better when they do it in Kiswahili or any other vernacular language? Take for instance Boneless‘ new song, Kusunga. It is a feel good song done in the Kamba language is is nothing less than awesome.

Anyway, a hip hop group has now done the same thing. Autopilots have released their new song which happens to be a party song, done in Kiswahili. The track titled ‘Party Freaks‘ lives up to its name and delivers the feeling straight to your head.

Have a listen below.

Huwes Mek is the sheng word for “you can’t.” It has been a popular phrase among the Kenyan youth and now someone has made a track out of it. The song was produced by O-Mae Basslyn of Basslyn Recordings.

Evano Shezol’s Huwes Mek serves as a wake up call to artistes who have been in the Kenyan music industry for ages but have not managed to make a positive impact or reap from it. In the track, he tries to “chanua” artistes on being smart about the venture. He also asks artistes to stop baseless beefs with each other.

According to Evano Shezol, who is also known as OMWAMI, the the song also tries to encourage the youth to “work smart on their dreams and vision and not on their friends’.” Check out the song–which kind of reminds of Alaholla’s Miss Mboch–below.

Being one of the fastest rising and hottest Kenyan rappers in the music industry right now, Khaligraph Jones‘ distinct flow cannot be assumed nor ignored. A one of a kind artist like this transforming the Kenyan rap industry is all we need right now.

Recently, we got the opportunity to sit down and get up close and personal with the rapper and got to find out a thing or two about him and his feelings towards matters surrounding him as an artiste.

He also makes it clear that there is no other ‘Baba Yao‘ but himself. Shots taken? Possibly? Check out the last part of the Khaligraph Ghafla interview.