Month: October 2012

His name is Octopizzo and he has moved masses.He has even convinced the Prime minister that he is the real deal and that everyone else out there is just following in his footsteps.

After meeting Raila for the first time yesterday, this is what Octopizzo had to tell his fans,

“Today I met the Prime Minister for the first time,besides the T-shirt we discussed poverty,Drugs and Enter_ptreneurship among young people.And especially those who don’t have degreez to get good Jobs in offices,We also talked about the Music Industry and the BIG role it plays today when it comes to influencing from the young to the Old. And even the prime Minister Hon. Raila Odinga agrees that Music is indeed Powerful and that the reason wanamuziki wote waendelee IVO IVO IVO!”

Fans are now getting confused with these ‘shots’ that are randomly being taken between rappers. Are they just a call to fame or is it really based on realistic beefs? This is not the only rapper that has lately been going H.A.M on Octopizzo.

Mwakenya has once again trashed Octopizzo. Through his facebook page, he went all out on Octo, claiming that he has run out of content, thus his new business of selling pencils.
Okay, Mwakenya did not mention Octopizzo’s name, but seriously, who else could this be about?

“Ukiskia rapper ameanza kuuza kalamu jua kazi ya kalamu imeisha
yaani mistari zimeisha…next utaskia wanatafuta stall Muthurua…
kuuza both CDs bt wase watabuy yenye watajibamba nayo,” said Mwakenya.

The latest Class In Session project is out. The No Recess Freeflow edition is an 11-minute track that has been record as a cypher and features a dozen rappers.

No Recess Freeflow was recorded, mixed and mastered by The Chuo Records Hip Hop Crew who laced it with raw 16s. The video was shot by Telefinity Media Films and directed and edited by Samora.

The artistes featured in the track include Vioxii, GKV, Binadam, Camfadog, Blunts Don Gotti, Mus, Konkodi, Misfit, Davinci, Ojiji, Eli Sketch and Suspect Zero. Check out the full No Recess Freeflow track below.
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Esther Nabaasa the winner of TPF 2 has been handed millions by Ugandan State House in a bid to resolve her differences with another Ugandan musician over her song.

This is how the drama started: On 5th September Esther launched her official Golden Jubilee song, “Yoga Yoga” however less than 72 hours later, another artiste, Richard Kaweesa, claimed that he was the brains behind the song. Esther could not take this lying down, so on September 6th, she threatened to take the issue to another level unless something was done to change the situation.

Esther claimed that she did most of the work as far as the “Yoga Yoga” song is concerned but to her surprise, the Spirit of Africa Ltd owned by Kaweesa was taking all the credit. Kaweesa however took the beef to a whole new level when he posted on Facebook this: “When a thief steals from you and then invites you to come to a public function to witness his ownership claim of what he stole from you; and you actually turn up and say nothing; then I consider you hopeless!”

Sooooo, seeing this entire circus that threatened to destroy an otherwise good relationship between a great musician and her producer, President Museveni has allegedly stepped in to solve this issue amicably. According to the Red Pepper, the State House has “intervened and paid off millions”.

Mmmhhhh!!! Do you think Baba Jimmy would do this?

He is one of the craziest and most extravagant radio presenters that Kenya has ever seen. He knows exactly how to have fun and he surely has it. So, you can imagine my reaction when I first heard that Shaffie Weru is heading to Somalia, specifically Kismayu (the war zone) to do some charity work. Yes, I am for real.

Shaffie has shown some compassion for the citizens of the war torn Somalia and has decided to take matters into his own hands. Shaffie, who is now the Ambassador of Mulnary International (a charity organisation), is set to travel to Somalia where he will be opening up seven clinics all over, down to Kismayu.

He has even chipped in some of hismoney to this worthy cause that will see many salvaged.

Journalists are the last people you would want to mess with because as they say media makes and breaks an individual. However one Jay Polly is oblivious of that. The Rwandese hip-hop artiste recently lashed out at journalists during his business trip to Kenya and Tanzania.

The “Ndacyariho” star was not amused after a journalist from his home country wrote alleging that he was briefly thrown behind Kenyan bars after being nabbed trying to use forged travel documents to find his way to England. Scorned Jay Polly ended up using words like “…empty cylinders” to describe such journalists, something that did not augur well with a section of journalists as some radio presenters vowed to delete the artiste’s songs from their music cache.

Realizing his mistake, the troubled hip-hop musician has now come out publicly to apologize to the media for insulting some of the local showbiz journalists who broke news. He also insists that he made the controversial statements out of anger but meant no harm.

Talk of epic slip of the tongue.

So, Navio has been in the country for a while now, and his time spent here has proved to be fruitful. He managed to get closer to his Kenyan fans through an interview with Nonini on 1FM, and even gave the ladies some relationship advice.

It would now seem as though the relationship between Ugandan and Kenyan artiste is getting stronger by the day. Just recently, Chameleon flew into the country to record what is already being called a hit with Jaguar. Now, Navio is already collaborating with Kenya’s hit maker, Madtraxx on a song titled ‘A Lot’. Taking to account the fact that the two were in the same school, there should be some good chemistry between them that will be evident in the track.

They are currently working on the track and it is only a matter of time before it is released, together with the video. Is this hot or what?

Rabbit has been all over the music industry making his presence felt by the number of tracks he dishes out constantly. After the ‘Orutu ya Masudi’ album which was launched just a few months ago, Rabbit hasn’t held back at all at the production of music.

Even after starting his own clothing line, he is still going H.A.M on the tracks, and he has just launched the video of his latest one, ‘Haiwess Make’ featuring beautiful singer Chess.

In this song, Rabbit raps about one of those days that all your nookie plans fail and every attempt to get laid hits the wall. What a sad reality it is. Could even turn a wonderful day into a nightmare. I feel Rabbit on this one. He uses an up to the time video to illustrate this story. I’m talking technological illusions and what not. You really wanna see this video.

Check it out below.

This weekend the lakeside town will have a one-time opportunity to experience Maswali Ya Polisi live as the song’s prodigy, DNA will be in Kisumu this weekend ahead of his MCSK tour to promote peace.

MCSK officially launched its peace campaign on Tuesday but rapper DNA could not attend as he missed his flight from Dar-es-Salaam. DNA who is one of MCSK’s peace ambassadors however promised to “spread love and peace” when he goes to Kisumu in a show of solidarity.

DNA’s tour to Dar was part of his world tour which kicked off on the 30th of September after completing a series of shows in the country. The Kisumu tour is expected to be massive considering DNA is renowned for staging fruitful shows and this one will not be an exception, against all odds.

Top of the morning my good people! I trust that like the rest of the team you’re TGIFing.

But before you get into all that the weekend entails such as Blankets& Wine on Sunday and the merriment it entails, tune in to One FM at noon today to here the Ghafla All Stars live on air!

But because we can’t all be in studio at the same time, the team will be represented by Baba Ghafla himself in the flesh and your’s truly Uncle Chim Tuna. So tune in and get all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask the team and/or about the team ready.

I just stumbled upon this performance of a regular guy named John on a piano, playing his favorite music and making it sound even better.

Talent like this should not be ignored and just shows how musically rich Kenya is.
As plain and simple as this performance is, just imagine this guy in a band. Wow! This is really rich.

A group of Kenyan actors and musicians are currently touring Europe in a bid to promote the country.

The group include two former Tusker Project Fame contestants Amileena and Patricia, comedian Martin Githinji, music artiste Diana Nduba, MALI star Mkamzee Mwatela, afro-soul star Anto Neosoul and Odek Ochung among others.

The theatre troupe left on the 15th of last month and are expected back in December. The play, Out Of Africa, is produced by Peter Ultee and Gloria Orwoba. You can check out a teaser video of the actors below.
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Gospel rapper Juliani is a man who is hell-bent on getting his fans entertained through and through. As such, the influential rapper yesterday leaked photos from a video shoot for his Kitanda Yangu Four by Six single.

Kitanda Yangu Four by Six is the third single from his sophomore album “Pulpit Kwa Street” and going by these photo, the video is gonna be dope. The song itself gets you dancing thanks to its fusion of something closer to techno with hip hop. With lines like “shukuru Mungu kwa sauti inatoa nyoka pangoni otherwise utasikia nduru sauti ina toa C.I.D pangani” the song has continued to take an early lead in being a favorite for most guys who have listen to it.

Take a look;

Watch this space!!!

Kenyan rock music has grown over the years. In the two-year period when their was an influx of rock events, from the annual Battle of the Bands to the monthly Choices events, a lot of bands cropped up.

But way before that Murfy’s Flaw was already ruling airwaves. The band had already released their debut album, Makosa, in 2008. They followed it up with Hello Light three years later.

The alternative rock band is made up of lead singer Reema (who you might remember from Pop Idols), No. 9 (lead guitar and vocals), Punky Monkey (rhythm guitar), Jojo (keyboard and background vocals), Jozie (bass), Vicky (drums and background vocals), Kanvar (occassional drummer).

The band is currently preparing for Rock Therapy, a bi-monthly rock music event which has previously featured Parking Lot Grass. The event will take place on the 5th of October at Alliance Francaise from 6:00 p.m.

The group was recently featured on MNet’s Mashariki Mix. Check them out below.
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What do you get when two great hip hop rappers collaborate on a hot track… PEACE OF MIND.

That is exactly what these two rappers called the new track after they were finished with it, ‘peace of mind’. Mwakenya featured Khaligraph Jones in this lyrically hot track that leaves you wondering who is the best between the two. They both posses that aggressive flow and sensible lyrics that you can actually understand and relate to.

Putting hip hop exactly where it should be, here is Mwakenya and Khaligraph Jones on their latest track, ‘peace of mind’. Listen to it below.

Local reggae artiste Man Wazimu has announced another album. The release date has not been set but the reggae star has settled on the title, The Way. Makes you wonder if it is a rhyme thing. His debut album is called My Say.

Man Wazimu also exclusively told Ghafla! that the album will not have a single riddim, all of the tracks will be one drop. The Way will also have only two Bashment songs.

It was more more than a decade before Man Wazimu could release his debut album, but looks like he is set to release another one within a year of My Say, which came out earlier this year. We hope the album will give us another hit like Emergency Pills.

Rabbit  AKA  Kaka Sungura music career seems to be getting successful day by day. Fresh from featuring in Octopizzo’s Bila Mic Remix, the Swahili Shakespeare artiste has been offered a recording deal by a Tanzanian recording label.

If Rabbit signs this deal it will be a major shot in the arm for his music career as he will get to work with most big wigs in Bongo like Professor Jay. Rabbit confirmed that officials from the Tanzanian-based stable will be in the country next to talk him into the deal. He however wasn’t ready to reveal which production house it was.

Rabbit also revealed to us via phone that he would be moving to Tanzania for a 6-months period if he gets to accept the deal. Asked whether he will sign, the tranquil artiste said that that will depend on what the officials will put on the table.

Be sure to keep it Ghafla! to find out whether Kaka Sungura will accept the deal.

You surely remember the beautiful trio that made up an all-girl-group Tattu. They have been missing in action for the longest time now and so one of them, the lead singer, Shinde has decided to make a music comeback.

On the 26th of October the singer will be dropping her six-track album. Shinde boasted that the album is full of love and one can clearly feel the emotions from her jams. Speaking to HBR’s Amina Abdi, Shinde admitted that she did not write all the songs herself.

The yet-to-be-released album features artistes like Collo (who released his album last week). Fellow Tattu member Angie and Monique Kabuye will feature as song writers of the album.  She assured her fans that the album is an amazing blend of beautiful music that will give them a chance to see a completely different side of her.

The album artwork and title have not yet been finalized but she revealed she’s thinking of naming the album “Untold stories”.