10 Crazy Things Every Kenyan Artiste Does On Twitter

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The social media craze has made quite a significant impact in how Kenyan musicians operate these days. Social media affects artistes in many ways. Tweet Anto Nesoul right now and ask him why he sings like a girl an he just might respond and threaten to report you to his daddy  

Twitter has been incredible in helping Kenyan acts promote themselves but it has its share of setbacks. The lack of filter between artistes and their fans can at times be awkward,

Here are 10 Crazy Things Almost Every Kenyan Artiste Does on Twitter. By the time you’re done clicking through this, your favorite artistye will be guilty of at least one of these activities.

Argue with people who don’t like their music

Khaligraph Jones I am talking to you bro. Where do you get all that energy to respond to all your haters. Let them be. How about you beat them up instead? We could enjoy that more. Your muscles allow it….haha. Take this for example.

Twitter user tweets Khaligraph: Mwizi wa accent wewe

Khaligraph responds: Na usipochinga ntaiba dem wako pia

Really? Put that energy in your music instead and continue releasing dope tracks like the ‘Ojuelegba Remix.’. But Mr. Embesha isn’t the only culprit here. There’s Octopizzo too. Fellas, let’s calm our balls and; just ignore the negative energy. Positive vibes are what build us all

Declare their songs hits before they even drop

It’s tiring, hearing artistes rant how their next single is gonna be the next big thing. Hold up homies. Unless you are Prophet Elijah and you can clearly foresee your next song topping the chats and getting six figure views on Youtube ‘usijichoche buda’. Release the song first and let fans decide

Retweet members of the opposite sex more

You can tweet a male Kenyan artiste the most sensible thing ever and he won’t respond, let alone retweet. But when a female (even an ugly one) tweets him ‘I love your music’, he’ll respond/retweet in a time frame quicker than the speed of light. Isorait. Jah is seeing you my people

Tweet other rappers for collaborations

I saw Bamboo do this one time. He tweeted Tanzanian rapper AY asking him whether he’d be interested in the two of them doing a remix to one of his songs. The problem is, the song wasn’t even getting airplay in Kenya. It was as awkward as it was embarrassing. Dear artistes. Collabo dialogues should be done in private. In other news, I like the new Bamboo and Abbas track ‘Changamka’. That’s a masterpiece right there

Self promote

Continuously marketing yourself on Twitter is no sin but don’t keep spamming your fans. I’ve unfollowed many artistes that I love because of this.

Search their names to see who’s mentioning them or whether they are trending

This mostly applies to B-listers and C-listers who have less followers. Once again, it’s okay to keep checking how relevant you are but you’ll get depressed. Just appreciate where you are at the moment and keep working hard to be better.

DM potential groupies

All male artistes love groupies. They all want to smash thousands of chics. Which man doesn’t?  They enjoy the attention they get from women. Some artistes are too thirsty though. The moment a chic. Retweets one of their tweets, they go ahead to DM the chic and request for meet ups. I think Kenyan women are very good, because if they all decided to expose the dirty things they are told by celebrities in DMs and inboxes. blogs would blow up.

Put their booking info on their bio

So you’ve never ever been paid for a gig in your entire career but you still put booking info on your twitter bio. Kwani wewe ni Easy Coach? Lakini ni sawa tu. Understand something artistes. You will only get well paying gigs if 1. You have good music. 2. You have good connections. Focus on those first

Tweet blogs about their new music to post

Sycophantic musicians disgrace themselves by pestering blogs with their new music. Chill guys. If your content is good, we will find you. You don’t have to keep tagging all the blogs on links to your new music,

Pretend to be living crazy lifestyles

We know that car belongs to your friend and we know that mansion belongs to your father. Don’t lie to us please. Thank you.