The Life of Kenyan Hip Hop

Kenyan hip hop has become very popular among local youths. Kenyan hip hop is mostly a mixture of English and Swahili and a bit of tribal language.
We have embraced hip hop and made it our own since it began in early 90s. Journalist Jimmy Gathu is the pioneer of rap on the Kenyan scene with his hit song `look, think and stay alive’ released in 1991.

The major commercial hip hop hit was by Hardstone titled ùhiki’ which was released in 1996. Later the popular hip hop pioneer Kalamashaka released their hit single `tafsiri hii’followed by K-South hit single `nyabaga kodo gakwa’.
After this revolutionary artiste like Poxy Presha, Gidi Gidi and Maji Maji emerged in the late 90s and since then we can boost of having very many talented rappers in the country.