Love Life, #KuwaTrue To Yourself

All through my existence as a human being on earth, I have always been true to myself. I’ve never found the need to be pretentious in order to fit in or please people. I never mind losing friends and alienating associates if their absence will create a jovial culture in my heart.

I never fear expressing my views as a writer Ever since I was a child I’ve also never hidden from the fact that i love hip hop music and all local music. I always fought with my mum because she felt that listening to Nonini and Ludacris would ruin my morals, I could have quit listening to Bobby Mapesa and Jua cali in order to make my mother happy but I didn’t. I wanted to make myself happy. I wanted to be true to myself. Maybe my morals have been punctured through the years but I can’t blame music for any mind corruption I might have. My mother still considers me a great man so maybe I’ve kept everything in check while still being true to myself. Music is food for the soul, especially local music. I always find the need to defend music that I adore. I never shy away from criticizing music that I detest too, even if it has global acclaim. That’s because I know what I love. At times, I sit down and marvel at how the Kenyan music industry has boomed over the past decade. One of the key things to not though, is that the boom cannot be attributed to solitary growth alone. Various brand s have helped propel Kenyan music to near top levels. This week on twitter there were various debates on local music and quality sparked by Victoria Kimani is it that we as Kenyans do not support local music or is it that we only support what we consider good quality regardless of the artist’s country of origin? I came across this Trust Condom ad as the debate was going on online and what hit me more than just the TV commercial was the song. Production, Quality and catchy tune. Done by Kenyans. Isn’t Trust a Kenyan brand and supporting these artists by involving them? The purpose of the campaign somewhat fits the conversation online. KuwaTrue to yourself in Fashion, Relationships, Music and all aspects of your life and people will appreciate you for who and what you are. Check the video out and listen to the song: