Feast Your Eyes On Homeboyz’s Magnificent Office (Part 1)

So last week I was at Homeboyz’s offices to meet some of my friends there. It was actually my first time there, and something that struck me was that it was much, MUCH bigger than I had originally imagined. They own an entire building guys. It’s that big.

I then thought, “Many other people must have this misconception about Homeboyz, right?” So I embarked on a mission to set the record straight.

Homeboyz is an entertainment conglomerate that has been in business for 20 years(since the early nighties) as you might know, they started out as a small DJ outfit, but now they have expanded into various other businesses, such as animation, radio, movies, audio production, and I hear they are now working on coming out with a TV station soon.

I went to do a photoshoot of the Homeboyz office, the first photoshoot with our brand new HD camera, and the place was so big, I took so many photos that I have to split up the story into several parts. So here is part one of the Homeboyz office, which showcases the audio and movie production floor.

Let’s start with the reception. The receptionist was a bit shy, so I could only get a sneak peek of her kisogo:

I’m going in!

Like I said, these offices are magnificent. Here’s concrete evidence:

Here is one of their classes from the production academy. Very artistic shot, wouldn’t you say?

We got into a production class with my tour guide, Alf Rabar. He got a bit engrossed, so we sat in the back:

 Guys actually write notes and chop for this DJ ish. Hapana mucheso!

We then went to the DJ practice room. They’ve set it up to simulate a club setting:

I gave the decks a try. DJ Mr. Majani. How does that sound?

Back into the reception:

Cool story about that Homeboyz mascot(the “Homie”); they use it for endorsements! In fact, the Homie was Kenya’s first product placement endorsement, in a deal with Sprite:

Onto the first production room. Homeboyz are getting ready to release a bunch of new producers and artists. For now, everything is top secret, but watch out in Dec:

OK, I’ll give you a sneak preview: Their names are Versatile, Sappy, Clique and Miss Kendi. I got to listen to their tracks in the next production room below:

Alf Rabar (center) was so jazzed to hear their songs. He was bopping his head mbaya mbovu!

Men at work:

Another production room. This producer was working on a soundtrack for the UAP Insurance IPO launch(imagine!)

Onto the movie production room, where they were altering sounds for the first high-quality Nigerian movie I’ve ever seen.

The movie is called “The Meeting” it’s about the stress a man goes through just to get an appointment with a Nigerian minister.

Pay attention to the speakers in these shots. They are called GENELIC speakers, and are the only ones of their kind in Africa. The Homeboyz rep told me that they cost several million shillings a pop:

The next part of this tour is coming soon, where I will now go take photos of Homeboyz Radio and Homeboyz Animation