Ghafla Exclusive: DJ Pinye Accused Of Being A Stumbling Block To Kenyan Artistes

Dj Pinye recently declined to play Injili by Papa Dennis on hit show the Beat on Ntv despite it being on high rotation across Africa including the Beat on NTV Uganda.

We called up Papa Dennis to find out how he felt about DJ Pinyes’ move. Papa Dennis declined to comment on the ‘issue’ referring us to his management saying such matters are handled by his managers, Maliza Umaskini.
Speaking to Sadat Muhindi, the founder of Maliza Umaskini, he confirms that indeed DJ Pinye declined to play Papa Dennis’ viral Godfather-produced video, “Injili” which is currently on high rotation on internationally acclaimed channels like Trace Urban, Channel O, Afro Music and MTV Base.

Mr. Sadat says, “DJ Pinye can’t purport to speak for the people when he says that the video isn’t liked by the audience yet the same people are the ones who have watched the video to over 170,000 hits on YouTube”
“It’s so ironical of him to say that the song isn’t fit for “The Beat” yet NTV Uganda plays the video on “The Beat” in Uganda”

Injili playing on NTV Uganda

“If the video is bad quality then the next one that we’re about to release is worse” says Sadat
Sadat adds that “Pinye should support upcoming artistes since he’s been in the industry for long and if he says he supports upcoming artistes I wonder how. Papa’s kind of music is different and that’s why his music is being acknowledged across the continent and so it’s so ironical that one person is becoming a stumbling block to the development of the music industry.