Ghafla Exclusive; Hip Hop’s Royal Couple Gets Engaged.

The Master mind behind Phoenix Recordz, Brian proposed to his girlfriend at Ebony Lounge during the Phoenix Night. The Club was full!! Only a guy with guts can propose in public.

Brian Okemo son of former Finance Minister Hon Chris Okemo is the brains behind Phoenix Recordz.

Brian aka Flash Phoenix schooled at Saint Mary’s, Strathmore and ended his high school years in Cardinal Otunga high school Kisii.

Throughout his formative years Music was at his core where he started emceeing and developed on to djing. Mentoring under Mike Rabar of Homeboyz, he used his opportunities as a Dj to emcee at parties.

Together with Alph Rabar and Victor Okanga they formed a Dj unit called Karizma and that was his entry into the Kenyan music business in 1992.

He then flew to Birmingham England to study engineering at the University of Central England in Birmingham and also began learning more about what it took to be in the music industry. There he worked with producers such as Papa Dennis for the legendary group  Musical Youth who help develop his first single with U.K artists Nero and Longazz in a group called Down Impact. With the group they did shows around the U.K which gave them the opportunity to meet and audition for UB40. Unfortunately Hip Hop was not what they were looking for at the time and that passed.

After completing his studies Brian returned back to Kenya to enter the Kenyan coporate world working as Operations Director in the Coffee Export business. Music called him back a few years later first as a manager then building into a Record label over 7 years.

The proposal was so sweet! Brought tears to my eyes in envy!

Here’s a clip of what transpired

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