{"id":141439,"date":"2020-07-23T16:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=141439"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T13:25:56","slug":"artist-spotlight-alpha-mwana-mtule-former-street-kid-who-is-touching-lives-through-music-and-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/artist-spotlight-alpha-mwana-mtule-former-street-kid-who-is-touching-lives-through-music-and-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Alpha Mwana Mtule, former street kid who is touching lives through music and comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a saying that goes like, start where you are, use what you have and do what you can and if you ask me, no one embodies this better than a fast-rising gospel singer by the name Alpha Mwana Mtule.<\/p>\n<p>You see, this chap was brought up by a his step family and he had to drop out when he was in class 5 due to financial reasons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141443\" style=\"width: 842px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-141443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-07-03-at-4.54.57-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Alpha Mwana Mtule\" width=\"842\" height=\"1053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-07-03-at-4.54.57-PM.jpeg 842w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-07-03-at-4.54.57-PM-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-07-03-at-4.54.57-PM-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-07-03-at-4.54.57-PM-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpha Mwana Mtule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One thing led to another and he found himself on the streets but as fate would have it, God held his hand and saw him through that difficult period.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, he developed interest in music and he met some people who helped him achieve the dream of becoming an artist.<\/p>\n<p>Mwana Mtule has released a couple of tracks so far and they include;<em> Safari<\/em>, <em>Kila Siku<\/em>, <em>Masaa,<\/em> <em>Uko Juu<\/em>, <em>Baba Washukishe <\/em>just to name a few<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He also worked with Size 8 Reborn on a jam titled <em>Kujeni Twende<\/em> and I kid you not, it&#8217;s one of the best\u00a0 Kenyan gospel songs out there.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently, he released another song known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rjO3wr92pmc\"><em>Tunapendana<\/em><\/a> and it&#8217;s really dope ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tunapendana by Alpha Mwana Mtule (Official video) SMS SKIZA 5811781  to 811\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjO3wr92pmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The song was produced by Mr Giovix, recorded mixed and mastered at Alka production studios. It was directed by Adam Eston of Royal State Pictures and I have had it on repeat since it came out.<\/p>\n<p>The instrumentation is so dope and to add to that it blends well with Mwana Mtule&#8217;s voice. You should listen to it if you are yet to. The video is also crisp and has flawless scene transitioning.<\/p>\n<p>Other than music, Mwana Mtule is also a good comedian. If you are an avid internet user I am sure you have seen his videos, if you haven&#8217;t go to his Instagram page and check them out! You won&#8217;t regret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a saying that goes like, start where you are, use what you have and do what you can and if you ask me, no one embodies this better than a fast-rising gospel singer by the name Alpha Mwana Mtule. You see, this chap was brought up by a his step family and he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6070,"featured_media":141444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[100632],"class_list":["post-141439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alpha-mwana-mtule-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141439"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141460,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141439\/revisions\/141460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}