{"id":96074,"date":"2019-03-26T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=96074"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:01:58","slug":"new-age-musicians-are-destroying-the-kenyan-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/new-age-musicians-are-destroying-the-kenyan-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"New age musicians are destroying the Kenyan sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you think of Kenyan music, the first people who come to your mind are the likes of Sauti Sol, Kidum, Nyashinki, MDQ, Sage, H_art The Band, Blinky Bill, Mayonde, Khaligraph, Fena, Phy, Dela, Le Band, Wangeci, Otile Brown, Naiboi etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khaligraph Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These are all super-talented musicians who have treated us to great hits and continue to do so. In one way or the other, they have helped shape the Kenyan sound. They are a good representation of what our music is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However this is changing fast. Kenyan music is no longer beautiful. It’s vulgar and provocative simply because new age musicians are drawing inspiration from Ethic, Ochunglo Family, G-Rock, just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain, don’t throw stones just yet. You see, Ethic used some nasty words in Lamba Lolo<\/em> and got away with it. Their song was one of the three biggest hits in 2018 alongside King Kaka’s Dundaing<\/em>, Naiboi’s 2 in 1<\/em> and Sauti Sol’s Short and Sweet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ochunglo Family and G-Rock, the group behind the Matako<\/em> hit, followed suit and used some tasteless words in their songs and no one seemed to give a hoot. What’s even more is that all these singers shot risqu\u00e9 videos. Surprisingly, these songs are even played on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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