The leaders of the cool kids
Just who are the leaders of the cool kids? For those of us not in the know (read too old) the cool kids are the generation XBox. These would be the kids in skinny jeans, multicoloured outfits and swag (sic).
My draft pick for the leaders of the cool kids consists of 3 groups &/or artists who i feel are trailblazing the way for the rest of the otherwise ignored generation in as far as entertainment acts go.
To start us of, i will pick Coola Gang. Who? Well if you’ve had your ear just deep enough to scratch the surface of the musical underground, then you know just who they are. These guys are students at USIU and they are the antithesis of everything the biggest group right now are. These guys are anti “swag” as they believe that their talent should do the talking for them. Their cool factor is the fact that they dare to go against the grain of the mainstream: they’re rebels with a cause! And the best thing about these guys is that they are Nairobi’s best kept secret! They are poised to blow since they have the determination& hardwork ethics combo going on. All the rebels can identify with not just their music but their come-up aswell.
The 2nd choice draft pick would be Octopizzo. For those of y’all too lame to know who this is, this is the Kibera bred mc that spits fire everytime he gets infront of a mic; so much so that i believe he has a furnace burning in the pits of his belly! This lad single handedly put Kibera on the map interms of both positivity and rap. When you talk of Octopizzo, Kibera’s finest think Atlas lifting the globe on his shoulders. And his impact on pop culture? “Get that mulla/ buy that ndula!” or “Octopizzo numba nane!” Nuff sed!
Camp Mulla. The biggest group out right now would have to be these guys! They are so huge at the moment that established celebs are lining up to get in on some of the camp mulla action. Word has it that even Safaricom are trying to get in on the action… Need i say more?
So there it is ladies and gentlemen, lads& lasses, i give you the leaders of the cool kids.
