These are Five Best And Influential Mixtape Deejays….matatus and the Streets are Home Turf

They are your ultimate street deejays complete with all the necessary credentials. Their mixtapes play in all Nairobi routes to the far-flung counties like Busia to the coast. Mixtapes are their stuff and the streets their turf.

Ladies and gentlemen, give a bow to the five best Kenyan Mixtape Kings;

DJ Kalonje

Dj Kalonje started out as a plain mixtape deejay and got massive following from the mathrees to the educational institutions countrywide. He has since formed a deejaying company, a deejaying academy and an events company but he still represents the in the mixtapes sector with fresher mixes each month. He is a force to reckon with now and for the long future.

DJ Bunduki

One of the most popular deejays largely due to skill and also the minimum interruptions he has in his mixes allowing songs to seamlessly flow from one to the other. He mixes basically about every genre making sure he is always up to date and relevant regardless of the location. He is amongst the earlier pioneers in the industry a testament to skill and mastering of a competitive sector.

DJ Mantix

He may not command the same following when he started off had but he is still an entity to contend with. His reggae and bongo mixes are considered the best you will find anywhere.

DJ Lytta

He has to be the biggest amongst the pretty new acts and has a large following especially the young adults and teenagers. Eastlands through to the Mombasa road route is the area he commands almost fanatic following. Actually almost every matatu in Nairobi plays his mixes.

DJ Arika

DJ Victor Arika can be a nuisance at times with endless interruptions but he is the ultimate hype master. A mastery of the latest riddims and fresh mixes in all genres from trance to rhumba ensures he will be relevant and his mixes ever present from clubs to homes and public vehicles.