After a long period of silence, Mombasa based artist Johny Skani has finally made a comeback with hit after hit Check out his new jam Long long time
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John Wanyama, better known by his stage name as Johnny Skani is a Kenyan singer–songwriter, rapper, MCee, Events Organiser and TV personality. He made his debut into the music scene after winning a star search competition which was held by a French institution at the Kenyan coast way back in 2001.
He then formed a boy band known as ‘Skani Flani’ in which he was the lead singer/rapper and recorded their first single ‘Reduce Kidogo’. The song became an instant hit all over Kenya and catapulted them onto the national stage, topping charts for several months. ‘Reduce Kidogo’ was even selected by USAID and NACADA as one of the songs to be used in creating HIV and drug abuse awareness programs.
“With a fresh new mature vibe, full of experience and growth, Band BeCa start their musical year with an afro-pop tune that will get you moving to- 1234. The beautiful faces on the video make it an eye-catchy piece of art that will get you vibing to the tune. The duo comprised of Caroline Kamweru and Becky Sangolo, a perfect blend of two distinct personalities join up to make great music. The fierce girl-power musical advocates get honest in this new tune. ”
About Band Beca Band Beca is a music girl group comprising , made up of Becky Sangolo and Carol Kamweru came to the limelight in 2016 with their single “Toka”. With other singles like “Brathe” and “Tonight”, the duo is enjoying time in the spotlight,The pair were named in MTV’s list for African stars to watch in 2017
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The careers of The Band BeCa’s members kick started soon after they completed high school in 2015. Each of them asked their parents to pay for a vocal training course at Penya Africa’s Sauti Academy – a music school and talent incubation Centre based in Nairobi. By 2016, the duo had released their first single Toka, followed by Brathe in December 2016. They would later release three versions of Brathe and by February 2017, dropped a collaboration titled Tonight.
A certified 2018 hit Directed by “Wabe” director X Antonio(International Textures) and “Tippytoe” producer Jack Jack on the Beat, oozes of female confidence and will get you feeling “some typa way”.Enjoy Audio Producer:Jack Jack on The Beat Video:X Antonio(International Textures) Song Written by The Band BeCa.
Coke Studio Africa was awarded YouTube’s silver creator award as African biggest music platform.
In its fifth year, Africa’s biggest music platform – Coke Studio Africa has achieved a key milestone online. The Coke Studio YouTube channel has been awarded the YouTube Silver Creator Award in recognition for having more than 100,000 subscribers on the channel.
In a message from Susan Wojcicki, CEO YouTube, stated, “You’ve just done something that very few YouTube creators accomplish. You achieved a milestone with hard work, perseverance and probably a healthy sense of humour too,” adding, “What you’ve accomplish can’t be taken away from you. And we’d like to recognize you and all your hard work with this award, a small token of our esteem and respect.”
The role of Coke Studio Africa’s YouTube channel has been to extend TV reach of the show by providing audiences with music content on demand. As such, the channel actively managed to distribute music content across Africa and beyond, with over 90 million views from South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and as far as USA, United Kingdom, UAE, amount to 179,527,578 minutes of watch time.
Nigeria Songbird Yemmi Alade & Kenya Genge Artist Jua cali in a past Coke Studio Africa Mash Up
On receiving the award, Coke Studio Africa Digital Lead, Waithera Kabiru, stated, “Getting to this milestone of 100,000 subscribers on the YouTube channel speaks volumes on the demand for quality local content in sub-Saharan Africa. The Coke Studio YouTube channel has enabled us to do what no other medium can, and that reaches thousands of audiences across the world to share the amazing content that is created on Coke Studio. We are taking Africa to the World!”
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki further stated, “Each and every person who has subscribed to your channel has been touched by what you created, echoed these sentiments. They were inspired and challenged.” Susan further stated, “We know that you don’t do this for reward. You do it because you have the drive to create and share because you have found an audience who cares. Adding, “Believe us when we say we can’t wait to see what you do next. A million subscribers may seem a long way off right now, but you are closer than you think. And we are rooting for you.”
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Kenyan Hip Hop Artist Reign will not be stopped this time around , Reign New song dubbed Nu Baba featuring Kayvo Kforce & Steph Kapela the track is so dope massive talent we got here in Kenya Buy Kenyan build Kenya.
Steph Kapela is possibly the most vocally versatile artist in Nairobi. His vocal prowess and opinions from other creatives serve as a testament to that he is an all round artist. When he spits bars you can’t tell that he can sing really, as well as the other way round. I’d say he’s the best of both worlds and an extremely talented artist.”
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Artist: REIGN Feat. Kforce x Steph Kapela Song: Nu Baba Audio Produced by Eujoe Cipher Directed by Johnson Kyalo Mixed and Mastered by Supa Stuff Records Kenyan Boy Campaign 2018
List of Last Night winners at 60th Grammy Awards 2018 held at the Madison Square,New York
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018
The 2018 Grammys, the 60th installment of the music industry’s flagship awards show, were handed out on Sunday night. And the night belonged to Bruno Mars ( Man of the Night ) who scopped several Awards at the Grammy Awards 2018.
Heading into the awards, Mars and Jay-Z led the nominations field with eight nods each. But Mars ultimately swept the three biggest honors of the night, taking home Album of the Yearand Record of the Year for 24k Magic and winning Song of the Year for “That’s What I Like.”
Record of the year
Redbone” – Childish Gambino
Despacito” – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z
HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar
24K Magic” – Bruno Mars Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
Album of the year
Awaken, My Love!” – Childish Gambino
4:44″ – Jay-Z
DAMN.” – Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama” – Lorde
24K Magic” – Bruno Mars Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
Song of the year
Despacito”
4:44″
Issues”
1-800-273-8255″
That’s What I Like” Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
Best new artist
Alessia Cara Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
Best pop solo performance
Love So Soft” – Kelly Clarkson
Praying” – Kesha
Million Reasons” – Lady Gaga
What About Us” – Pink
Shape Of You” – Ed Sheeran Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
Best pop duo/group performance
Something Just Like This” – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Despacito” – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
Thunder” – Imagine Dragons
Feel It Still” – Portugal. The Man Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
Stay” – Zedd & Alessia Cara
Best rock performance
You Want It Darker” – Leonard Cohen Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
The Promise” – Chris Cornell
Run” – Foo Fighters
No Good” – Kaleo
Go To War” – Nothing More
Best rock album
Emperor Of Sand” – Mastodon
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct ” – Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves” – Nothing More
Villains” – Queens Of The Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding” – The War On Drugs Grammy Winner 2018 (Winner)
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Grammy Awards 60th event for the first time in 15 years left the West Coast behind staging the 60th annual event in New York City at Madison Square Garden on January 28th
This year’s outfits might be making more of an impact than ever before as a number of celebrities don white roses in support of #TimesUp to protest sexual misconduct. In light of the Golden Globes, which saw almost every attendee wearing black in honour of the movement, the garish looks from the Grammys of yore may be a thing of the past as this year’s guests channel muted tones and minimalistic silhouettes.
Cardi B spoke with Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs on the red carpet at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday (Jan. 27) about being nominated for two Grammys and performing with Bruno Mars at the awards show, her engagement to Migos’ Offset and her favorite JAY-Z song.
“It means a lot,” Cardi B says of her Grammy nods. “It just makes you forget every bad thing or every little bullshit that you go through in the industry or every little comment that people try to put you down, and it’s just like it doesn’t matter because it’s like, I’m in the Grammys.” “This week, whatever people say about me, it doesn’t even matter, because it’s like, I’m here at the Grammys,” she adds.
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Kanja has set the bar too high now the real camp mulla are back, over the weekened the realeaesed a new song called ala in collaboration with other kenyan musicians. The track features a mega collaboration with Savara from Sauti Sol,Shappa Man a member of Camp Mulla and rapper Kristoff King Kanja started singing since the age of 15, Kanja has been singing and rapping as long as he can remember. Mainly based in the United States of America, the King is eager to make an entrance back into his kingdom with a new release. Known for tracks such as “Royal Family,” “Love Somebody” and “Weekend” that was released 7 months ago.
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Music Produced and Composed by: Ulopa Ngoma & Kus MA Video Director: Kevin Bosco Jr Video Location: The GoDown Arts Centre, Nairobi.
Long awaited new jam is out, Kenya’s leading female artiste Fena Gitau has debuted “TROUBLE”, her first single of 2018 more songs and project still waiting to be released this year.
‘Trouble‘ is a mid-tempo, Afro-pop club banger produced by iLogosMusic, the producer behind Fena’s 2017 massive hit “Doing Her Thing Tho”. In it, seemingly tired of being single, Fena describes a passionate, if not ‘dangerous’, romance.
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Fresh off their massive success of “Doing Her Thing Tho”, Briizy DJ of Lucid Visuals and Fena team up again to create stunning visuals for “Trouble”. The video, starring popular TV host and entertainer Martin Kimathi and naturalista beauty Esther Wangoi, is a modern-day fantasy love tale between two strangers. It takes us on an imaginary romantic journey with undeniable chemistry between the two. With the vocals to match, Fena Gitu yet again proves her extraordinary prowess as a songwriter and story teller, having recently collaborated on writing Sauti Sol’s hit single “Girl Next Door” ft Tiwa Savage.
Viola Karuri posted on her twitter page about the her song
“Hello friends, happy to let you that my new song #AZIZI is now out. Click on the link below . Watch, Comment, share & repeat, She is a Musician,Vocalist,Producer,Sound Engineer and African Woman Environmentalist, multi talented song bird gifted with different gift.
This year 2018 will be a great year new song/music video being released almost daily, are we heading to the right direction?
Stella Mwangi Kuchizi is her 2nd record from her independent label, Badili Akili
Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986),also known by the stage name STL, is a Kenyan-Norwegiansinger,songwriter and rapper. Mwangi writes a lot of her music about the situation in her home country Kenya, and about discrimination both Stella and her family had to go through after moving to Norway in 1991.Her work has been used in films such as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Save the Last Dance 2, and also in TV-series such as CSI: NY and Scrubs. She has won several awards including; the Kisima Awards, Clops Awards and Jeermaan Awards, she is one of the most popular singers in Norway after winning the Melodi Grand Prix 2011.
Stella Mwangi New Song Kuchizi
[taq_review] Mwangi represented Norway at The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, one year after her country hosted the event, and was eliminated in the first semi-final. Mwangi has had hits in Kenya, Senegal, and Gambia. Stella Mwangi Early and personal life Stella was born in Murang’a in Central Province of Kenya in 1986 and spent her first 5 years there before her family moved to Eidsvoll in Norway in 1991. She started to practice playing music when she was eight years old.
She also plays the piano. Her father made sure she and her siblings learned Gikuyu language and Swahili even far away from home. He used cultural music and poetry to teach them the languages and this inspired Stella’s music and her connection to the Kenyan culture. Mwangi’s father was killed in a hit-and-run accident in February 2012. Eurovision Song Contest 2011 In 2011, Mwangi participated in the Norwegian national selection Melodi Grand Prix 2011 to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany. On 12 February 2011, Mwangi emerged as the winner.
On 10 May, she represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Haba Haba”but failed to qualify for the Eurovision final, despite being one of the big favourites of the contest. Stella first topped the official singles chart in Norway in week 6, 2011 with her winning song “Haba Haba”. Melodi Grand Prix 2018 Stella is currently attempting to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 along with Alexandra with the song You Got Me.
Tamu Sana is a new song written and performed by Otile Brown by featuring another artist from Tanzana who known as Shettah . The song is produced by Kenyan Megix Enga Mastered by Yogo beats
Otile Brown He is fondly referred to as Kenya’s John Legend but the singer is keen not to let that get into his head. The Mombasa born R&B hitmaker has been one of the most consistent hitmakers in the country since he launch his career, and he is not about to slow down any time soon get to know him and what he does.
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Who is Otile Brown Biography Otile Brown is an urban contemporary musician, Song Writer, Guitarist and an Actor. He was born and raised in the coastal city of Mombasa. He is the last born in a family of five- three brothers and one sister.
Sauti Sol have stay true to their game with hit after hit they remain one of kenyan most talented musical group,this week they released a new hit song featuring MavinRecords songstress tiwa Savage “Girl Nextdoor” the video is already out produced by most multi talented producer Maleek Berry
About two months ago Sauti sol unleash a new video that caused controversy in Kenya called “Melanin” featuring reggae and dancehall artist, Patoranking the first official single off their new LP
The band revealed that the album won’t be getting a conventional release; it will be unveiled over a twelve month period, featuring top artists from all across Africa. And they just dropped the second single from the project: “Girl Next Door” featuring afropop sweetheart, Tiwa Savage The video was shot In Nigeria.
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Tiwatope Savage-Balogun born 5 February 1980, She is better known by her stage name Tiwa Savage,from Nigeria tiwashe a singer, songwriter, performer and actress by profesional . She currently has a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.Savage signed a recording contract with Mavin Records in 2012. Savage also signed a management and publishing deal with Roc Nation in June 2016, which she later confirmed via Instagram. She co-wrote the track “Collard Greens & Cornbread” off Fantasia Barrino’s Grammy-nominated album, Back to Me.Savage was featured on Solar Plexus, a compilation album released by Mavin Records. Her debut studio album, Once Upon a Time, was released on 3 July 2013. It was supported by the singles “Kele Kele Love”, “Love Me (3x)”, “Without My Heart”, “Ife Wa Gbona”, “Folarin”, “Olorun Mi” and “Eminado”. Savage’s second studio album, R.E.D, was released on 19 December 2015. It produced the singles “My Darlin'”, “African Waist” and “If I Start To Talk”. Savage sings in English and Yoruba. As a singer, her achievements include one MTV Africa Music Award, two The Headies Awards, one Channel O Music Video Award, one Nigeria Music Video Award, and two City People Entertainment Awards, among others.
