Reading Time: 3 minutes The Kenyan creative & cultural industry is in a crisis situation because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With increasing cases in the country, this situation will persist for the near future. …
OneDown: It’s Been a Long Time Coming
Reading Time: 5 minutes For OneDown, it’s been a long time coming. Now that it is here, he is doing it big time. Ready to tackle the global stage, the twenty-six-year-old is debuting at …
Religious Policy and Kenyan Youth Culture
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hate on Kenyan youth culture has been in part perpetuated by religion. It has made its way into our culture and policymaking decisions. This has become associated with our “passion …
Sauti Sol’s Midnight Train Is Perfect: Review
Reading Time: 2 minutes Midnight Train is Sauti Sol’s Guernica, a powerful attention-grabbing album – arguably one of the best Kenyan albums from the last 10 years. The music is as complex as their …
Kenyan Music and Copy Cat Culture
Reading Time: 4 minutes A common complaint about Kenyan music and entertainment culture generally is that it has devolved into an orgy of familiarity. Risk-averse musicians have relied heavily on producing songs with beats …
Live Stream Licensing By KECOBO is Misguided
Reading Time: 4 minutes In rather bizarre, unreasonable and hateful news, the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) wants DJs to pay Ksh 200,000 to do live streams. Paul Enyenze, the MCSK Operations manager told the …
Universal Music Group Launch Def Jam Africa
Reading Time: 2 minutes Universal Music Group has launched Def Jam Africa. While UMG has opened at least 7 offices on the continent, these haven’t had as much freedom to shape their brand identities. …
Kenya Launches Work For Pay Arts Stimulus Package
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage launched the “Work For Pay” Kshs. 100 million stimulus package. This is in line with the Executive Order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta …
HR The Messenger Reflects on Growth With Latest Single
Reading Time: 2 minutes I still remember taking a photo of HR after class, editing it on Microsoft Paint and together uploading his first release online – in the school cafeteria. This was in …
7 Best Kenyan Music Projects of 2020, So Far
Reading Time: 4 minutes Music is playing a major roll in calming our nerves down with all that’s going on. Perhaps the only good thing to come out of this pandemic is the unending …