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The Kenyan hip hop scene is likely one of the maximum brutal and toughest genres to damage into as an artist. With fanatics who set actually top expectancies, Kenyan hip hop is an unforgiving scene, and for artists, you both move giant or move house.
Rappers akin to Khaligraph Jones, Octopizzo, Juliani, and Nyashinski have established themselves as family names, however there was once as soon as a concern that there weren’t any new forged upcoming artists. Then again, it’s recently an overly thrilling time for native hip hop with the emergence of spectacular rappers.
Wakadinali
This rap trio made up of Scar, Domani, and Sewersyda from Umoja has taken the underground hip hop scene through a hurricane. With hits akin to Morio Anzenza and XXXL, Wakadinali is the definition of uncooked hip hop and has even landed collabos with family names akin to Khalighraph and Abbas. It’s been an enormous 12 months for them, and their extremely expected 3rd studio album, Sufferers of Insanity, set to be launched in November.
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Ssaru
Sylvia Ssaru is likely one of the best femcees at the airwaves at the moment and makes track that speaks at once to the hundreds with unwavering honesty and raunchy lyrics. The business has welcomed her with open fingers and is recently on a just right wave, touchdown collaborations with Mejja, Breeder, and Willis Raburu.
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Breeder LW
Paul Baraka, alias Breeder LW, were given the eye of the hip hop scene after his tune Bazenga Dadii went viral. The rapper hasn’t ever appeared again since and has been shedding hit after hit, maximum significantly his tune with Khaligraph Jones ‘Ni Kubaya’.
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Mbogi Genje
Since they dropped their first hit tune, ‘Ngumi Mbwegze’, the crowd is arguably essentially the most talked-about this 12 months. The rap trio made up of Militan, Smady, and Guzman got here into the hip hop scene with a special perspective, with distinctive sheng lyrics that everybody has needed to ruin down. They have got been racking up large streaming numbers for his or her track and, in consequence, landed primary endorsements, and a just right instance of the company global embracing sheng hip hop.
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Silverstone Barz
Nicole Babra, aka Silverstone, was once featured in Khaligraph Jones’ ‘Khali Kartel 3’ and along with her verse, she put everybody within the hip hop sport on understand. She is solely getting began, and everybody desires her on their tune or mission. It’s only an issue of time earlier than she takes over the business.
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Jovie Jovv
The ‘Kiasi’ and ‘Desk Manners’ hitmaker has been within the hip hop sport for rather a while now. This 12 months has been a just right 12 months for him, after shedding his extremely acclaimed 2nd studio album ‘Don Wa Ma Don’ (DWMD) that includes spectacular rappers akin to Wakadinali, Silverstone Barz, Steph Kapela, and Timmy Blanco. Jovie’s versatility in rapping has many touting him as the way forward for Kenyan hip hop.
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Kahush
In 2019, Kahush went viral together with his breakout unmarried ‘Mi Siwezi’ that gained large airplay. However the rapper was once simply getting began and adopted that up through freeing two albums, ‘Trial and Error’ in 2019 and ‘Niko’ in 2020. This 12 months he confirmed his swish versatility and cemented his position firmly as one to be careful for within the sport together with his extremely acclaimed collaboration ‘Ma Stingo’ that includes Chris Kaiga.
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