The moment you board, the music grabs you. These privately owned, brightly painted minibuses are moving canvases, mobile ...

Gengetone artist Shalkido, best known for the catchphrase “Shalkido mi huspin na mayeng,” has died after being declared brain dead. The musician was involved in an accident on Sunday, October 5, after ...

What was termed as the saving grace for the Kenyan music industry needs a saving grace itself. “Gengetone died a silent death,” quipped one Twitter user who set the ball rolling and opened up the ...

On 31 May, 2018, a group of relatively young Kenyan boys dropped a peculiar-sounding song on YouTube, and with it, a new genre of music was birthed. The song was titled ‘Lamba Lolo,’ and those boys – ...

It is 12.02 am, on Tuesday morning. I am scrolling through my phone, and bump into Morio Mbwakni, Mbogi Genje's latest Dancehall/Rap song. My rudimentary sheng tells me the song is about a 'fake' man.

The Kenyan music industry has seen a variety of genres come and go. There was Boomba, Kapuka, and Genge, but none stood the test of time. For that reason, critics often argue that no distinct Kenyan ...