 Welkom back to the E-Circuit. The only way to turn up here weekend, I'm Mike Itzai. And in the morning, we were having a discussion with Yvniaga, myself and DJ Lil Russian about rejection. If you get rejected by your crush or you know, a relationship or whatever, the situation. What would you do? How would you handle it? So give us your responses on Y2F4 channel or the E-Circuit on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Let me sample some of the responses we have already. Bran, Chenjiri, I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly. He's saying, drop me loco loco by DNA, DJ Lil Russian. Kotari? Loco loco, yeah. Coming up. Is that the same one? Yeah, yeah. Ah, okay. Delian, muzik yanisama. If he gets rejected fast and pray. And then go on my own, but it's always good to go back to God. Yeah, I can be normal. Delian, give us more information. Did this happen to you, Kona? That's the only solution. Blake Drake. Anasama, kurezik tiawa squeeze the issue. Hashtag move on. It's Blake from Pipeline. Blake, thank you for your... Suggestion. Suggestion, yeah. That's the word I was looking for. Suggestion. Bran, Chenjiri, again he's saying, watching from Naivasha. Thank you for watching the E-Sec. It will start from 8am to 12 noon. Collins mte ule, anasama Ndani from Dagoreti. It hurts, but you just have to move on. Play Msalabani by Rich Boy. Rich Boy. Okay. Okay. Delian Ke, anasama, nowadays you don't need to beg anyone for love. If he or she rejects you, go for her friend and date her. Machakos in the hood. He in the sign of ya ke machakos in the hood. Hey, people are savaging machakos eh? Yeah, but they're savages. Savage replies. Anasama tu, ande arafikia ke namuendele. It's like that song Takataka ya. MCK-Sam. Anasama ni koloktum baya kaiole massive e-sakitum na tesu agotia DJ Lil. Ni me goteka. Onafa kumchezi ya kakitu vilami kugotia. Ni ka directly to you. So tamchezi ya ni? He'll sort you out. Let him tell you through the DM. Sasa. Queen Lily's, anasama hapo akunaga. Otherwise, ilatu kukubali maumizi ma amuzi. Ya mwenzako. And you just move on with life. You can't force love. Locked at Oyeole. Thank you for watching from Oyeole. Daniel Njuguna kama anasama. Tuned from Nakuru. Onamuvo na life. Ata ake kurezat. I think the same thing. Life goes on. What's the saying? Plenty of fish in the sea? Ya. Mogi dheri in the pot? Mogi dheri ya. And all those things. Plenty for everyone. Plenty for everyone. Banad ndung anasama. I don't know where Vashu is. Where's Vashu? Is that Naivasha? Vashu. Vashu. Is that like a slang for Naivasha? Ya. I think so. Nicheze goma ya oktom piya. Ya ya te oktom piya, I think. Banad, DJ Lil Russian will sort you out. Zain matek. Anasama it hurts but time heals. DJ Nicheze kasanova to where I am. Featuring Tori Lanez. Tori Lanez. Ya. Tuna kapo, nakaapo. Asanti. Thank you. Evniaga ako apa anzeku ringa ringa. Anzeku ringa ringa ringa na tana kiyatu. Na kumpe kiyatu tana nulia ju ya. Ya komentia koto moja ya. I know. Nansi gidenji anasama shuiko lit. Play for me katika namko poa. Asanti. Thank you nansi gidenji. I like that you know we're everywhere including DSTV. So kama okona kutupata juli kuatu na dish pekiake. Now you have us. Kama onata kusendi niya request. And kujibu yo suwali. You know what to do. What to faipo channel. Or the e-circuit. Our first guest. Tuli kuapo moza last year juli 2018 I think. Goes by the name of Raf Mshair. Welcome back Buddha. Maskiyo kofia. What to change. Adisasama kutuna gita na shangani na hendella Buddha. What to change kiasi. What to na badili ka. Ma hendella lakini ya. Sete una change for the. Bukirudi niyuma. For the best. Safika Bisa. Now Raf Mshair is a spoken word artist. But now you're venturing into music. Yes. Why did you choose to venture into music? It's not like I left spoken word like permanently. It's just that I just wanted to broaden my market. Because I'm a live performer. And you'll find that if most events they look for musicians and all that. It's just less events that are looking for poets. So I just wanted to also grab those opportunities. That's a corner of the market. And also get some more funds. I remember our conversation last year. We were talking about the funds that come with being a spoken word artist. Na tupitu kongia about marafiki sa zingine even when you invite them. Instead of paying the amount they're supposed to like 1500. They ask to walipe 200 chillings. Was that part of it? Yes, it was part of it because I realized that poetry is also expensive. Once you set an event, definitely you can't... You end up paying for the event instead of filling your pockets. Instead of making money out of the event. Because at the end of the day we are trying to make money. We are not just there at the entertainment industry just to entertain. At the end of the day you have to have something in your pocket. Yes, here at the circuit we believe in that. We always say hashtag talent nikazi. What that means basically is your talent can feed you, can clothe you, can buy you the bands. And so far what would you say after mixing the two? The poetry, because siya tiyu metanana poetry, now you're mixing the two. So far what's the response? It's a hassle because it's like I'm starting again. You understand? At the end of the day you can find poetry, you can already move a step ahead. But now with music I'm starting from the grassroots kabsa. Kabsa, kabsa, kabsa. But what about the people who already know Rafa Mshairi as the poet? Yes, they are appreciating the musical part of Rafa Mshairi too. So I can say, it's poor but in terms of marketing, but it's just a market. But they know Rafa Mshairi? Yes, I know Rafa Mshairi. But I'm a process. By the time people learn about the musical part of Rafa Mshairi, it will also take time. So I'm just a patient. Who inspired you when you were growing up? Because now we're talking about something totally different last year. Last year we were talking about your inspirations in terms of spoken word. Now it's music. So growing up did you always have that feeling that you needed to sing? Yes, since I was young I always wanted to be on stage. I always wanted to perform, I always wanted to sing and all that. But poetry came first. So with poetry I gained my stage confidence and all that and also gained some fans. So the reason why I shifted now to music is just that Lili Kwantaka took a full feel Iyo aji lili kwa nawe nikiyom dogo. Because I wanted to be on stage to sing, not to do poetry. But now poetry came through. I was looking up to Saida Karoli and I always love her music. With my writing, with what I write, I just want that anything nandika it can be listened to even 50 years to come. That's like what's pushing me. So basically the same approach you were taking with spoken word is what you're going to do with your songwriting. But before I was writing music for other people. Even when I was being spoken word. Give us examples. Anyone we know? No one is famous right now. But I've written poetry and music for a lot of people. But is it easy to write since you had all that experience with spoken word and coming up with something on the fly? With me it's easy to write because with the song I can write within a day you get. But with poetry I always wrote within a month and it's just one piece. I always wanted something to inspire me first before I write. So it's more or less the same and still a little bit different. It's not even the same because I have more right now. Because of how fast you write them. Because of how fast I write because with the song I can write within a day. But with poetry I take a month. Destroy it one point. With music most of the time it's more about relationships. Do you think that's why you're going to stick? What kind of relationships? Male-female relationships. Basically no. Are you going to be the spoken word musician type of singer who sings about politics? No, no, no. What are we expecting from Raf Mshair? The musical part of Raf Mshair. Just good music because I want to be inspired daily. I can't say what I will write tomorrow or what I'll write a month to come. So as the day goes by I just get more inspirations and all that. Awesome. So you have a guitar now. And you have a heart now. What's that heart called? Last year when you came you had something look like one of those for the dashikis. What's it called? Is it like you Africa? What's it called? I don't even know. It was just a heart. So the branding part. We're going to talk about the branding part and I almost didn't recognize it. Now you look like a musician. When you came the other time you looked like a spoken word artist. But now you have a guitar. You've always been able to play one? I started playing in January. I bought it in December. So you were taking lessons? No, but someone was teaching me. He was my guitarist when I was a poet. He's still my guitarist He's the one who's teaching me. So we're going to sample some of the acoustic goodness. Lesson. And to when they come a lesson is in the lab. You need to fire your coach. You need to fire your coach. Orienda la la la klas. I hope I hope it's time to let down too. I hope it's time to let down too. So Rafata Chezaio in a minute. Buddha. In terms of marketing and branding we approach it differently. Because as you said it's a different market. I see you and I see someone different. So other than the how you dress yourself and everything else what other approach are you taking differently? Personally I've changed my life. But I can say with music it's a market and I market differently compared to when I was a market I was a spoken word artist. What about the demographic and gender? Are you leaning more towards the Afropoetry? Afropoetry. And maybe I try kapuka because that's what's Kenyan. But that's a slippery slope. Because when someone starts making bangas, bangas, bangas like you wouldn't expect Naiboi to be doing something acoustic, right? Ya, true. I've seen even Naiboi doing acoustic performances. Performances but not singles. Ya, but not singles, right. So what about you? Should we expect bangas, bangas, bangas then acoustic then? No, I think a more conscious music than just club bangas. I want you to give us an example before we continue. So this is Ra from Shairi. Ademremem, ademremem ayze nipafia ita kuwa anipafia nipafia ita kuwa anipafia fia fia fia fia fia aakili pafeya aakili pafeya aakili pafeya rari DJ, ame waza za waza? Ame waza I don't want to make your box. What's next for you as in in terms of gigs? What can we listen to your music? I have a YouTube channel which is Rafm Shairi TV. It's just the same channel I was using when I was doing poetry. Also you can get my music at mdono.com. You can download my music there. And also I have my own show at the Carnival restaurant in Ituwa. Tales of the Raf book. I did the first edition and the second edition. I'm here to do the third edition because I never wanted it to be the same. Like I just wanted a different vibe from the first and second edition. So I'm making plans and also looking for sponsors and all that. Where can the sponsors reach you? Where can they reach you? You can write me an email at Rafalouko66 at gmail.com or maybe DM me at my social medias Rafm Shairi at all social medias. But Instagram Raf.com Shairi. Why is this film Shairi? Because I'm doing it for poetry. There is still poetry part of it. It's just that I add just tunes for poetry. That is not... See, there is no different school. And you have a new track Sawa. We're going to play Sawa in a minute. Thank you so much Rafm Shairi for coming through. We still have a question that we've been asking people back at home. In the morning we were asking what would you do if you get rejected by a crash or someone in a relationship with? Or me, if I'm rejected. If I'm a little Russian. Rejection, rejection. Definitely Pia CC, I can say. Maboi Pia, once umikatia, umikatia dem. You don't expect it ati, akubali tu kwa raka. Konzata kikubali, raka sanotu na kwa na ma questions. So I can reject. Daru di tu. Daru di tu. There is time that I'll quit definitely. Ike fika mahali. Ike fika mahali. If it's the first time rejection as Yeni can edit. You said you want to give up. Ya. You can't give up to evo mbmbo with the first date. Anato Rafm Shairi slash umsani. Kare butsana de isaikitu. We wish you nothing but the best. Whenever you have anything new, just bring it. Ya. We'll be playing Saw in a minute, but first I need to read some of your comments, ya. Stano Stenas Anasama. This is with regard to the answer to the question, what would you do if you crash or your significant other rejects you. Stano Stenas Anasama. First it's good to understand why the person is rejecting you. It could be they are going through a lot in their life or they are not ready for what you are asking for. That's, you know, very insightful. Ya. Among ya kama wagangakumi. Wagangasita. When you tease our men. I'm gonna nail wise men. Bonei kitimo. Anasama I will just accept and move on. Opportunity, okay, I don't know what he's saying exactly hapo, but I think Anasama, just move on. Anasama I will continue from satellite, Santisana from satellite. Dillian. Muzikitana Anasama. DJ Umeweza. Kandili add. Ako playlist. Uweke Dillian Nihongoze. Itaongezwa. Don't worry about that. Godfremu there. Anasama I'm watching from Eldoret. Mkupu Asana. Play for me Sugar by Maroon 5. It's been a minute since I heard that song. I know Sugar. Good taste, good taste, good taste. They know Adi Innocent. You know these names? These names. Kuna Adi teacher. Adi Innocent. Adi Humble. Ni kama ni zite Mike Adi Humble. Anyway, thank you for watching the E-Circuit. Anasama watching from Mbook Kenya. I can just separate with her and get a beautiful girl like her. Or more beautiful than her.