 You can hit me up directly at Itzmerimu You can hit up VDJ Khalifa What? VDJ Khalifa Alright And the family ones are always right there below the screen So tazio na tuwa po So auna excuse kabisa Our guest Our first guest of the day is an artist She's a student from the university And she has been in a band But now she's doing a thing solo She goes by the name Jiwa o Giwa Help me with that one I've been trying Giwa Giwa Ya Not Jiwa Ya Giwa Giwa Alright Is this your name Ya Mpesa? It is not my name Ya Mpesa But it is a combination of my initials From my son name and my middle name Alright We won't be sharing that for today Let's just go with Giwa Coz Giwa is the artist Giwa is the reason we are here today And we have your first video ever Exclusively You have other songs But this is your first video ever And you have decided to bring it to us Apai if you want to fight for VDJ Khalifa li Sampo Mafanzo mei penda Wengine Wengine awako shua So if you haven't allowed this song Keep requesting it So we can have it on our playlist always Who is Giwa in a few words? Giwa is a singer Songwriter Performer And a very focused young lady A very very focused How many very much? Very focused young lady Alright So Is this the focus that has helped you balance Between studying microbiology And doing your music as well? Ya It is focus and discipline Alright So was it always a passion of yours To study microbiology? Ya You know banyu Ukiwam dogo usually say I want to be a doctor I want to be a pilot You used to say I want to be a microbiologist I used to say As a man I used to want to be a doctor But Microbiology and medicine In the same field WhatsApp grew In the same field So I ended up doing microbiology But I also loved music You also loved music in the process Before we got into the music I'm assuming you have a better understanding Of this coronavirus As a microbiologist Than us How are we doing In a scale of 1 to 10 As a country In terms of prevention Mitigation Curing Quarantining Those who are already infected How are we doing In a scale of 1 to 10 Well Currently I'd say we are at 8 8 8 Ya Because the measures that were put in place Alright Siya smutai kago is not washing Right there So just be honest 8 Ya Alright So we are trying Ya We are doing well We are really trying Alright Thank you very much for that one Let's get back to the music now So you were in a band And then you decided to do it yourself Ya Tell me about the spirit Ulingiako band Ni ni ni ni How was it Like And what was the name of the band Who are the members So when I joined Compass I joined a club A club An entertainment club It had a music department And all the other artistic departments So I was in the music department I was with them for 3 years And then I decided to go solo And start releasing my own music Because at the end of the day You find that people have Different visions for themselves And they want to do different things So I decided to go solo And start releasing my own music Alright So it's very important To To know what you want Your vision And if it does It does not align with the people It's always nice to know When to walk out Alright That is a lot of experience For young artists like you Now you decided to do it solo Over some of the The rude shocks That you got When you went solo We don't want to expect After you started doing this thing solo Because I know it's not easy Ya It's not easy Nikazi It's quite tough But at the end of the day If you really want it You really need to put in the work Put in the work Ya Alright So what does this put in the work Mean to you? What kind of work Are you putting in as an artist? What is in this list Of the to do? You need to have a really nice strategy That aligns with what you want to do And where you want to be In a particular time period Where you want to be is here And what you have to do To get to where you want to be Ya Is on the strategy Alright That is a strategy defined And compressed I like Giva is in the studio Representing Embu University Right? Yes Representing Embu University She is an artist, a songwriter And a very focused lady Very Ngape Sinbili And so I'm very Alright Thank you very much Your latest song You got a video I was watching this video There's something about It's a touchy feeling If you know what I mean It's called Miminawewe And I'd like to know Has this always been your subject But do you always sing about love And Well personally I prefer to sing About the real life situations And love is just one of them Love is a real life situation Ya plus it is one of the 10 commandments Is it part of your real life Kuengine is not It's not part of our real life But love is a real life situation I get you for it Ya So I really like to sing about real life situations And love being one of them I decided to do it Alright So real life situations is what we are going to be expecting from you Who is the Vixen? Guntumpate shout out The Vixen is also an artist Gengaton artist And up coming one He is called Mkorofi Kairis Mkorofi Kairis Mkorofi Wow You like bad boys Well The chemistry We had to do something Alright Chemistry Chemistry Wow this one chemistry This one I love it So there is some chemistry There was some chemistry Are we looking to see some chemistry in studio as well Ya in studio We will arrange that Alright You are probably going to work on something Ya ya So Gengaton is not a field that you are really scared of getting into Not really But I prefer to stay on the Afropop part of it But for Rakolabo I wouldn't mind You wouldn't mind Shout out to Mkorofi right there We hope they will be biology We hope they will be biology As well Shout out to you And I am looking forward to listening to his music Thank you very much for introducing me to him I always like to check out new artists And what's new in the market So this is a definite checkout over the weekend You as well Vdj Khalifa Let's see what we are going to get out of this What is the future for you as an artist After this video that is doing quite well On YouTube What should we look out for I have a couple of upcoming projects That I will be releasing But I will be announcing on that pretty soon But not right now But I am looking forward to being one of the best female artists In the next one year One of the biggest female artists in the next one year In Kenya Alright What's some of the biggest female artists in Kenya That you can see right now I really like Nadia Mukami You like Nadia Otile Brown I am talking about the females That you can see There is chemistry The females I like Nadia Mukami She works hard Galband The band Beka We also have Jovial Jovial is nice She was in top ten today Ya ya ya I like them Since you mentioned them And you want to be one of the biggest female artists You'll have to kick one of them out So we're very afraid. If your name was mentioned, we're very afraid. As we wrap this up, I always like to get to know because corona has affected people differently. It has affected a califa different from how it may affect bodyguards. DJ is not going to the bodyguards side. It may affect skill and say differently. How has it affected your life? Whether positive or negative? Well, currently, as you have said, I'm a fourth-year student. I was actually supposed to have finished in April. But due to corona, should I ask a further? That is one. Sayunga kuna fokus on the music only. Yeah, exactly. And probably even hustling for a job or probably in a job somewhere. What are the ways it affected your music career or the business? In my music career, I say in many partier time. Because you know most of the time. So that is positive? Yeah. I usually say hatuna time. You want to do this and this and this. But you don't have the time. But when corona has affected me, and most of the things were shut down, I had the time to actually do what I want and what I love. So that is a positive for me. Alright. Thank you very much for that. So you'll take my job for now and introduce your song. And then you'll perform it here for the first time on TV ever. This is an exclusive. So wapati social media handles and then introduce your song. And tell people to check it out. Subscribe on your YouTube. This is your time to shine. Promotiki like it one then a week ago. Okay. So on social media, on Instagram, you can find me at giwa underscore ke. On Facebook giwa underscore ke. And on YouTube giwa. And my song is mimi nowe. It's up on YouTube. Subscribe, share, like, comment and keep supporting me. Alright. Thank you very much for that one. She's going to be performing that song supported by VDJ Khalifa obviously in a few. Before you enjoy the music, remember we're on Facebook at Y254. You can add us at Y254 channel. Badututupata. Twitter at Y254 channel. Instagram at Y254 underscore channel. Tiktok, we're not focusing on it today but kuna vituzetupale at Y254 channel. Head to Facebook. Kuna swali. Tuna uliza i kwa moka ni nini. What is your understanding of it? Kwa moka. Tell us and then we'll be back with some more on social Friday. I don't want to wear. I don't want to take that down. For now, give a performance. And where are we? Mimi nowe. Mimi nowe. For the first time ever on TV supported by VDJ Khalifa.