 We bring you a mad artist People who know what they are doing People who are talented Right there was Kid Rucha He'll be telling us about himself We'll get to know him And it's not funny Cafe style kidogo So that we can hear it From the horses mouth Kid Rucha, how are you? Good You're good? Welcome to the show Thank you for having me Happy Halloween Happy Halloween Don't be surprised By our looks Sida ni kuna There's a lot going on You guys look good Thank you You look the season Yes We should have given you a memo Yeah, you're okay To dress up Uh, you give me a memo next time Yes, next time we'll give you a memo But I'm in black You're in black Black is Uh, they, okay Oh, they're associated They're associated with The darkness and stuff Okay, right Halloween basically Yes Got the gate, straight up Yes, so welcome to the show Thank you Kindly introduce yourself to The people watching back at home And tell them who Kid Rucha is This is Kid Rucha KID R-U-C-H-A And urban hippopotist Best in Kenya basically Yeah, been doing music for a while How long is a while? It's been a while If you're counting like Since I started writing rhymes Since 2013 That is a little over Maybe nine years Yes Yeah, but I started doing it professionally And say maybe in 2017 Yeah, that is when I started Pushing myself Yeah So how has the experience been For you? It's been humbling You know when you started out In high school It was about Speeding rhymes And talent shows Maybe get the girls and stuff But go to a point whereby It is not really about that We're trying to make something of it So it's been humbling It gets to a point whereby You go through so much stress You put in so much work You dish out money In recording Making videos And it's not really paying off You know So it's humbling It gets to a point whereby We just cool down and And go back to the drawing board And come up with a master plan So it's been humbling And frustrating But it's really fun Going through the processes Very interesting All right So in the nine years That you have been doing music Especially since you started Officially in pushing yourself Do you feel like you have grown In your crafts You know the way you write Your rhymes The way your videos Have they grown? Definitely I'd start with my craft My lyrics Basically started Starting out I had those baby rhymes Stuff you know What are baby rhymes? Baby rhymes Do you remember something you wrote back in the day Or what were you writing about? You've talked about writing To get girls and everything That is how I started out It was about the hype But looking at the fav come With my writing skill Basically my skill in general I've actually improved I've improved a great deal And I'm really proud of myself for that I'm not the same artist I was Those few years ago Let me say I'm not the same rapper I was Those few years ago Right now I'm an artist I'm doing it on a professional level You're definitely have grown So could you give us A freestyle before we continue the interview? Continue the interview Okay, can I get the mic or something? Kuma nuvahi game Checking it off my bro But either way To not stay the cost Checking my vast Ni na stock Ki chwangu ni kama depo Badwa drip ni ilen Vua ya cuts and dogs Beat na rip Ni kishikiliya viral Raps ni clean Ha kuna etima typos Ni kutayari kwa kilisha Waki daimo I do it vicious I'm on a mission going viral Bi asha rana pigatoka Nairobi tu kairu Leto asha yo That's dope That's dope Thank you So in Those years you have been doing music Who have you interacted with And what has been your highest? My highest High Yes Like any of these moments I'll remember this one for life I'd say maybe I haven't reached my ultimate high But I've reached a few highs Okay, compared to the lows Reached a few highs too I'd say maybe it was in 2017 Or by I got to To involve myself in rap battling And there were these bafoba Bafoba rap battles In At the alchemist They used to be hosted by Barajakuzi If you know the guy Yes So at one point I tried a few rounds From round two Round four Came through to round six I won round six of the bafoba I won the cash prize And of course some dragging rides And I was one of the highs Of actually experience here Aside from that And that was around the time You started officially I started pushing myself I was really good with riding rides That must have been very encouraging Very encouraging Seeing people cheer you up and stuff For having my homies with me there Winning the money It was really good It was a high I'd say it was a high point It was an encouraging moment That I need to go on Okay So you have worked on a lot of things Yeah, true You have several mixtapes on your YouTube channel You have a Nipi And you're also working on an album Yes, straight up To even get to the album Tell us about your mixtapes Your EPs And why you felt like Those needed to come before the album Okay Okay First I'd begin by Saying that an album takes so much work So much dedication You put a record on the album You feel like it doesn't fit You remove it But I think For mixtapes or EPs I'd say they are just A compilation of some records Maybe you have been working on But an album feels like it takes You need to put something that is good in there So I'd begin I had my first mixtap 2016 Just after high school I cleared high school in 2015 So in 2016 I released my first mixtap It was called Rap Da Vinci EP It was an EP Rap Da Vinci EP That was in 2016 It had like five tracks Went on in 2017 I think also released an EP It had a little over maybe four tracks I had one of my favorite records ever Two favorite records One was Tuta Fika And Hustle Yes They are on my YouTube Then 2018 A mixtap called Lips and Bounds I had ten records Feel like that one really introduced me into the game I had more people engage with me On my social media handles Engage with my music So Lips and Bounds came out in 2018 Then I had Jams Bayos truly If I haven't skipped anything I had Jams Bayos truly EP I released it Yeah if there are that many You might be forgetting something I had Project 21 in 2019 When I turned 21 It had a few tracks And then I had 20 That is during the Covid I was able to write a four track EP One of my favorite EP's also I had more people engaged with it It had a record called Maintain It was really good I listened to it and marveled How I came up with that record That was in 2020 2021 I had Before Stardom I don't know my other mixtap It came out on January 14th of 2021 Yeah it had ten records also Then later that year I came up with another mixtap It's called Roan and Cut Mixtap It had a compilation of some free styles indeed There were eight records And then we are in 2022 Pinchinch 2 am yet to release the album Okay so now tell us about that album That you have been putting all your work Yeah yeah Okay I announced it some time last year A time like this As I was still releasing the records I released the records for the Roan And Cut Mixtap one by one I was releasing two each month Till they reached eight When it was reaching around December So I announced the album around November I was actually to release it this year in February But then I felt like the records weren't To a certain level So I felt like I needed to add more records And so I have been pushing I have been pushing it to November I pushed it to November I have been pushing it forward That I released it November is just a few November is here Yeah so right now I am doing the media tours and stuff Trying to gather some traction on it Yeah I feel like the engagement is picking up I feel like in time more people will catch up Yeah basically So I should talk about it here Yes just the How many tracks does it have? It has fourteen tracks Technically it has eleven records But three of the records are interludes They are like breaks in between Okay It's called Head in the Sky I'm a person who is fond of stars and the universe So it's head in the sky Technically head in the sky in literature Or maybe in English It means that I'm alone in my own space I'm completely unaffected By what is happening around me I'm not distracted by anything Nothing can come and stop me from heading towards The goal that I'm set out to achieve So head in the sky is about... It's about purpose It's about focus and attitude Purpose in the sense that The goal that I'm out to achieve Focus It could be related to the mindset of an eagle The eagle is fearless And it goes after what it wants So that is the focus beat And the attitude I have mastered is that I'm standing in my ground You won't distract me You won't distract me That is the attitude I'm like I'm not laughing I'm like Hush You won't distract me That is the attitude that comes out in the album Do you have a cover art for the album? Yeah, I have a cover art for the album I have a cover art for the album I wish I could give it to the producer But let me explain it I can already imagine Basically my head is in the sky First of all, I'm wearing a graduation gown And then my head is in the sky With the graduation hat The head in the sky With the graduation hat The graduation hat basically signifies A graduation into something else My graduation from a rapper into an artist My graduation into something better My transformation So on the sides, on the cover There are stars There is the crescent moon The stars symbolize They symbolize ambition The crescent moon symbolizes Transcendence Or a transformative Process Yeah, basically I think that is everything We need to take a look at it It sounds Like it's giving a lot of what you had put Like you had put a lot of thought into it I put a lot of thought into it So is the work done for the album? The work is ready Are you going to release all the songs together? Or are you going to release Like the very last EP you did You said you released two songs Yeah, two songs per month So are you going to do the same with the album? Or are you just going to release everything together? I'm going to release the whole body of work It will be out on all streaming platforms I'm also preparing I'm reading some hard copies Okay, now these people don't use CDs So I'm reading some flash disks Branded flash disks with basically my logo and stuff So that is what I'll be selling To what I'd call them My fans The people who are willing to support me I'd sell it to them Yeah, basically And also, like I've said The records will be out on all digital platforms Yeah, streaming online So by November? By November I haven't given the date yet I've just been saying November I managed to save the date But I just released the track list So maybe a week ago Okay So why can people find you on social media So that they can follow up on the album And as they wait for it I am Kid Rucha You can write that Kid Rucha on all platforms KID RUCHA on Instagram Facebook YouTube everywhere Okay, if I could add something About what my music is about Is that okay? Basically I define or maybe describe my music as eccentric It doesn't really adhere to the common standards Or say in the Kenyan market Or Kenyan industry It doesn't adhere to the common standards Maybe it's about the patting And the girls And okay, I agree out of that I felt like that is how I started out I agree out of that I felt like I needed to push something different To, I looked at my inner self And figured out that I could actually inspire one or two people Like-minded people With sharing the same dream as I am So I'd also describe my music as Or rather my lyrics as a manifestation Of maybe the life I want to achieve Okay, okay What is manifestation? Is turning ideas to reality Through my thoughts, I turn ideas to reality So through my lyrics, I turn these ideas to reality Yeah, my person is fond of the law of attraction on such talks So basically, technically that is what my music is about That is what your music is about Yes, so you manifest what you want in your music Yeah, basically because it works I've seen, I've read about artists I've listened to their music I've read about artists coming from nothing And being able to get everything that they ever desired So I also feel like that is a possibility for me And if I speak it out Someone else will feel like it is a possibility for them Because it will happen for me It will also happen for them And for them, yeah All right, our time is up And I want us to listen to on the record So maybe in just two words Tell us what the record is about By any means Or by any means It's called by any means It is the second record of the album Okay It has come fast I'd say maybe it's the signature record So by any means The hook goes like I live by the chord I'll get it by any means I'll get it by any means I hit the woo Hitting the woo is like having my fun Then I'm back to business Then we're back to business We're back to recording We're back to writing We're back to pushing the music Yeah Okay Yeah, basically Also there is the pre hook that says Who gonna stop the boy Who gonna really stop the boy Who gonna stop as I'm asking them Who is going to stop us, yeah So we'll get it by any means here Okay So thank you so much for coming through Street up And when the album is out Please come back We'll listen to a few more songs I'll be here definitely And have another conversation This was interesting Yes So one more time Mind people where they can find you On social media And your YouTube channel And your digital streaming platforms Kid Rucha everywhere If you type Kid Rucha Two Kulik Two words Two names Kid Rucha Spotify Everywhere you could think of You'll find me Mm-hmm Yeah All right So thank you so much for coming through So let's listen to By all means Yeah