 Kwa miko uf�in ya, doi Ta ya, atu elisha, kwa miko wama wunga Ya, miko wazila, ufzina Ya, nikutu na, maim competition Welcome to the studio Thank you very much How you doing I'm doing good I'm so grateful for being over here Welcome No this is my first time and I feel good Okay, so kindly introduce selves to our audience and tell us what is it about your official names What are your stage names and what you do? I'm official name is John Chien, I'm from Kisubu. My stage name is DI's. I got it from Afghanistan. I used to be in Afghanistan. That's why there's a friend of mine who was a soldier. We used to work with them in a workshop. Let's call me DI's. DI's is a kind of chemical. It's normally being used to... I don't know if you have experienced snow. If you have gone over in a European place where they experienced snow. There's a kind of chemical DI's. So it's mostly being used to prevent the formation of ice. So that's the meaning of what DI's means. It comes from what DI's means. So it's a kind of chemical mostly being used to spread or prevent the formation of ice in kind of an object or on a slippery road. So it's mostly after snowing. So that's how the name came about. Okay, so how long have you been doing music? You've told me about being in Afghanistan for a while and then you came back to Kenya. So how did that come about? I started music journey back in the days when I was still in school. I used to do music when I was in high school. I used to do music when I was in high school. Then I stopped it again. We left Kwaasul. After high school, we left Kwaasul. Now after high school, your parents tell you you're not a grown-up man. You can go outside and look for something. You can go outside like the way other people are outside there. Then after that, I went outside for 2 years. Then I got a job there in Afghanistan. Like a contractor. I just worked with Benetari. As a contractor, I just applied online. There's a job. I go on the internet and I just applied for a job for the military. I understand about the contract jobs. So while you were there, were you singing? No, I stopped singing. At all? No, I stopped singing in Afghanistan. You didn't even entertain your fellow colleagues? No, I just do it for fun. I used to do music just for fun but I didn't take it as serious because I was losing some other kind of jobs. So when did you take music seriously? I took music seriously when I came out from Afghanistan. The military pulled out from Afghanistan this year. After 4 years working with Benetari, then the US Army decided to pull out from Afghanistan. I hope you have been seeing the news of Afghanistan. Then I came back this year and that's why I decided to do music again. I go back to doing music. So in the few months I'm guessing it's a few months because it's not a whole year already. How has the music been treating you? And how was the transition from working from Afghanistan because that is kind of a serious job. I'm not saying that music is not a serious job but it's more on the entertainment side. How was that transition for you? Coming back to music, first of all going back to music you have to package yourself very well. Music is about packaging yourself. So you have to compose yourself and you package yourself then you come with music. Music is not an easy task. It's very hard. If you see somebody appearing on the TV or doing music, it's not an easy job. First of all you need to spend some money. You gotta spend that money. What are some of the challenges that you've experienced in the short time that you've been doing music seriously? The short time I've experienced I think it was capital. First of all I didn't have that capital to do good music because I know it's only good music that's being played over the TV or you can't come with it it's just a low kind of music or low music budget so that you can expect you to watch it and it can happen. So you need some money. You need some good money. So you say that you need money What does good music mean to you? Is it the content? Is it the visuals? Is it the sound? It's composed of all those things because first of all good music first of all you must make good music and for that good music to sell outside that's when you have to do a good video because if the video is not good that means that video cannot sell outside. So when you are away were you following up on the trends of music in Kenya and maybe other parts of the country so that when you decided to come back and do music to know exactly what is going on and what kind of music which producers I should work with which studios I should work with were you following up? Yes of course. I've been following some of the producers there's one guy I know he's called Alexis. There's a good guy even when I was outside used to sell him some a couple like you you doing good can make this thing out. I used to be following some of the good artists in Kenya that I've been doing well I've been watching them they are doing good jobs even at the time I've been watching them I've been following them they train last year they talk over the waves they'll come back I know they'll come back Are you looking to work with a gengeto artist? They are doing good but at least they switch a little bit to a different kind of music reaching their content a little bit but they are doing a great job I like those guys they are doing good music unless they just switch it a little bit they can make it more better So talk to us about the most recent project or another song that you've just performed for us what was the concept behind it and was it your first song to do since you came back This is my first video actually but I still like all your song I did it like a year ago Is this the audio? I did it but I haven't released it videos but I'm still thinking of working on it video but soon I'll release the video but I still have some more projects coming and this was my first video the fine body Most of my songs are love song music I like love song music because I love stories You love love? Love is beautiful Love is beautiful Yes You? When I say love is beautiful Pashposh anyway Go ahead Say that you like love songs I like doing love music I'm trying to switch I'm trying to mix some love music and kind of a dance a little bit but it's a mix of dance with love song inside of it So what was the thought process when you were writing fine body and what did you want to come out of that song What inspired you to do that write about a fine body like I had a crush on a lady Oh no It's always about a lady at the end of the day She got a fine body She got a fine body So it was about a lady that you had a crush on and she had a fine body Did she know that you wrote the song for her It was just a surprise So you told her the song was about her I didn't tell her about that because it was just a surprise Hold up Before we get to So what was the thought process Did you tell her that you had a crush on her No I didn't tell her about that How You okay? I didn't tell her that I had a crush on her but I just did it just for surprising I just went to the studio where I decided to sing about this lady I've been looking for a long time I've been hunting her Yes So I tried to go to the studio So that's why I decided to come up with a fine body She got a fine body She is a pretty pretty girl and she is a vibe girl Oh yes So how did she react to the song It was good When she listened to the song she was like oh wow This song is dope She liked the song I decided to try this song I said no hold on It was just a surprise for you Okay I want someone to write a song for me Where are you Where are you Where are you Inakuja If it's coming I am one of wanga studios So you do a song for me Anyway Kindly share with us your social media handles and tell us what we are expecting from the eyes In Facebook I just use the eyes IG the eyes underscore K.E. On YouTube the eyes Spell that the eyes for the people D.E. Then the space input eyes Just normal eyes What are we expecting after a fine body I got some operas coming Some dope ones You guys are going to enjoy it I got some good music That is coming I am still working on this one I want to push this one fast Later on I am going to launch another one Then another one Then after that I decided to look for a collab Because first of all I need to push myself fast Before look for a collab That's what I am going to do That's my strategy I want to push myself fast Then I go look for somebody else Who can do a collab with him Anybody who is doing good music Any shoutouts that you have before you wind up First of all I just send my shoutout to One of the guys who really pushed me To do music Because he is the one who is saying You can do this music You got it bro It's called king canon I don't know if you know this guy It's called canon The artist manager is the one who is pushing me Maybe the video director I don't have trade jewels I don't have trade jewels All your producer Alex Is on the beat My guy that I want to shout out to them Alright Thank you so much for coming We appreciate your time We wish you all the best in your music Up next is The ice find body