Shaun Chatea atte lakros au menstrual media platform. So you know what to do. So right now we have an interview coming up by two amazing guests. So first of all I thought they were two, and then I was bombarded by the surprise that they are individual artists doing amazing job in the industry. So without further ado, jambo. Yo, yeah. The flavor MC. Static Supreme. Static Supreme. Ok, those are very different names with different vibe in it. Why static? Because static in chemistry means something different And now we are in an artistic aspect of music, basically hip-hop music Why did you call static? Well, I always stumble a bit when I'm about to say this Because I'm a bit anxious about it But the name static came from... Do you remember when Lil Wayne did a song called Lollipop? Oh yes, like a Lollipop The guy who sang the chorus was actually called static major And it's just someone I identify with a lot And that's where the name originated from To be honest with you Okay, so for flavor, when I hear the word flavor I'm just feeling like you're adding some little bit of sauce So was that what you went for when you went for flavor as your artistic name? Well, eventually, essentially eventually But what caught my ear first was Craig Marks' flavor in your ear I don't know if you can recall the jam Here comes the brand new flavor in your ear I'm seeing Reggie's visit So when I had that jam, it just stuck with me And I felt like I needed to replicate that through all my musical endeavors My musical journey So that's exactly what I'm up to now Alright, so for people back at home You're meeting these individuals If it's for your first time You'll be surprised because first of all When I met you today because you met there And your vibe is so different compared to what I see in the musical video You look more composed More of what's the word You guys sound deep even in person So probably you can tell us The journey from the point whereby Just before you became musicians What were you doing in the aspect of that? Okay, for me Just before I went into music seriously I was doing my CPA Wait If you're not supposed to be here You're supposed to be in the bank The guy behind Getting down some checks and everything else I don't know It's just something that I've had for a long time Partial for music And the more I learnt the more I went to school The more I realized I can be able to turn this into something My lessons in school I learnt a bit differently How can I translate this into real life? And after that is where I started not going to music seriously When did you start doing music in a professional way? 2017 So far compared to you seated in a class studying accounts What is the feeling or rather How do you feel being in the zone of doing music Compared to doing your initial profession which was accounts? I'm at home That's just the best description I can give right now I'm at home I want to be who I need to be So right now in music you are at home? I am at home Okay, it's a static Yes You know where we are headed to? I do Yes, so tell us Play over here was an accountant Or brother would be in the seated Other chair of a banker doing other accounts matters What about you If you were not doing music right now What would you be doing? I was going to become a priest Wait, okay You were to be a priest I was in the junior seminary for about four years For good years And then the calling left me What led you to the decision of you choosing to just be in priesthood? I've always wanted to live a life of service And priesthood made sense to me Being a Catholic I guess since I grew up I was in Catholic school It just made sense I felt like that was actually what I was going to do But I totally got disoriented Once I went into the seminary And when I came out I wanted to do psychology From seminary now to wanting to be a psychologist Because I figured if I cannot serve I can offer my service And somewhat in a similar way But different calling So I did my undergraduate And one year into my master's I quit Alright For music For music You guys have done a lot for music It's been a sacrifice That's how I look at it Because I started late I had already done so much before I had to drop everything and then now start music And music is a process So it was very challenging A very defining as well A lot of fundamentals of who I am Got really cemented at that moment Because a lot of things were shaken up When I actually outed myself In saying I want to do music And I don't want to do psychology Okay So first of all as I said earlier At first I thought you guys would do Absolutely listening to your jam through Wackilesha And it is amazing jam because I saw it And I could not stop the replay button How about you tell us How long have you been separately doing art Before you two came together for different projects Music Well, Supreme had been doing it for a while For me I had done one or two projects 2014-2013 But they never really I wasn't really there I wasn't in that space to really pursue it You know 100% So now 2017 is when I started doing my stuff 2018 released my mixtape and all that But then Actually 2017 is now when we met Yeah, that's when we met with Supreme And started doing music Because for a while he had been telling me Bro, you should come through We do something, we do something And we would be meeting up But I guess when the time just came It just came And we started with Bob Lang 2017 And that was it We went from there From there now Static you have two EPs from the ROG One EP, a couple of mixtapes I have a lot of music And unfortunately it was all over the place Why are you still doing music Well, it's still in seminary I can tell you Let me tell you something I didn't say When I was in high school I wrote something I wrote a song It wasn't serious Years later When I was actually doing my masters Is when I found a beat With that track But guess what The song actually predicted What I was going through at that particular moment And that's the first time I took my music seriously Because I think I saw something in it That I never seen before I was writing my future and I didn't realize it So music became very personal to me And that's when I decided I guess I need to give everything up And give this a bit of my time And attention Okay, so if you approximately You've been into the game Way longer than Flavor And definitely say that And you held this hand Through this whole process And everything else So currently we are still In the morning of Hip-hop parties Kansai, sorry And these are posts That was kept up By Calligraph Jones On his IG handle And he speaks of the media Portraying him as an alcoholic Instead of just looking Into the aspect of his music What is your angle on that Or what is your take On the aspect that Is the media just portraying The negative aspect of artists Or are they giving limelight When they just die And what would you think Would be the reason To why they would do that Well I think artists Are very misunderstood Not only that but For you to be an artist Sometimes you have to say things That other people would not say So that other people Can identify with you For you to have the courage And the tenacity To be able to say some things You have to be bent in a bit Awkward ways So we tend to be On the fringes of society And it can be very hard Sometimes to deal and cope Being an artist There's a stigma associated with it Everyone tells you You tell someone Your artist are like Are you making money Yeah And it's very hard I don't know why In Kenya we have that situation But we are not respected People would be like Ah dude you are so talented But you tell them Okay you can buy my creativity And you are like And you get You have a YouTube channel We can check it out on YouTube Probably You know it's as much as It takes a while before That translates to anything For now it's just views In the cloud You know It's more than that I feel like I'm more mature And you've invested In your music And I've invested so much So I am a bit I'm very picky with my music I try to Tend to it And care about it Because It cost me so much At the end of the day it's a business And it is a business And I was stuck in the music industry For a while Before I got into the music business And it took away Before I could even tell the difference So there's a lot of education That needs to happen And when you look at Artists like Antai I mean to just emulate One side of him I don't think the media Has been known to be fair They will pick on what is sensational And what sells But there's so much to our character And sometimes people don't want To take the time to find out What else is behind this person Okay, there's also the notion Of being gentlemen Being men We are not outspoken On our struggles And it gets even way harder If you're an artist And if you portray your struggles If you're going through a challenge Through social media Even if you reach out You're having the fear That probably this person Will give the information Outside there And it will damage my image Because people are expecting you to be You know, having figured it out You're not supposed to be In this mess We are all humans At the end of the day What is your approach For fellow artists Who are in these struggling moments In terms, even if it's in music And they're looking for an outlet Which might not be the best way Probably it could be drugs Or any form of other way Which is the inflict pain In them Or even people surrounding them What will be the message? I'll just say The company you keep I think it just starts from there Because for every person You're It's been said for a long time That you know You're summation of the five, six people You hang out with most And if the guys you hang out with Don't have the same vision Or ambition as you Then chances are You can go sideways very easily For me I felt like When I met Supreme I met someone Like minded Like if I'm messing up I trust Supreme Will tell me For his help Come do this And I trust that I'll do the same for him So I think it comes down to that Just trying to stay grounded And also keeping your personal matters Personal Doing the best to do that Will also help Okay, now to the reason Why you guys are here It's launching your Occultation jobs How can we not do serious For artists No, you're not We are not But apparently that session was quite Quite serious But now that's losing up So right about now You guys are here for the launch Of your new music Which is known as Wakilisha Tell us more about the theme behind The sound And the fact that you guys I believe you are signed Under lions of Kajado Of Kajado Records So tell us more about that Wakilisha is just a jam Just a jam for guys to buy to end Just talking about lanes Just staying in your lane And you know Just focusing on your own And trying not to You know Focus on the noise Blocking out the noise Make sure you get your own Because right now Man there's too much noise And guys are all over But if you can stick to your lane It's crazy Before we go to static And he gives us His theme Or what he felt Was the fact that he was adding Value to this jam Wakilisha So the video aspect of it You sound way different You guys are very authentic In your own Speaking of bars And lines But there's one thing So who's the video director And the costume designer Because you have a bandana All over There's no chat And everything Some questioning What was the vibe behind The designing For the costume For the video We wanted something Bright And outgoing And cable Sorry The fact Chief Our producer Got us Or some chains Some Masai type of chains And they were really Really There was something to work with And they gave some So the Masai culture Is connected to Those of the records I guess Well it's because Kajado Where we shot the video Is Prominently Masai land And just being out there In the field We were like Let's go a bit crazy There's an aspect About letting yourself go That even as an artist You need to learn Because when the camera turns on It's a different persona And so Getting to just Let ourselves loose Was a big part of this You get And just enjoy the song Because we I have been recording for a while And he has been recording also for a minute But we need to Create some personas that are There's some longevity to it Sorry, I can't say that right There's some time to it Then stability to it But it's something that really needs to come natural And Wakilisha really allowed us To get ourselves into Our element If I can say that Get into the zone Get into the zone So Wakilisha is a good vibe Kind of music for all of you guys back at home Who can enjoy this particular jam Where but Digital Rages We'll be playing it in a little bit But before that I would like you guys to tell me Or other people back at home How you handle your financial aspect Because Why do you prefer it's a youthful channel And people who Majorly want to venture into the music scene Or are instilled in the music scene But they are having challenges In terms of budgeting for their videos Their audio production You can mention that Let me just let you mention that Before I ask this Another question that I would really love For you guys to get into it He plays a very functional role in our Because we are independent artists But I think of us As a red man and a method man Because I just These are good energy I get from him And good feedback And he handles the audio I handle the video Because when we do a normal A show called Pride Fight Night Where we release our song every week Because you have just Drop it there You will also talk about that Pride Night Yes So within Pride Fight Night I do the videos And I do Basically everything in the video And he does the audio You use your phone camera I use my I was using the I've been using different phones They made 9, 7 Yeah, using the socials that you have And I always tell guys Just be innovative It doesn't have to be top notch quality Just put some time into your work And learn some skills It goes beyond just Being an artist and now I can do that And what happened is He helps with the audio aspect of this Because we record at his place And then I basically took over the video part And it helped really Facilitate the Pride Fight Night To have a life of its own And we could basically shoot And upload whenever we wanted But after being signed Kebop basically took over Took over everything For the professional Because we have two Kind of perspectives Pride Fight Night is very raw But from the lines of Kajodo We are very structured And it's very mainstream And that was the approach to it So Pride Fight Night Pride Fight Night Yes, it's basically on YouTube It's on YouTube So people back at home Can make sure you reach out And see their content Which is totally freestyle Of good rap music, isn't it? Okay, so probably you can tell us People back at home What can they add value in How can they add value into your music What kind of help Would you like them to give? How do you call it help For us to talk about investment Investment, okay Because I believe our music Speaks for itself Accountant among us So it's all about investment, all right So our music speaks for itself I believe that we put in the time The effort, the energy Such that now it's just To take it a notch higher And I believe for anyone Who sees the vision And who wants to be a part of it You're welcome As long as it's a workable Relationship and all That we are always open And we are open to just doing music Just producing music That's the main thing Let it not be politics Or whatever, just music All right So probably you can tell us Pierre, what kind of The people you look up to And additionally to that is How would you like people back at home To view flavor or supreme In terms of the music That you're doing as individuals Okay Yeah You can take it Yeah, so before you even address that There's a question you asked And I didn't really address And you said Ways that we financially Get by And just find things to do To help facilitate Yes, that's true And I think it's a very important thing Because it's basically what stops Many from moving forward I just, as a man I realize we have to do a lot of things I am also a tattoo artist Missy Kotatsu She's called me up for tattoos Some of you guys have tattooed Cream, I tattooed Patrics And I also do digital art work I've been doing posters And stuff for events And a lot of other things I think as a man You just find ways to just provide And also it helps If you have a partner With you I think music is not just your own thing You really need support And people to encourage you That's very true Support and people to encourage you You can send in all of your Social media Give us your social media handles Now people can get your book Just add to what she said Even if you don't have money You have time If you don't have money You got time So you have to create time For what you love So social media coming through On coming forward And then after that We speak from buzz Social media At Jipelada That's my Instagram Facebook is Jute Jipelada YouTube Jipelada Music Audio Mark Jipelada Yeah, you get the drift So static supreme Google me I will say something That's the easiest way to eat Okay, so static supreme That is as simple as that So they will be dropping their new job Known as Wacky Lisha Right here on hashtag Hip Hop Thursday You will see it right here For the first time Don't happen sit here Hashtag Hip Hop Thursday Across on Twitter Handle Michelle Lashira Across all my social media platforms So guys take it away Wacky Lisha Wacky Lisha