 Kali Kertel, freestyle, right? Yes, DJ Raji is representing as well on Hip Hop Thursday. On why in the morning I go by the name of Barry Moses or it's by more than every social media platform but before I introduce my first guest of the day for Hip Hop Thursday, the second edition of Hip Hop Thursday. I'd like to talk to the DJ. Wakumbu shes social media. Na vinyoneza pata mixes. Na wambiwa tumi request. At Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. At Rajis the DJ. Ashtag remember me Hip Hop Thursday. I'm away in the morning. Safi Kavisa, DJ Raji apendi kuongia sana and apenda kuongia na his fingers and he doesn't know how to stop the music. Without much further ado, I'd like to introduce Wahenga. Soutia West. Soutia West? Yes. And they're representing Kenyan Hip Hop to the full list. Kavisa. Kavisa. So nani atafungwa? I go by the name of Muhanga Karna representing Wahenga Soutia West of Lemus Kia. I'm trying to go keeping it Hip Hop, Kenyan Hip Hop, Strictly. Strictly Kenyan Hip Hop, Kavisa, Kavisa. Wahenga rea pa. Representing unwaruwa always. Wahenga Soutia West. So inwa su angongroda puibo? Apondani. Apondani. Apondani. Right. So Wahenga sounds like a lot of wisdom. Yes. Two majors about that. Uchanuwa na kuentatein. Uchanuwa na kuentatein. That's your mission. Exactly. As Wahenga music. How did you guys link up? Amazingly enough, we are cousins. We go by the same names. Personal names. Music names. So what is your official name? James Mungai. What is your official name? James Mungai. Is that your granddad? Yes. Or any grandfather? No, no. Oh jeez. Oh jeez. All right. Alkomona muzikia pa. This is in our concert and we represent it musically in our area. All right. So nani budako ni bro ya budake? Ivo, Ivo. Ivo, Ivo. So budako ako na ifo muyamziki kule? Budango ako onboard basa. Ako onboard basa. What about you dad? I'm a core believer. I'm a core believer. All right. Kushuwa wa patanangi wanongia wana sema wa tutu haki. Nangotia wa chokere. Nangotia wa chokere na iti. Nangotia wa chokere na iti. Nangotia wa chokere na iti. Udo na naiwa. Udo na naiwa. S감 dekaweza. We have our hanga representin KEE hiphop on hiphop Thursday, on Wael though Morning. Don't forget the hashtags by people. White 2.5 4 channel on Twitter, White 5.4, underscore channel on Instagram, and White 2.5 4 on Facebook. Keep your questions coming. Four hanga direct them to them. All right. So, I'd like to know, why hiphop for you guys? You squeeze a killer rapper man, zakuebha manze. Mwenha nii mistik to hiphop? Mi personali, nima kwa hip-hop fan from way back Nihishik penda, actuali sko nzangaza hip-hop fan Nzangaza Kenyan music fan Nzengwa skizanga kina nyash, kina isa, kina nemle, soteote Sa bili nili groi, ili konda kujiju, nika pata na penda like Hip-hop bili misteri zi uchongo, nika pata na skiza kina basmo na kina nyash Na kina okto na kina kaka So bili nili groi, nika amu, aiki toa jan jaribu I like how ume mention marapuwa Kenyan So you're influenced by Kenyan hip-hop Sa na Alright, so sheng is a language that you use in your music Kabisa Alright, are you familiar with the term shrap music? They are familiar with shrap Would you consider yourself ume fanya shrap, ume fanya shrap kia piaki? I'll say me According to my understanding, shrapu nasi mangani sheng, rap na trap Na kimiemi, na na nimi fanya zote, nimi trap, nimi rap, na zote na kimi sheng So wever came up with that term Ume satisfy Ume satisfy, ume satisfy kilian kwa na zemi wu have up now Alright, Safi What is your take on Kenyans rapping in English? Okay, I was If you could check the hip-hop industry in Kenya It started in the 90s I think the man was Ume mangani sheng, I think jimi githu or something Na at that time, he came as part of Colonialism As he took a copy of the U.S. Ume fanya, kudunga, kuhu rap na English But I also came up with Kenyan sasa style Ono na, kukujetu kapataki na kalamashaka wa na go on scene And um Alright, maybe you guys are in the Lennahim mic Sayde na mic to Fadani As I was saying I was saying the Kenyan hip-hop scene in the 90s With a guy, jimi githu or something So in the course of the Wakifanyama hip-hop In the course of the struggle, we tried to break free from Yoku kukupi, kuhu imitet American culture sana So utu kapatatu me haza kwa vawao na kina kalamashaka Na kina gidi-gidi na jimaji Wakanda kam naswa hili sheng hene So ili kitu utu naza sema Kaumuna utu naza rap na sheng Na English, I mean Yoni bako ya koi ko tu sa Lakin ni sisi kawahenga, scene south ya west Siro na representungu wa roya ni Representa, go represent, west side Kila kupu kupupatable nao Kila enyena Fika palenda ni sheng Na we best at it Would you say hip-hop is the biggest genre in Kenya right now? According on my face, it's because the big acts in Kenya Wakitaju is because of the calligraph West is because of the octo Kikaka Juzya li kua like Umajula kua And I'm making moves of the drop album So top 5 Kenyan artists kuna kawa tatuivi wa hip-hop? Or hip-hop, exactly So hip-hop is reining? Hip-hop is reining As much as ni watatutu nasiki kanga Hip-hop is reining Kendele na ii play kei Na ii campaign na shoka izi It's a matter of time Hip-hop will take over Is story a play kei ii? What do you take on it? A play kei, first of all Ii kuna two major parties Presenters na artists So utkikam kwa presenters Kwa nu mesa uma fans by the way? Presenters, artists Uziwa fan Fan twizi se ma ni ku play ana play kei E ni kua na listen kei Na listen kei ni nimunam feed Na una So 80% amu kuchiza Ii pasinteni umuna ta kuchiza Umu kuchiza Kenyan for that Umu kuchiza foreign music for that Aki omita izi change playlist Dijendu ana sayama onuna Ii ni presenters na artists Na iikikam kwa presenters Kwa kitu ni surfi wei cheza maze? Kwa chi siya sir? Kwa ni surfi wei cheza Acha mamu mingi Kwa wei ni msa ni kanga Kwa kwa ii cheza wipale But there are complaints Put in work Put in moa kwa kwa kwa So ii kitu ni both way Ni both ways Ni both ways Symbiotik trafaku balance Kwa sa ni wa put in the work Presenters apreciate work Presenters apreciate kaza surfi Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa Kwa kwa kwa kwa Kuna game mjuchez apa ibi Kila tazdi Kila tazdi mecha gwa skumbaya kujawa I go to star Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa Ni sisi isa track by you guys It's the latest one Of your EP The EP in Hwa Sisi Before to talk about sisi Kuna song and barley Song and barley Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa Sisi isa EP Song and barley Kwa kwa kwa kwa Sisi isa EP Sisi isa EP Sisi isa EP The track As in hip hop Uko like kia chajame Amma nati structural uko to kia chajame Uko nina kia kwa kwa Song and barley Kutuna express as in What Kida kwa hiruwa na daily ko maisha Kasi kwa kwa Ni kwa ko Yoku David, Mutriku Tukurva, Sungambal Asakii U Moder asakii Kwe Ashtagii So this is the title track, the title track is Nishisi, the EP is called Sisi, and in fact it's available on Bumple, you can stream, purchase, download, anything in a kubambatu. So this is the title track, the title track is Bumple, you can stream, download, purchase, anything in a kubambatu. You can also find a free soft copy, you can email at wahangamusicatgmail.com, you can find a free copy of the EP. Nishisi isambai. Nishisi isambai, Nishisi isambai. So, Sisi. Why Sisi? Sisi basically, it answer all questions that you deserve about an artist. Sisi, the EP itself, it has six tracks, the six tracks in the EP speak much about lifestyle, semi-west, how we live in life. Sisi itself explains, as in, ok, ok, ok, as you can understand in a spik about us, about music. Am I wearing something to add? The Sisi, like the title, it will answer to all the questions about ohenga music. Like, what the new cuts in the game Ohenga music… Nga nga represents our East CC We have to double it Y ou are the meaning for it You are the meaning for it The streets is is the city So, the city, the truck speaks about the same Maybe we may just drop a few titles of the EP to check it out If they do the title Drag list nga nga is CC Nga nga number 2 Toboha Make sure you Ksna Inga tissue Shuka Bay Shukabe isa na sana tu na speaka. Sinmya kumbe tu wa te pizene te west. Te west kule luk atungi yangi Mr. Price. Kluya na nga Shimoni, Giko, Shwa, Adi, Kolo na. No manam kufreshigia. Suno na na tu. And if you let over fan says iskia, adi kolo na. Iskia? Iskia kia kolo na. Iskia pelo na iskia. Kolo na iskia kikotigia. So, Shukabe ni kubonga na om tu na kuzia luk. Ni kwa na Nairobi ni kulcha na Nairobi. Na kitu na bamba ni tu me puti tina na artistikuwe. As in, ina kubamba tu yangi. Yo kwa na nga mafitisano na iskizuki na nga kubai luk. Ina kupia vibe na tiki. Nga fia vibe ya kuhu na kubagini. Nga mba fifu ni goma ni trauma 10 be. Nga mba 6 hae na mbe. Hae na mbe. Hae na noma. Hae na mbe. Hae na noma. I like the lingo me chagua titles in a relate sana na Nairobi. Exactly. Are you considering to reach out to the rest of the 46 counties? Greatly. To na consider sana sababu us is to represent south to west, but also Kenyan to the... Kenyan to the world. ...to the world maze. Kee hip hop to the world. Safi kabis. Sisi baiwa henga on boom play, kop that stream support Kenyan music. It's about that time. Exactly. Which is a game. Kila mi sata chagua. To paper to Willy tu. Willy. Safi. Chagua mbele. Om chagua tata mbele. Om chagua tata mbele. On imbele. All right. Ia mwisho ita kwa bonus. So utafu kwa ako? Eni. Eni. Okay, with that. Wa sa... Imandikoni? Saging. Saging. All right. What is your take on sagging in the hip hop culture? Saging. I've heard so many stories. When I sagging in Lianza, when I come to the scene, but I could never talk or speak mostly about the body boy. Kwa... Kwa body boy. As in, in our culture. Kamalizimu kwa kwa relationship, kuna warembo na irobi, kuna warembo kei ii, kuna warembo 254. So as much as unadu sagging, iskua ni unadu... Jya body boy. ...to represent wrongly. All right. That is his take on sagging. Tell us what you think about it. Hashtag is why in the morning on any social media platform will track you, as I said. Ya. Revolution. Revolution. All right. Do you think hip hop is responsible for any positive revolution in the world? Ya. Hip hop fanyani ni nidu? Kamalizimu, hip hop in Lianza, in kwa times, blacks were oppressed. So they were able to speak out and could express the used hip hop. Umbasa. Kikaka pesa kwangfkozau banasak. Idi say, unaiking kili ya. Una kinaimine makinwa shingan keli. Manzi no na wei chokin do hip hop na hip hop niya blacks. Exakt. Safika visa mena. I like that. All right. Inkai meni shingda. Ah, uta eba. All right. Sii, unge tizaga na udo? Ya. Let's do this. Misha ni kusahidee. O ii me li shikasana. He utaipa ii kwa li? Ii ndo ya. Ya no monga ni kwa misa. Alright. It's opening. Alright, nice one. Oh man. Drugs. Now by the, speaking on drugs, tu konango ma track number 5, it's called matembe. Matembe? Alright, so matembe could be your answer for this particular question. What is matembe all about? Matembe is about this guy also stressed with the issues of life. As in, life imeku pigasana until the only option unha niliske mengakana kwa vasaksema gori zikizidi eka shinkokamba. As in, maisha imeku makupush to the limit, to the point of the only thing unhanga liye unha look out for a way out ni matembe. As in, you just want to be high spirit to be elevated. So are you encouraging him to take matembe in this track? Not really, not really, not really. There's a better way, kuhandoli issues other than matembe. Mio nasaizi katesi and cut muna manzisha, the mental health issues of mental health. So, before if you get your point you need attention mentally for kwa kwa as a person kwa kwa kwa nolituwa. Ina kusawilisanga, shida yotu masa zimeshika. Aftapu ungori na rodi labdo kubemes atra umefa tu ungori zingine mingizai. As a source of inspiration kwa zimeshika, aso ingisha nusema, ah, mikabla nishike yo Mike Bresma su junia. As a source of inspiration, what do you take? From what I know from what I've had rapas rapas they like to do this thing but pi unafawa wilewa that nishobiz as in it's not really kenye. Oh, kilu ono na kwa instagram sikile. Nishobiz. So ata uko guilty of kwa kavitu zingine IG lakini. I like that. Thank you very much. I like your view. I hope u lisha fungu apipa. I'm gonna say ma money. All right. Money and hippo. Buona hoa niwa hippo upo ames if you have pesos. Mazi. Juka kwa hippo packed as much as hippo badun kya chijami onongia kusu like shida na nini. They are the positive side about it. Lasmo bow, lasmo look fresh and everything. Alafu alafu this new age ma shida. People are running to kinamego or running to shrub as in kumusyam tako na shida. Mombi mombi ono na jibamba. So it's a good aspect. Exactly. So it's a good aspect of hipo. Thank you very much for hanging up coming through to I in the morning. We appreciate you guys so much. So we are going to be playing your song in a few DJ Rajiz We are going to be playing your song. Yes. Sampo to Sampo to Sindoio. Sindoio. As we wrap this up what is your social media? All social media platforms are hanging music. YouTube, Facebook, IG, Twitter. What is your music? What is your music? What is your group name? My personal name is Muhengakana Kilaumali. What about you my brother? Muhengam Hengari. Anyway Muhengam Hengari. Thank you very much for coming through to I in the morning. We appreciate you a lot. We support Kenyan music. This show of First of World Big Absana You had it from Muhengam Hengari on social media. So their EPCC is out on Bumple. It's out. Muhengam music Muhengam music at gmail.com If you are not able to reach us via email you can boom play live on the stream. Nisisi by Wuhenga and this is the first track of the EP. They have shot the video. DJ Rajiz is going to be playing it in a few Y254 channel on Twitter, Y254 underscore channel on Instagram Hashtag is why in the morning and hip-hop Thursday I go by the name of BiMoses or it's BiMone every social media platform. Michelle Washira is coming up next. Nisisi DJ Rajiz take it away.