 Fitchering Kashi, she was here last week. If you missed that, make sure you check it on our YouTube channel that is at Y254 channel. As simple as that and Michelle Ashira and in studio. But before that, I thank Barry for that lovely interview by Damwio Mashuja. Again, if you need to check that out, it's at our YouTube channel Y254 channel. As simple as that. In studio, we have self-proclaimed king, pull-up trap king, doing all vernacular languages in form of all good hip-hop music, trap music. So he'll be telling us about his musical journey and what it's all about him trying to find a lady known as Shiro Kubole. Thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank you. You're doing trap music in vernacular language. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kubole. I'm self-proclaimed king of Kikuyu rap. Like, I'm that guy when you need Kikuyu rap, vernacular rap. I'm that guy. Yeah, that's me. That's us up. So you're doing vernacular trap music. So that means you can just go broader than Kikuyu language. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can try and mix with some languages I've done with guys who are doing in Luya, Kambas. So we're versatile everywhere. Okay, so what is your ideology? I know this has to be the idea about you trying to create a niche for yourself in the music. See, just speaking about your story through vernacular languages, was that it, there's something additional to that? There's something additional to that. Like, we have to celebrate our own, where we came from. Like, me, I'm proud Kikuyu. You know, and I don't hate somebody else because it's Luya or Lu or anything. So, I love my language first. So why rap in English and Kikuyu Luya? I have my mother tongue with me. I love that. You're appreciating your language in terms of your mother tongue vernacular language. So this story trap music, when did it start? It started like three years now because Shiro is my second song in my album. It's called New Testament. It's like a new page from where Kamaro, Joseph, Kamaro left it. I'm there to kujizaizu via ad. Kamaro was doing more of, is it a genre known as Mojide? But yours is why different for me. You know, mine is different because I want to appear to this younger generation. Yes, and my question was to go to, what is your, how is the reception? Not only just for the millennials and the new generation and the younger generation. What is the reception like for people who, you know, vernacular languages appreciate their mojivi and just kind of vibe. So what is the reception like? For the first few months when I was trying this, it was very hard because even me, I didn't have that confidence like naizenda ni kibonga kikuyu kumata ni nilini, because I'm born here in Nairobi. Is that that I decided to go and look for kwenye tumetoka? Let's take it back a few steps back and that is on kubole. Why did you go by the artistic name as kubole? Kubole. Kubole means five, so I don't think it's because of my five senses but it came from my grandmother. She gave me the name, R.I.P. Shosh, R.I.P. Kantaipi. Yes, sure. So it came from your grandma kubole? Yes. And it's a very unique name because at first I was like kubole, five she lives in there. Anyway, so let's go back to your music. Nyeri ni matuine. Ya, ya, gomai karaga kaiole. The devil lives in kaiole, 1960. Explain what would you say because nyeri ni matuine means nyeri is heaven. Ya, ya, ya, for me, because when I die, that's the only place I know I'll go. Ya, heaven and hell, those are places that I'm told but for sure I know I'll go to nyeri. What would you say? What would you compare nyeri county to a heavenly place? Ya, just look at the way things go there, like we fought for this freedom for you guys, you know, Akinakimadi and all those people. Alitoka nyeri, wangari madai, like there is even Nyada. Nyada is, she's like an angel after Mary, I believe she's there. I'm not the one who stated that it's kubole. I didn't say that in nyeri we have legends coming from there but I believe in every county it was speaking about the freedom fighters, they came from different counties, but again, kubole, the self-proclaimed king of trap, kubole, he's the one who's stating that. So you're talking about your journey in music as a vernacular language and you've talked about being in three years in the camp. Ya, ya, what is the theme of shiro? Shiro, like I'm in a club and I'm with my guys when you see them and every time, every Friday, every Thursday they have a club and kuna ule dem miupatane, they have this chick that every time I come to this club, I might see her, amame ni Peters jamo ona, but iisi kusaha, ndi una tafuta, so na ambi ama dem wengine, like you have to excuse me, I'm looking for this chick, shiro. Shiro? Amame ni murdered, shiro. Okay, so for people who don't understand vernacular language, how will the message pass across? How will they vibe to your music? Ya, they don't understand. I flow, I flow. Flow, when you flow in music, in music there are three things. There is heart, music for the head and music for the feet. So I try to combine all three of them, but sana sana ukishindo kwingia ya head juski luga for the feet and for the heart I'll do that. That is true because most people very much guilty, we jump to Motibana by, what is his name? Lamide. Yes, and we don't understand what it means, but we equally jump to that song. He's one of the guys who inspired me. Okay, so let's look at Adomaine. It's a jam that actually acquired very numerous views, which is 5.5K in terms of when you look at your musical scene and other projects that you have done. What was the, I love the video aspect, it incorporated just ordinary people in the video. And people just jam into the song and everything else. What was the experience like to produce this project? Adomaine has opened many doors for me. It's been great for, that song has done many things for me. It gave me an opportunity to work more with my producer. I can get that belief in me. I can rap, wunajuwa, you flow everything. Adomaine is that song. So the reception has been nice. Ya, it's been nice. Okay, so far we are talking about the issue of media and the artist in Kenya. We know that we understand that we are playing Kenyan music so far, and we are still consistently doing that. Cut to see DJ Rages, Mr. Good vibes on the decks. But there is the ideology as the death of Kantai recently yesterday. And the calligraph Jones has raised an issue about the fact that media is just looking at the negative aspect of Kantai's lifestyle which is the fact that the allegations that he, the alcoholism he was addicted to drugs. And the fact that we are just looking into that and not looking into the artistic aspect and what he has done for the hip-hop music. What will be your take in terms of the media in looking and giving opportunity for the artist? My problem with the media is that when they say he was taking too much alcohol or something where were they when he was taking that alcohol? I wish they could have done something. You know, like he's our legend. Alright, so far so good. Tumenda Shiro and all about that. Probably you can speak some line after this but can you give us a little bit of information about what you have done? Yo, yo, yo. Kila maali na patikana kama kubole Kenya, Instagram kubole Kenya, Facebook kubole Kenya, Twitter, IG kila maali ni kubole Kenya. Okay, you can speak some Shiro, but before that we have some feedback on our Facebook handle and let me see, just in a second. Yes, we have that is Mitaliyon over Gigi, may he rest in peace. He's referring to the artist that we just mentioned that he just passed away. And we have rest in eternal peace. Just some condolences going right for our hip-hop legend and we are very saddened for on his death and we wish that the family members may take that harder. And during this, you know, suddenly moment because you're losing a loved one, it's never that is there. Yo, yo. So which song are you going to jump for us? Let me do the Shiro because I want people to subscribe tomorrow.