 E-Circuita, Maikitai, Ekei Mika Onadzuawe, Onadzutupata That's on Y254 Channelama The E-Circuit on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram So right now I want to sample some of your requests and your answers As you remember, our question for the day ni What useless thing did you learn in high school? Lama, whichever school you went to be at What's those are the schools, the universities and they're like So let us know how Brian Anasema, Brian Kimteranasema I couldn't believe a female DJ could make up my day like this Pick up DJ Lil Russian Thank you, thank you Brian, kwen bia, hz dm, hz na kastakwen, liit la Hz inasulite So I became sey, anasema, tuned from Facebook Jeeni Gitahi, she has the same name as me Hmm, maybe we're related, I don't know Anasema, find X in Mathematics, it truly wasted my time Wow I never found X, who's it? I don't even, the camera people Anyone has ever found X? No one has ever, have you ever found X? X, no, we've never found X Where is X? I don't know where X is We're still looking for X, apparently Mungine, Breezy Tomilin Asama logarithms Mi hata lukumisawa, there's such a word by the way Logarithms came the whole of it Akina, kishanzi huru What is kishanzi huru, AC Gracie? I have no idea I have no clue what that is I think it's part of kiswahili, I don't know Kiswahili, definitely, it's not French But we have to judge you, I know it's contactions Adi, Kim saya meru, ditana nasama, nicheze teteima na kondani I think that's directed to DJ Lil Russian So tamcheze teteima ama isha teseza Bado, we're coming through Inakam Nyasimi, petero, insomoka Facebook names na kumbia Anasama, being my first time to watch the program, I'm glad And I regret I've missed what I... I regret that I've missed so far That's nice, that's nice Every 8 to 12, on the 2nd part Apa on Y244 channel, well on this TV as well Channel 376 On Twitter omto nasama Ihandoliakini at Joshua Mwega 5, nasama tuning live from Webuye Mngi nasama, Hagei Kimongi Good morning Y244 channel, tuning from Mombasa County Whato Mombasa representing So Natakatuwanzi, our first interview With AC Gracie Welcome Thank you for having me You're not new to the scene No You're not new to Y244 channel Although you're new to E-Circuit Yeah, I guess so, yes Yeah So welcome Pleasure being here History lianza, vizuri sana In the music industry You like to do covers On Facebook and YouTube as well Then you got the attention of someone in particular Pascal Tokodi Yeah And I believe there was like a cash prize in the world Can you tell us the story? So in 2016 Pascal Tokodi chakta a song called Sitaki So the idea was he said People should do covers of this song And then the best cover gets 50,000 Plus you get to do the acoustic version Of the same song with him So I just tried it out Why are you nervous when you won? Because you were like her Now I have to do this cover with this guy Ah, so I see No It's exciting Because that's like My music is everything to me I wasn't nervous Because initially I just did it because my friends were in church I was like doing the cover here Hard to win It's because I was actually in studio Then someone called me And they were like Hey you guy Kuna this thing About this song Considering like the fact that I was in studio already So I just wrote the lyrics And I told my guys Because we were with the band Like let's just do this To cover posts And I mean didn't see it coming But after that You just blew up You were everywhere Yeah after that I think season 2 I decided to just go So because I wasn't really taking music That serious So after that I was like kumbe There's something What do you mean by that What do you mean by you once taking music seriously Yeah I was But I think I was just doing it as a hobby Because I was also in school So I was just doing it like Passing time Free time I never really thought about it as a business Something you can actually brand yourself So after the cover I was like If I can actually get money out of this man Yeah Did you feel like It was more pressure Than a calling Because once If I knew a cover People are now expecting something else from me It's something that AC Actually fun fact We'll get to this later on You're no longer AC Gracie You're now officially AC Yes AC Okay it's AC It's just AC I just wrote it as officially AC cause On Instagram There's so many ACs So then I had to find something that has AC on it So I couldn't use official AC anything So I just used officially AC Okay we're going to find out Why you had to remove the Gracie Yeah But did you feel more pressure to Release something I have never felt pressure To be honest For me music Any music is my My happy place So I do not Anything that's not That does not make me comfortable I just don't Like I don't take it where music is So maybe any I was just doing things where I do that I never feel pressure I refuse to feel pressure Cause I feel like Pressure will just make you do things Sometimes you don't want to do Release songs you don't even want to release So yeah I'm just doing me I'm just doing you Yeah Kulikwana watu na kudasama I want to sign this check Yes Definitely But As to re-signing Patrick's At least yon elijua kitambo Actually I'm asking you Because I noticed When I was looking at your videos online Most of them Actually some of them Just some of them They are on Urban Scorches account Yeah So I wouldn't call it being signed But That's why I was recording And like I just didn't have experience I didn't I didn't know what I was doing sana Compared to now In terms of Cause music I think it's like any other job You need time to learn And understand what you're doing So he's like your mentor Yes He's my producer I call him pups He's my dad So At that point It was easy For him to do these things for me Cause he was like doing Most if not everything So me I was just recording And then he does everything But since I at least I've been learning So yeah I can Do most of these things on my own What do you think is the biggest challenge To break out in the music industry Wow Well I think getting Usually getting airplay Or that Attention Is a problem Cause people have good content By having someone Who can get that content Out of there to the right people Is usually the biggest problem Ju And it's not easy It's not easy I'm sure it's easy It's a problem How do I get on it? Exactly It's so hard Cause people have content actually You use money You make a video You do an amazing audio Like me say you have it And you say what's next So usually that's the problem Cause once you're out there That's it But With Aban's coach He taught you the ropes So he showed you how to Did you teach your marketing Because I hear That's the biggest problem Yes exactly Because people have to resort to You know Cloud chasing Instead of actual marketing For the music Well he didn't I'm glad by the way He kinda taught me I'm glad there's no There's no story about you Somewhere in the tabloids I'm glad about that I hope you keep it that way Keep it that way I could say he taught me Yes Not everything But he Let's just say he tries his best Like we're not I wouldn't say he's at A position where he can do He can make you know Magic like this Like the big artist maybe we have But the kidogo he can do He's done And shout out to so many other people Like When they have people supporting me And yet are sometimes injury Cause sometimes I get interviews From people I don't know They just call you for the interview Yes someone just use your song And they DM you And they tell you how And they hook up Exactly So Maybe it's the way you write your music Actually that's something I needed to ask you With one in particular Redzwa I need to speak for the boy child now Name kutoka Liko nika una tu bashi nawe Was it a personal experience Ya nife kutoka Was it a personal experience Who's this guy? I have no idea He is I wrote a toki tamo I recorded it in 2017 But I wrote it way back It was just a sad story But got over it You got over it I hope so Cause ya nike another one Kutubashi we are good people We are good people Ya we are Wait we are I know We are good I was like we are good Speak for yourself I am a good person Boy child is in Iwatuwa Zuri But then there's one Me and my producer Actually bumping to this one Before we started Of course there's a new one Sugar But this came Can you tell us about that It was you know kind of raunchy So this game And it was a little bit different From the regular AC So this game was A song I wrote When I was I was talking to my Girlfriends So we realized All of us are complaining About things you guys do No no You guys Who is this pastor Ya no no It wasn't even about me really I realized We realized every time we link up People are complaining Siju my guy has done what Siju my guy has done what Hey Sasa we are here wondering Kwa ni Madem ni pake Lani sisi pake jumlotuna Chiazwa Buona sisi Why are we the ones who keep crying about Siju Ah so after that I just went and wrote Kus the song talks about Ukin ni chiazwa nakuchiazwa So we were talking about If we decided to play The game you guys play We'd probably do it way better Because we choose to Chip it off the low Laki ni pia sisi tunumizu Kwa na Lil Russian onaka play Ata ditu Buona pake They were so nice That's really Lil Russian onaka wali Mimitu na mziki angu I'm here just playing music Ni ni ni Ah kwa na Ni wini kwenili They all say that No good No no no no Until proven guilty Until proven guilty But for now that is amazing Ata ni wini na tuktamangu Masia kutete aboicha Let us see you are becoming oppressed But let me ask you this In terms of your music Is that the direction Is it more empowerment Or I wouldn't say that For me music is An outlet Yes it's like It's an expression It's how you wake up in the morning And just look at the sun And think wow The weather is amazing I wouldn't even want To put myself in a box That's why when people ask me I say you are about the genre of music I do not want to say I feel like I'm still trying to figure myself out And then there are so many things To talk about So many things to sing about So many things I usually don't want to say I don't want to put myself in a box Maybe I'll sing about I think things that people Won't expect me to sing about Which is like Now from this game to sugar It was almost totally different And I like that you're not Being defined by a genre Before we talk about sugar You're a vocalist You're not just an artist So I want to give The people back at home A nice treat You know You know I'm going with this Treats to kiddo Any song Yeah camera number 4 I've got nothing This game Baby so can I 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 You think you can share baby So can I To can play this game To to play this game Yeah it's not for a treat again Na kwa mbe kali kali kali Thank you And you want taking music seriously That's what you're telling me No I was not For some reason This is funny Mama you always knew you could just sing No that's a funny part I thought In my mind everyone Everyone could see So if someone told me That you can sing I'm like thanks you too Mama I never really Whether I never thought of music As A talent, as a kid Yeah or like Atia was good Because if someone told me That I was good Like I don't know what I'm saying You know Yeah I'm like sure You just tell me something nice To make me feel nice or what's going on Yeah Awesome Now sugar Dogum dogum Can you tell us the inspiration Between Behind the song Man sugar is a love song I think people are like Kudembo na nashina kima song Sad sad apple Like sad bashing So I decided Let me just check A love song man So it's just a song to a guy Does this mean now There's a A new person in your life Now treating you the way You're supposed to be By all means Do tell Do tell Just feel Kudembo na nashina kima song This is an emotional area Give us the key Wow That's very Okay There's nothing much to say Yeah But there's someone There's someone na jana ona Yeah and dear Yeah very Man absolutely So we're expecting like Nothing but love songs now No No no no Apana I think Miki nikiwa nyebom tabuweka Mita chokana mimi man I want to Like I'll be checking Things that are just unpredictable But definitely love songs Juve Me realize this is a sad song Spear man Naki kwa depressed They're taking you somewhere else Where you don't want to go Yeah mimi emotions are everything man Because I Good feel to your music I So I think I read somewhere That people express Hat breaks More than They express Like Better than how They'd express love If someone tells you they hate you It's You'd feel it more than If they told you they love you For real Because if someone sang about They love you then Oh But if someone wrote a full song About how You pissed them off Just feel like Where? When you really fall in love Nile kukosia wa Ajima na ya So that's the main direction I don't wanna say anything Like I don't have a main direction You're open to anything Any and everything Yes But I like that you write your own songs And they're fueled by your personal experiences I think that's a rare thing Yeah because You need to keep doing it Kabisa That's very awesome We're about to play a sugar AKM dogom dogom By officially AC Or AC I'm AC Gracie Kwa Or my fans would love a tenet like us Is this AC? Or just AC But when I was in Kenya Just AC Just AC Just is the first name No, no On Instagram Yes, it's at officially AC Also on YouTube But I'm not using that as my My name My name is just AC Just AC But because you can't Like the social media handles Kunata You can't use Sometimes you can't use a kawan word They tell you too short All those things That's what I'm using At officially AC But I'm just AC Yes Sasa That's awesome Now Obviously I'm not using AC Officially AC everywhere So make sure you go and subscribe And subscribe and subscribe But there's a question I needed to ask you To me What is your name? Or Is it useless in high school? Sorry? What subject Did you say was useless in high school? Mathematics Subjects Not just subjects What thing did you learn? And it's useless to your life right now Personally This thing is to make Koko and Blue band And Mkorogo Yes Mkorogo is not useless No, now That thing is useless to me No, now Now it's useless Of course now it's useless Why would you make that at home now? Why would you just take blue band and koko? There's a survival skills na kovia You never know There could be an apocalypse And you're rushing in your stuff So You make Koko and That was There was that Mkorogo And there was the other one With Roiko Yes, Roiko You came with some Roiko Ritongo and all that You never did that? I didn't do that You never did that? All in a group of school kids Now it's useless to you You need to survive No, it's useless to you I'll tell you after the show I'll explain it And give you the ingredients What's your last question? What useless thing did you land back in high school Or even college And you're not really using it right?