 You're still tuned in to your favorite show, the latest show in 254, we call it Bounce Nation. My name is Belimzian Hanga, with Ken Kingsley, as Allah kumisikiwa satcha dulsi maweza. Um, sana. Achi ni meskia. Nika, karimu, neza ni meskia uskuna wewa. Nani mimi na chesat ni meskia wewa wacha. Wewaka mlewa satchi maweza, wewa maweza. Mada raya tusdu na letlam baka na yo. I wish. I can't believe you. I wish. I wish. I wish. Tazde? I am telling you. Tazde is because the kings... ...i so to do impaya. Tazde na wangaza kingkili. I know so to jackata. I did not dispute that. Tazde is because your days... ...tizde is because the kingkili. But in regards to that story to namuizia... ...wana ka talentia? Beyonce, ama you want to have money like Jay Z. You want to have that business mind Jay Z? Ama you want talent like Beyonce? I can tell him, kingkili, wuki ia nacha talentia Beyonce? You have to power the respect that you want It gives you all that money And also you're passionate about making music You know you're doing something you love doing But you know having that business mind It's essential uta kwa na pesa yes Sijakata But then passion, passion Passion is everything Passion is fruit We eat it Sorry ma maapi Tufta pesa bana chana na maqanda Maqanda desangat But me and you don't matter People at home that matters So keep talking to us What do you think? Passion or money? You know Nio pesa wuna dai Amma nio Nio Nio Nio Nio pesa Business mind Or the talent that matters Alright Now I wanna sample some of the comments Of the guys that are tuning in right here Acha woto Instagram na shinagaku Asa how always So let me do some justice By you Kinsili kwanza utu pa nyevo Amma nia je Nio Hi 2002 Dian Sandadal What Re​​mi dati kichomiya Yunkosaw Yunko cosawa Sopumilipatu du Nasa jiallipoa Band It's on good It's on good Agachi electronIB höherado kwa maht Songs 같은 Ksa Kambisa. All right. Lawrence and it's a Lawrence Kuneg and I'm sure you could you stand on in Lawrence Mikiwa, Mikanjuni, a big shout out to you, my love to you, thank you for being here, Ranja, Rambo, Ikea and so on, the show is on fire, I turn in from Isiolo, my love to you, Robin, we see you, 00002, we appreciate you, silver some major, you're on Instagram as well. Makhmi 3 and aura mmingi massive, Hadi Tamati, 11 DJ Kengsli cheza surayako baisa uti sol, if yuki kia Liz akia mamba, ahh Silvesa kona, Krashiji. Syaratu Liz, Liz mad love to you, we have just Mike, we see you, without spy emojis, we have Ron Guy, Bully, wheny bully. as well as Kengsi, kata simu kata simu kata simu tukosait. We have mad love for you two, bro. Thank you so much for being here. Okay, now, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Samkush. What's up, Samkush? You're looking good in yellow. Shout out to you. Thank you for being here. We have someone else. You're watching actually from Nakuru, Samkush. Mad love to you. Thank you for being here. They ask you, we see you. Give me caretrucks. We are waiting for Bounce Nation. Bounce Nation is already here. We're in here. Thank you for being here. We have Lucky Boy and some eight small flingsun. You can dance. I can't dance. I try. I try to dance. You're watching from 237. Thank you for being here. Samkush, once again, we see you. Vinikei, mad love to you. I want to count me in. Thank you, mad love. Dog cats. Ita kwa zetuna kuna. You're watching from Kaloleni. Big up to Kaloleni. We have Endeavor. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Shout out to Fadili of course in the building. I'm Meninga Kanuka Dopia here. I know, I'm Meninga Kanuka Pei, 29. And then we have Hamstone Hood and so, hi, what's you guys for? I support KK with Jay-Z and his business. Kinkin slums. KK. So, is it quitable? Hey, weh. KK is coming. Kinkin is coming. KK is normal. That's it to me. That's a play for me, Flex. But XOB, all right. We have Samuel Yewgen and so my regular edition. tmkkuataka ya nna nire deko 6 8 madera mtl kwao n Bart uka'ни school fund Yan it anyone everybody You Anyway We're going to have to come back and send some most alarm. Let me just five more people and then we have to move on to something else. You have lucky boy. We see with us fire emojis. Hey, Mike's MKM. Kingsley Buone. Look at this. Look at this. This is how much he loves the show. No man, no man, no man. Bro, we've seen the lab. Bro, I need to know kupenda sana. Thank you Mike's. MKM is of fire emojis me most. Thank you so much. When Jiku Florence Kibbe. I think it's head girl, I think. And then you have Shoshi Makaveli. We see that photo. Shout out to you. Thank you so much. We have Vanchi's boy genius. And I say Maka, you're electrical locked. Lazyma Ibambe. Congratulations Bouncer Nation. Keep up the good work. Shout out to you Vinches Santesana. We love and appreciate you. We have Bailey Belinda. Hi Belinda. Hi Belinda. What's up? Bailey Belinda drills to come through Kelly play for me. Go by CJ. So, so cool. Thank you. Lucky boy. We see you. It's amazing. Some kush. Good evening. Good evening to you. To Ali Makafong. My love to you. All right. Now we have to move on to something else right now. And of course, I told you we being a Tuesday and Thursday we gotta have our guests. We had the first guests come through on the show. Mimuwona and Atoa Slim Chains. And we represent Villegnafa. And of course, we have our other guest right here in studio. She's not only beautiful, but she's also an amazing vocalist. She is a songwriter. She's a performer. She is all good things. An R&B singer born and raised in Atlanta. But Nairobi best right now. Ladies and gentlemen, let's give it up for Jerry. How are you doing? I'm good. How are you? We are good. Oh my goodness. We love your shoes. Thank you. So when I'm not doing boutsnation on Maroka when I see leather, I feel good. I love it. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you for making time to come through. Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure to have a guest on the show. Thank you so much for having me. Right. We said one thing. You were born in Atlanta, but you're right here in Nairobi now. How long ago did you come back home? I was actually raised in Nairobi. I was born in the States. I came back when I was eight months old. Oh, you were born there then came back. I thought you were raised. No, no, no. I was raised in Nairobi. Then I went back for high school. Then I came back in 2019. Must be nice. You were born there. You came to Kenya. You were like, I'm just going to go to primary school then high school, states and everything. Oh my goodness. It's amazing. When you left here, went back there, was there any culture shock? How people do things? Most definitely. I feel Kenyans are very sociable people. It was very different in the way that people related. It's such a capitalist economy. Everyone's just working. People don't really socialize much. It's different. It's different. Let's talk about your music. That's why you're here today. So maybe you can check us through your music journey from when you started until right now. How has that been for you? So my music career started last year. That's when I started recording music. For real? Yeah. So I guess with music, I did choir in primary school, high school, I literally just did karaoke other than that, nothing else. But karaoke is a good way to start. It is. And it's fun. It's fun. So that's pretty much it. So we're here now. I was in law school before I decided to drop out and do music. No way. Everybody doing that nowadays. You were in studio and you had me talk about my friend who dropped out of school to pursue music. I felt that. And I was in second year too. Oh, you were also in second year? Yeah. Kenyans are kids. So you dropped out of law school. How was your family like that? Horribly. My dad was big. He was super mad. But at that point, I was one of those things I was like, there's no turning back now. Only ways forward. And I'm happy I did it. So yeah. Right. And you sang majorly, you sang majorly R&B. Yes. And R&B does well. Good. We grew up listening to R&B music. Lots of R&B on set. Na Kelly, Mariah Carey and all that. But now it's not as commercial right now. It's good music. But it's not like super commercial. Mucha if you're looking to sell. How much you got now doing pop music. Yes. That's true. So how is that for you? It's quite a challenge. I feel like it is a challenge, but I enjoy doing it. So I just, I think I do it more for myself other than just the market. Cause I realize even with the stats, I dropped an album in May. With the stats, the music is being more appreciated in the states, the UK and Nigeria, which is crazy. So yeah, it's not as tapped into in Kenya. So it's nice that, I find it nice that I can do it and at least pave the way for people coming behind me. Right. And of course, when you going back to the states and just coming back, not so long ago, do you think that had any influence in the kind of music you're making right now? Maybe if you raised for the most part of your elders for it in Kenya, maybe you'll be doing something different, Yeah, for sure, for sure, for sure. I feel like if I was here, my mind would be as, would not be as open as it is right now. Yeah, cause I feel like when I went high school there, it was like they gave you independence like to think. So I feel like with the Kenyan music market, we are used to a certain sound and everyone wants to make that one sound. So it's one of those things that's like, no, let me just do one thing. I'm confident in it and I'll keep doing it. And one day maybe you never know what's going to happen. Yeah, but I'm not going to I'm not going to change my sound just cause it's what works. Yeah, I feel like it should stick to you. It should stick to what you love. Yeah, exactly. And it works for you and it's super, super dope. I've listened to some of your music. Thank you. Amazing. Thank you so much. Yeah, before we talk about your EP, which I love, I'll spin a few charts or not. Let's talk about, you spoke about women in music. You'll be actually passionate about helping the women in music. Oh yeah, I'm stuck in it. You believe it's hard to make it as a female artist in Kenya compared to a man? How is that? How do people think it's the opposite? Really? That's crazy. That's actually mad. I feel like to make it sometimes as a woman you either have to be pretty, have to have a nice body, you have to have nyash, something, you know. You just have to have something either like physical or something controversial about you. You can't just exist as a woman in your womanhood, in your femininity and just make it, you know. So I feel like being a man you can do whatever. And people I would say are very forgiving towards men. Like if a woman makes a mistake, people won't forget. But with a man, people will forget. Exactly. People move on. They forget it very fast. So I feel like men have it easier in the industry than women do. And people always trying to take advantage of women. You never know. It's a vulnerable sport to be in. Right, yeah. Have you experienced that first time? Like maybe have been harassed by anyone? Oh no. Gladly, like I haven't. But I know people that have gone through that and it's sad. You know it's sad. Like you should feel safe in your workplace. Right. So yeah. Like when you're making music it should be about your passion. Not about what these produce that can get out from you. Exactly. Away from like you playing for the studio station. Exactly. Right. Yeah, exactly. Right. And you also talked about having an all female kind of projects, points and musicians and all that. Yes. How is that coming? I haven't worked on it yet. I haven't worked on it yet sadly. But I really want to do that one day. Yeah. I feel like it'd be really cool. Yeah. Just Kenyan female artists. Super dope. What should the project look like? Is it going to be like a concert? Is it going to be like a project where it's your own song that involves like a poet and you walk with other female artists or how are you going to articulate it? I would want each and every artist to do their own thing and just have fun with it as opposed to just dictate the art that comes out of it. I'd want it to be like an album of sorts. Yeah. Yeah. And whatever comes out comes out, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Awesome. And we had talked about your EP which we love. They mentioned. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yeah. People call it an amazing album. An EP rather. Yeah. Maybe you can tell us about the whole experience. What influence did and who you walked with on the album? Okay. So I worked with a producer named Rahim Lukwago. Chris Hadwari is on it doing harmonies on one of the songs. Yeah. Pretty much. That was it. And then I mentioned this basically about the different aspects of life. It's like a three song EP. There's a song about love. There's a song about enjoyment. And there's just a song about your friends, your homies. Yeah. So that's what dimensions is to me. It's nothing deep, just life, I guess. But yeah. Yeah. And I can't forget this part. Never be. Yeah. You believe in love. But that song was inspired by a two story. Of course it was. I feel like that was one of my rawest songs ever. Yeah. Yeah. That was, I would say, my first proper heartbreak. Yeah. Correct development. Yeah. Nairobi. Nairobi God. Chiki. What happened for the guys who haven't listened to the song? Tell us more. Do tell. I was simping. I was just simping. Yeah. Yeah. I was just simping. That's it. That's all. But I learned. My character was developed. I learned how Nairobi worked because this was just after I came back. So I didn't know how Nairobi functioned. So I was naive. I was there two feet in kumbehumi was outside. Yeah. He's upset. Welcome back, Pat. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So yeah. That's what happened. No. You know better. Did he get replaced though? He was definitely. Do you have family? I'm technically single. Ah. Okay. Technically. Emotionally. Oh. We already hands are in the air. Even the guys are like. Wow. She's single. Okay. But it's technical. It's technical. Technically. Yeah. Yeah. He's gotta claim it. If you're not claimed, then it doesn't come out. That's cute. You gotta come and say, like, hi. Yeah. We are dating. Me and you. Exactly. Not just because you go for movies and lunches and you hang out. Yeah. It does not make you a girlfriend. Exactly. Like don't assume. Someone has gotta claim you. I say, wewa niwangu, you know that you're dating. Exactly. That's what she means. Yeah. We just hang out and like eat and like go to movies. I can do that myself. So yeah. Exactly. No. Yeah. So. Yeah. Exactly. And this is a song you're dropping tomorrow. Tell us. Give us details about that. Let me tell you something. I actually hate that song. My friend dropped it for me. Yeah. So that song, I wrote it in five minutes last year and recorded it last year. I've been sitting on it for five years. You wrote it in five minutes? Yes. Oh. Cool. It was me traumatized by my actions. Okay. When I was drunk. So. Yeah. The song is called Go Kisha. So Kisha is my drunk alter ego. That's what my friends decided to call me. Oh. I love that. I love alter ego. You love that. Oh. No. It's alright. That's when you are yourself. That's when you are you. I don't like that. That's crazy. No. No. No. No. Money. No. Just a lot. So it was on a Tuesday actually. I don't know that day. One of my friends just came to the house with a box of alcohol and a bunch of us. They asked where was he from? No one was like pasing themselves anything. It was just a crazy night. So yeah, I guess. Obviously I fell down a couple times. I was like how am I going home? Like it makes no sense. It was a mess. So I was just It is part of the song So I was just living in regret in that moment when I wrote the song So whenever I hear it, it triggers It triggers a memory So yeah So that's what Gokisha is about Kuchoma I think it's going to be awesome I'm already pumped up for this one It's different from your other songs because we said I'm already an artist right here That one has some rap It's a rap song So you have to freestyle for it You have to Of course We love Kuchoma We love Kuchoma We love Kuchoma Oh good No no no But you can do something for us though right? I can try Fair, that's true Trying is better than not trying Okay let's go Oh like right now Okay this is the song lyrics Because I don't know how to rap in my opinion So the song goes We got Kisha, we got Ronda, this that Can I cast on the show? This that ish that I'm too fond of All the time it's never again Palesaksam with my friends Kisha na taka enjoyment Pradi ka money employment Kisha gon spend some cash Kisha gon shake some Kisha what are the words I've forgotten the words now Tomorrow Tomorrow I already have a bitch in my head I know right, me too Tomorrow Okay so it's dropping tomorrow Where is it going to be available Okay so at the moment it's on all streaming platforms But we're dropping the music video tomorrow So that's Apple Music Spotify, all those Everything So you just touch Jerry, Kisha Yeah Jerry go Kisha And your other music as well They available Just Jerry Jerry just one name Oh cool I think she's gonna check it out And you wanna be performing for us What song is she performing for us today Think Love Can we perform Love Love Love Before we go Your social media And if you have any shout outs Okay so my Instagram It's just njeri underscore My Twitter is njeri karyuki And 8 That's pretty much all I use And then my YouTube is njeri in all caps Jerry all caps Okay don't touch all caps Kapitol letters Kapitol letters Love buying Jerry playing We are here on Balanced Nation Let's go