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So in studio we have a guest and people I think he has hired a crowd before Kami Gold said because people back on social media are really waiting to see how he's going to speak about his music, his musical journey and also coming up album known as Why would I say well he's here to mention all that so make sure you reach out to us at the right of our channel. His name is Nana other than Baraka. I like to call it Baraka Nation because he comes with a crowd. Karibu kwenye hashtag hip-hop Thursday. Thank you, thank you, I appreciate it. We are glad that you could make it. Awesome. Okay. So probably use camera 4 and introduce yourself and as radhism is sema when it comes to the willing and spinning it you have to put respect on it so we would like to equally equally respect your craft. So introduce yourself. So thank you. I go by the name Trey Baraka. So I'm a Christian rap artist. I'm excited to be here. Yeah, kinda awesome. Okay. So for guys back at home they would like to know for how long you've been into the game and what they should expect more. Before even we get into the reason why you're here. Because you know it's all about music and your new album coming through. Tu pile kwa tu rudinum makidogo tu wambi e konyume toka and how was music for your grind. So I'm from Dago Reddy, Waithaka. That's my hood. Definitely. That's where I'm from. So I've been there for a while. Kinda like began doing music over there. Through a while got to like link up with some few people. Got to understand what rap is all about. Before I even came to understand what God's plan was for me with my craft and whatever I'm doing. So I'm from Dago. Shout out to the people out there sending the support. I appreciate. It's really amazing. And the first time I heard of you it was after there was a call made in Oktopizu and he was speaking about his craft and the impact he has had into the industry because Oktopizu is a well-known artist all over globally and he comes from ours and we support his music and he has a new jam known as Stay. So you did a freestyle and you think about Oktopizu in the jam. So your thoughts are very hash in terms of not really hash thoughts and your opinions which basically states that you feel he could have done more to the industry or he could still do something way more into the industry and that is in terms of the music giving back to probably mentoring young artists who are coming through and so you address some of those particular issues that I've mentioned in your jam. Definitely. But just like I just need it for the love. We all majorly understand what hip-hop or rap is all about. For people who definitely have grown up listening to real hip-hop authentic we kind of identify the real from the fake. You get what I mean? On my point of view he came out real cool humble all the way I kind of used to look up to him but it reached to a position where I saw this guy this guy is kind of drifting off this is not the kind of person I grew up listening to and I came to understand maybe selling out or maybe the industry or that kind of perspective because you can really tell an artist personality through the kind of music they make. For example you can tell Jake Hall, Kendricks the kind of people they are because of the kind of music they make. If you keep on giving us talking about street bars cars, sex, drugs money, we definitely come to understand that's the kind of person you are. Definitely for me I come from Dago it's a broken kind of hood you kind of know the place crime, drugs, everything. If you're trying to reach up to the youth definitely come with something different you just don't have to keep on selling poison to us. We come from this kind of communities you know how it is. For your side you say you are mentioning the fact that you accept that he has an impact and that he has given back in terms of he has an organization that caters for refugees and provides mentorship for them. On my perspective there is more to that. We can all just like I believe it's good helping people out but most of the people who look up to this guy not even those refugees people are young people like me. Let's debate for Okcha Pizu now. Give me an artist who was giving back to the music industry even after having his own name out there. Are you talking about Kendricks? Let's go by Kendricks. He's kind of cool. He's music. I kind of met up with him in Paso. He's a cool person. He tell you it's not all about flashy lifestyle but he kind of tell you the real thing. Kaka Sungura is kind of cool. You get what I mean. To the states we had Nipsi was kind of cool. I believe he's just like the kind of person you are. Really showcase on your art. The kind of person you are. Let's dive in straight into it. Baraka the jam that you actually were known for. It was a song that actually did hit the street and people knew for it. Kind of met up with him. Just from your name definitely. People know me by Troy. The Baraka name came as a result of Baraka Baraka. Definitely I was 14 15, 16 I kind of met up with Othole. The guy who produced Nikona Rizo. I kind of had my demo CD. He came to listen to it and was like you can really rap. I was really young. He kind of took me on the times of mentorship. Drew the kind of relationship I had with him getting to know God mom. So I came to understand we work on something. I really never knew it would really give me a huge platform and recognition because people can really spot the talent. People can say that guy is really talented. It kind of gave me an opportunity to link up with people and at the same time be humbled by the culture. I love seeing the consistency that you have in terms of releasing audio after audio production of music. One of the main reason where we are here is on your album that is coming soon. It's already out. It's already out. It came out on June 16 was on my birthday. So you're officially launching it on hashtag HapopasDead. Most definitely I'm launching that. So tell us more about this new project that you got. So come back season was like I produced my music. That whole stuff. So for the come back season was just like the name states come back. It's a come back season. So for me it's like I was up from the game for a while so I felt let me just come back. Actually didn't know what to name the album. I was just chilling with my sister in the studio and I was like my small sister she's like that teen so she was like yo what you think I can call the album and she was like yo come back season so like my sister kind of gave me the idea yo this is some cool idea so I kind of popped out on it. The album majorly had 14 tracks. 14? Self produced by me. Something else that you should actually mention and we get into it. It's all about Baraka Nation. Do you work with any other artist platform do you actually sampling your own music producing your own songs and actually now an album do you work with any other artist do you have any other artist in the label? Definitely for me wouldn't be artist would be sound engineers I have friends from across Africa So here it is Baraka Nation is the company is hiring I wouldn't say it's a company for now I'm still young major but we kind of we kind of hoping within time we kind of grow so by God's grace maybe we can call it a company or something We should call it a company for real? Let's see what the fans think about it It's all about branding so now coming soon is here the album there's a video out for the first time 6 so maybe you could talk about YouTube actually people can actually look into 6 majorly was like the second track on the album the inspiration came towards being real as a young person and understanding that by the end of the day all that I do is for the glory of God so I kind of kept it that way a lot of people question me what you call the album 6 I'm like 6 6 days man was created on the 6th day let me just give for the first time in my life let me just give my song a number instead of just calling and if we can actually look into or you can change it to a 9 6 to a 9 which is just the same 6 becomes a 9 when it's flipped so what should people expect from you in terms of your work in this particular album do you have any collaborations or is it just Kevin came from the States so we have featured one artist there's only one artist I wanted to do it like a solo project because I felt as if I have so much to really speak about if I start working with artists all these artists they will really not keep up with the vision or maybe what I feel for the album because for me whenever I'm working on a project let's say it's a whole album everyone take it like an album like people take it for me it's something special like from the name, from the art, from everything everything just has to go the way it needs to go on my perspective because I'm like ah I gotta tell a story so on track 1 I have to talk about something that happened on track 12 I have to definitely give what I mean so I believe for me working on an album solo is because I want to tell my story or if I had a friend who was like yo we kinda going through the same kind of issue I can be like yo just pop in let's work on the same thing because we kind of vibe into the same vibe you get what I mean so definitely the vision is very important and the fact that if you are in your own zone before you feature any artist you have to what's the word you have to rank the energy definitely it has to be for me working with an artist I look for people who who we kinda we have all gone through the same thing in life we can identify towards something because for me let's just say for me for me I wouldn't work with an artist who is really praising a certain kind of lifestyle that I don't do I don't smoke, I don't drink so why should we get on a track and start doing that whole stuff so I believe whatever I'm going to let me get someone who can really identify with that yes and that value when the person comes in on a track so apart from that I would like you to give out your social media handles so people can reach out to you and maybe you can mention one or two artists you love to collaborate with though even now we know that you are investing more of your content in your creative work so maybe in future so official Troy Baraka IG Troy Baraka on Facebook and then we have Troy Baraka on Twitter and then also on YouTube Troy Baraka too so definitely for me artists I would like to work with would be like let's say for example I kinda like what he does looking forward to work with him because he's real towards his art he's really awesome addressing so for me and him I come from this kind of generation whereby it's like the younger generation we cannot get on work on something so someone else I'd like to definitely work with he in Kenya would be Juliani so Juliani Kalamoto is over there so Baraka gave you his two main artists he would love to collaborate in future launching his album known as comeback season and the first track known as 6 is officially out Digio Rajis got us on the wheel so thank you guys for staying tuned on hashtag keep up as they let's make time next as their time frame is 7 to 10 30 every single Thursday so Digio Rajis got us on that particular song