 Welcome back to the East Side. It's the only way to turn up your weekend. I'm Mike Itzai. You can find me at Mika underscore Kenya on every social media platform. Just a simple reminder, as we conclude the show, we'll be sampling more of your comments to the question of the day. Do you think campus relationships work? So just head on over to Y254 Channel and the East Side. That's on Facebook to turn to Instagram. Chitapatana about dye until then. O chichu dimples, aka software, is in the house. Kairaibusana. Asam tusana. Now, kutakitu iniumeto kukufana. We were doing a sound check earlier. She was supposed to do like a one, two, three and... But then, o kanzatuku spit. But then he popped hands to tell us how to spit fire. Just give us a sample, just do it again for the people back at home. Okay. Nifajatua kapela ni... A kapela. Yes, kwanza ni jingroduz. Itiwa gala chichu dimples, aka software, ni kama kawa mama iya babayahu. Yes, so. Mindo uledemi ani wana pendaga, Mindo mo shiao yani ile wana vutaga, Mindo inji nila kulenda ni wana piganga, Mindo ile besbuda ko yani anaka aga. Eki tukubu jina lango ni software, Kuna deni wani mgenishi, Kamremona denishi, Got the big size figa, Mindo pedi wadeni, Na hatabao ukiteka kuja 10 over 10. Yaniki bendi, piga bendi, Kiyosama binden, Hatami sario, Kitaka kuja gwelo matin, Na tawachi nauni, Ita yani nyakumatin. Jua na jua, Sigenya ina deni. Hey, hey, hey, hey, nice, nice, nice, nice. Surprisingly, Onadzo, you're very good, but surprisingly when you started in the industry, the art industry, the music industry, whatever people call it these days, you didn't start as a rapper. Yeah, I didn't like start immediately as a rapper. Tell us about that journey, that transition, When you spoke to me, you spoke to me later, when I was at Nani, I was in school, I didn't even know I could rap. I was at Nani every Sunday, I was listening to some music. You were listening to music? Yeah, Yeah, but I wanted to go to school so my teacher can perform. So I was going to attend to how much was thrown in the stage. I asked her, you go to the stage and tell her that you were at the stage? No, no, no, no. I told you, We don't want to talk about it. It's a true story by the way. So it really grew to evil. Nili kwa piya entertainment prefect. So I think from there, it's when I started discovering, kumbe neza fanyaivi. Before we go back to that journey of your high school, you're very open. Jenny is like your born entertainer. Were you always this open? When I grew up, when I was growing up, I'm a total orphan. So I was raised with relatives. But the challenge I had when I was growing up, I had a very hard time. Like if I want to go somewhere, kitambutuni endeni umberuusa. It was very hard for me. I was not that courageous by then when I was growing up. Until one day when I started going to the studio, that's when I was like, I want to go to the studio. I'm going to the studio. Atakama si performa ali nasi mami na nda kupafom na sirodi. So it's... Ni ane liku pati opportunity ya kwanza ya kwanza kwa studio? Okay. Nili formaliza fom fo, I was in Kisumu by then. Nimi sumia Kisumu. So when I was in Kisumu, there's a friend of mine called Wiki Bliz from Kisumu. He's a director right now, a video director. But by then I was a producer. I was at the studio. Nili studio niya tili kwa tu ni ni kinyumba na mikrofon na buu tili kwa tu mengi. So he's the one who juli kwa tu karibu na po place ni li kwa. Ali kwa like, wuki wafiri tu kuja. So I got used to it na akadiscover e udem kumbe na jwa kurap. That was my first time going to a studio before I went to kumbe. Nafindu kwanza ku kwa even more open from your experience. Kus from there, mimi personal nimi nimi lelewa mombasa ya, like from premariote. So mimi usimata nimi toka haunti start mombasa na irobi na Kisumu. Kizumu. Kuzukwondo ma li nimi. Lakin sa itu na. Between the three counties, niga nimi kwen clans the most. Kisumu. Kisumu, kone ni Kisumu. Kisumu kwa sababu nili toka mombasa when I wanted now to explore more nika jipata nimi end up Kisumu. Kusumu kumumbani ya ni. So Kisumu, I met a lot of people, a lot of artists when you were in the influence, nianze kupafom kwa events, kwa attend like live band events and stuff. Nona. So I grew with them like artistically, nika familia ya ngu. Nona. The ones who were there, wana jwa. Atasa iniki niki ungeapa they know, e ya chitwa metoka maali. The difference with mombasa, ok mombasa pia kuna history kuna tuna joenia wudema lianza bali. Lakin Kisumu kuna nini lianza I was grinding with them, ya ni pamoja. So the impact mo ikum. We toka mbali zaidi na. Ya ya ya ya ya. Now talking of Kisumu, you're also a rumba singer. Ya ya ya ya. Rumba. I love rumba. Apart from yoku kasi rikiatu na chanasana nikonata pigamutu lakimi, kuna ila soft side ya ni I perform live band at times. Rumba. Ya na I have to make you do it. Ya na I just have to make you do it. Ya ya ya. Ok. Just a little sample. Just a little bit. Ok there's this song napenda. It's a kongoli song in itwanda ya. Napenda kui perform sana. So maybe I can do that. Please. Ya ya ya. Na e baki na su kasi ko tingamba e. E yanga hina mbali nanga Pantalo mukaba mama Palala E si ki saki lobelangui yabato Ikwela yanga hina shihihi Sukali lidama Na e baki na su kasi ko tingamba e. E yanga hina mbali nanga Pantalo mukaba mama E si ki saki lobelangui yabato Ikwela yanga hina shihihi Sukali lidama Yes. Kali kali sana. You're doing both so very well. You know it's like you know most of these execs in the music industry they're like pickhwani. Either be a singer or be a rapper. But you can do both so very well. But if someone twisted your arm and they were like Chicho. A K software. You have to choose between singing and rapping. Which one would you pick? Onajiwa Chicho. Kwanza ni mama yababa yao. Onona. Nama mama yababa yao. Ambihi. Ambihi. Uwetwani funje mugututu hendele. Atu iwa ni baka. Bakatu hendele tu. So I don't think if I'll be able to choose one. You love both of them very much. I love doing everything that I do. Also the spoken word part. Yeah I'm a spoken word artist. You're well rounded as an entertainer. Yes. Where does this inspiration come from? I feel like it's a need to express yourself. Do you feel like it's the past? Is it letting go or embracing it? Between the two which one is it? Personally I think it's just expressing something that has never been there before. Plus fear. As a lady there are few ladies who can do a lot. Co-industriatriya sayi. Finding someone who can rap, do spoken word, who can act, who can do vocals, who can do everything. It's very rare. So I think it's just me trying to show people the person you've been looking for is now here. I just think it's expressing myself from my past, my story life. Now about the names. There's Ochicho the Impulse. Ochicho yes. Now where did they come from? Who created them? Was it your friends? Did you coin them yourself? When I was growing up my relatives, baka sayi imagine they called me Chichi. When I was small baka sayi, mi atantiyangu kumambia tia Chicho ya. Chichi ya na Chichi. So when I was in high school, I had a school mom. Her name is Janet Muroka by the former Miss Tourism. Ya. So, mi nili kuanga tu, na tu liya tu, I don't even know where she came up with this, with the name. Ali kuanga scribal tu buk and then iyo chichi, akai tengeze kakuja tu kuwa Chicho. So she was the one who was calling me Achicho. Onona. And then apparently the whole school, ya ni even in class, teachers wali saw my name, my official name and atantiyangu taku ansaki tu. Chichi ya. So everyone got used to it and then kumambia was an entertainment perfect. So it became more, the name became more bold to people. Dimples? Dimples in Onakana. Because the dimples are there? Ya dimples because the dimples software because I do a lot of things, a couple of things. Ya. Mama babaya hu jumene mama babaya hu. Iyo, ayuzangi explain niyo. Ya, itaiji explanation niyo. Onona tu mwenyewe. Now in the music industry kuna kolabuz kadau liyanzo kufanya. Ya. I think and iyo ika kusoledifaya as a certified rapper in the Kenyan music industry. Yes. La kini leo me kuja? Kurilis. Kurilis. A solo song. Yes. How do you feel about it? Finally getting out of the comfort zone of doing kolabuz and now you know doing your own thing as a rapper. Are you excited? Are you anxious? Nani konezo feeling zotea ni. Together onona joku nile feeling ya. You are so excited. Onona gopa kuz. Uju e awase nui ani onona joku oni kome jyaminia. Onona joku artista kenda studio when an artista kenda studio. He or she has the belief that ingoma ni kirekod. Onona joku onona ningo makali. Indo iile. Indo iile sijamairekod lakini you don't know what people think. So kuna yo there's that fright alafupia kuna uwoga flani. Alafupia kuna joiflani piya you've done it. It's a bit challenging doing it like a single ufa ni video ni ni ni. You have to like alafuweza fanya kitu peke haku. You have to look for a team. Yeah you can never do anything alone. So yeah I found people who together we worked to guide you. Yeah who guided me and we were able to make this come through. Yes from the video and everything the director of video his name is Adam Zeston. Yeah RSP. So tulikachini and we talked and ngo man do ii na tembe. Shafika. Premier that in a few minutes. Achicho Dimples eke software in all her glory. But before that you know what's next for you. Uh if it was in a come na joa mama baba wa say mi unas tu tangatundu. But you have to say it. Okay a lot of projects is in a kuja very awesome projects. Kali kuliko ii. More colabuz more singles. More singles than colabuz. Achicho is a brand yani isonge. But now as a brand though there's like I said you do both so well. Singing part. Will you incorporate that into your music? Or will you just leave that for the live band events? It's part because some of my projects to onambele kuna I've done both. I've done vocals. I've done rapping. In projects is in a come. I'm not leaving anything behind. Nice, nice. Spoken word part. Will you explore it further? Yes it's art. Amai iikisha ni ni bas. Ia kwanze kai kando. Apana yani unas joa yani na kuja tu ne danao teke teke unona. But I'm initially you now relax and say asi me kama chaisi zenginesi to liye. No you just do everything. As long as you are an artist it makes you an artist. There's someone we both admired like in a resting piece. Sagini. How was it working with him first of all? Sagini was a nice guy. He was my like a best friend. So it was nice to look on I I felt like I learnt a lot from him and he even learnt a lot from me. No na. So I feel it was a good gesture working with him. La kenona joa ya mungu atu ezi panga. You just said you learnt a lot from him. Like in terms of the music industry. In terms of music, in terms of him as a person. We just became a family. Evo too. I'm sure the passing of Sagini affected a lot of people in the music industry as well as the fans. And the new fans finally got to listen to his beautiful voice. Obvious. Do you think it was very talented? Yes. For me it really if you see me talking I'm able even to say it it has taken me a lot of time to like have some therapy for just myself. Because this is a guy very talented and then like all of a sudden but you know we can't like we can't I'm sorry. Let's take a minute. We'll be back after this short musical break. Welcome back to the east circuit. The only way to turn up your weekend before the musical break we were having an interview with Achicho Dimples and we were discussing the people she's worked with in terms of collabo all the people she's learned from including the late Sagini who's been a musical influence to a lot of people in the music industry but now you're here as a solo artist finally with your own track the collabo is aside and now Mamaya Babayao is about to reveal this track a bit about this before we play it this track it's all about Achicho if you look at the collabo like Achicho mone kana pikiasi kwa ni kona impact kikiasi lakini this is now who Achicho is aside from the collabo because in collabo you have to manuva so that you fit in with the people that you're doing collabo with like the one you did with Timitida do you feel like you are hidden when you're doing that collabo with Timitida you aren't really revealing yourself I feel like I did what I could the small part I was given na feel nili toawe nili kwenata kikana but I still feel watu wa likuwa wujikuwa who Achicho is one day aside from the small 2 seconds or maybe 30 seconds verse I wanted to show people there's more to you mutwane zaka eventi Achicho iwi kwanziya 2 hours when you concerti Achicho can you stand being in that event that's what this song now you're a born performer you're not just a recording artist you want to be a performing artist I want to say animated by then I'm always happy when all my friends want to check and guess what but it's good to be happy though yeah it's good to be happy what's the theme of your music theme in what terms in the terms of what do you want to convey in your music is there a particular message that you want to give out of who Achicho is you know me when I write like most of my songs is about who Achicho is like mendo ule dem kuna mungine mendo ule dem kwa mkingo aja it's all about nimi nimi mefika weka mono na wewe bado tabidu rudi shaman uji discover ule me alafu rudi tuange ukujaka ushavuna uskujana jembe tuupu ase kudetu evo sasafi kabi sasafi kabi so where can people find you on social media in anticipation to the songs that you don't want to disclose Instagram Achicho software Facebook Achicho dimpol software ulaza ni patakila mahali nice thank you so much for coming through you're welcome and we wish you nothing but the very best before you go we had a question of the day just to lighten up the mood a little bit do you feel like campus relationships walk sorry you know what we mean like a normal campus those people between the ages of 18 to 20 something do you feel like those relationships really work what I feel is that it depends according to me I don't just take life niki tuiko because at times people have dated evo and they end up being together alafu they are those who maybe it's just a stage it's just a campus stage atami na takapu jari buiki tu but it depends as you by the time you are putting yourself into that situation campus wato one what do you want where do you want peer pressure what do you want so at the end of the day what I think is most of you took what stage each one of us has a stage kunaile adolescent stage ni ni so in itwile stage what you want to vibe but at the end of the day it's a reality so at the end of the day what do you want what you want so at the end of the day what do you want What do you want to me thank you so much for coming we appreciate you and we hope your next track is the east side So, let's go on. Kupisa. Kupisa. Which happens every Saturday from 8 to 12 noon, so don't miss out. Yes. Yusung, number 4 is yours. Yes. Okay, once again it's your girl Chichodimpolze. Softuya yanika makawa mama ya babayaw. This is my new song. And before I release, I like to big up my family Kwanzaa, everyone, Everyone, Balunwaikon, Asman, Mamafrika, I have a big family who supports Achichwa, you know what I mean? Spice, Nani Nani, Watuote Nani, Achichwa Dimple, Fun Base, Yote. Yes. And I want to tell people, like, what's your give up? You know what I mean? There are never two days in one day. You know what I mean? If you can go and sit down and you say, why is it that kuna si kumbili kwa si kumoja, niskyakwe kifika, mefika? And this is my new song, it's called Mada. Thank you so much.