 siha Omusani omusani canea k knew. Onze he is a content Island K Teresa We are friends together and welcome Letting Kenya to Bounflation. That's what I'm talking about. Mini kofiti mazejo. Long time no see. It's been a long mazejo. But every single time na kujawaii 2-5-4 I always feel at home mazejo. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. Any time Karim Musaana. You're so welcome. And of course the last time I saw you to right now there's been a few transitions that have happened in your personal life and your career. First of all, you're now a husband and a proud dad. Yes, of two. Tell us about that. Especially being an artist, being a husband, being a father. How is it for you? How are you finding it? Because you make it look so easy. You were like having a time of your life. Yes, I mean some of the things that we always wished for when we were growing up is this freedom and liberty to just express ourselves as children. And this is such a noble opportunity for me as a person now to impact the same on my children. Give them the liberty to express themselves and just to be themselves basically. So it's a beautiful thing and I can't. I have no complain about it. You have no complain about it. Yes. And one person that you love the most is your wife. Who is amazing? I love her. The reason I love her other than just being amazing and super talented is the fact that she comes to my house yokuja kariokizangu. What did they actually do? And that is so amazing. Yes. But she is also your muse in a lot of your projects. You feature your wife. Tell us about that. Zako kama zote yuko. And sometimes people often pull back on it to me. Ataka bibi atakwa location. But when it's models and stuff. But in spite of that she will be among the models to feature in your videos. So I think one of the main reasons probably she is always in most of my projects because we work together and she is the most accessible person to me. But other than that which is very much more important is that she is my strongest support system and it's not something that I'm taking for granted and you're going to be seeing her in so many of my projects. Ya. Because you cannot have any vibe. I know. I know. Ladies okabalo. Go and win. No to worry. Let me tell you something. So he's all amazing and Geva is just the song. He performs fires. So I'm thinking we have a listen and then come back and talk some more. Alright let's go. Geva is a college in translation of the Swahili word to Wende or English in English let's go. Ah let's go. It's a song that basically underscores the prudence of living life and enjoying just as well as you just work. Ya. I love that. It's equally important. So you have to have a ball line. Kabisa. Ya. Speaking of your musical journey in the first time I interviewed you I met you as a band. Halisi. So tell me about the transition from you being in Halisi to now you releasing your own solo projects. You know when kuna kwa kwa kwa na yo story ya the group dynamics. Ina kwa kwa very strong in groups na you never like it in any kind of a group setting. So such was the case with the Halisi the band. Three different personalities from totally different backgrounds who met up and decided to do music together. But no that does not cure the differences that we have especially given the fact that we come from totally different backgrounds with totally different upbringings. End of period. So ya so that kinda slows your journey kinda slows your journey it doesn't mean that Halisi is not Halisi is there as a strong brand only that it is slow because we also in the process of trying to strike that balance between our different personalities. Ya so that's why in the meantime as we are trying to fix that each and everyone decided to delve into music from a solo perspective and this is basically what you are doing and it's fun and I'm enjoying it because it's also according to me an opportunity to grow at a personal level. So we can say Halisi was like a stepping stone it shaped your career now to what it is. Ya and it's still my home. Ya I see your home of course. So the music you are doing right now is a reflection of who you are as an artist. Totally. It's a total reflection of who I am as an artist. I'm at a fair so I'm extremely experimental which is very characteristic even in my trades when I'm handling other aspects in other spheres of life. I like experimenting stuff with my children with my wife, with everybody that I love and this is a perfect opportunity also for me to express myself with a lot of freedom and experimentality Ya I love the experience of art. Now you get to do anything and everything you have ever wanted to try and see what works for you. Now that you are solo, do you have any other artists that you are being inspired by? I mean most of the Kenyan artists Wakitambo. Kina Nameless, Kina Big Pin those are my biggest inspirations even the producers Kina Lukas, Kina Musioka, Ted Josiah all those people are big inspirations to me. Talk about our pioneers for instance in the band industry Sauti Solo Ya those are my biggest inspirations among so many other artists. Ume Mokchunbea Kikale is that the way to go? Am I still one of your experimental phases right now and you're going to do more we're going to see you try other genres or other stuff. I'm usually very deliberate in calculating college and into my music so that I bring people very close to my roots which is currently government but I don't like saying you want to bring that up but she doesn't need to be employed. That was on a serious note. Ya ini Ume Sema Surkal it was on a light note. I'm very passionate about my roots I love my roots. I believe I come from a very beautiful culture which is collegein and people have not had an opportunity to listen to collegein the manner in which it has always been packaged music wise in the traditional benga style So this time around I'm trying something new trying to urbanize it so that at least it can resonate well with the current generation. Ya and we see a lot of people do that and it's working for them for Kelo Max and he's doing it in the luo and people love it still as mwa welewe as long as you just vibe and they love that part. Another thing I wanted to talk about is the fact that we talked about you being part of Haleesi and now you're on this musical journey that you're doing it on your own all the fans all the locations, scouting everything that is on you now So is that challenging in any way it has been smooth so far? It has stopped being a challenge because I started doing this thing in 2014 so it's been 10 years down the line if I'm to count all those years so I've been trying and I've learned a lot and at this particular time I can say for sure that resources are not an issue to me I can pull my videos I know we just pull up resources are not an issue Bro we played for days like these Can you imagine being in a position right now where you can comfortably say you can do what you want I can pull very good videos I can do very good audios I was able to set up a home studio It is expensive It is expensive It's a high time I just now work because things are now possible And I love the fact that you're also doubling up as a content creator as an entrepreneur as well you're not just like 100% relying on music just so you can say you have to have something else you're doing other than being a DJ you have to buy You have to buy a busiang umpia Acha And your plug Right I didn't know you as a content creator but for those who are wondering who the wife is Shiro from Antibos Super funny She's amazing, she's hilarious Is she the one who got you to start now producing content Tabisa, she was the one you know Nelim Pata She was the one who got me into Antibos and she was in another very local program and she was trying to learn the ways online also So in the process of her learning I ended up learning too Now of course underscoring the importance of social media is a very important tool to propel you in whichever career that you are and be you a dentist kuna influencing ina happen somewhere too So it's something that I just had to learn by induction from my wife She's a great influencer She's a creator other than just being an artist an entrepreneur as well I love that side And of course now I know you have fans who've been part of your journey from when you started and now you have new fans who are watching you on Bounce Nation what should they expect from you now moving forward now that you have you're now doing this thing alone you said Halisi Badoiko but at the moment you're doing this as Letin Kenya What are you doing in Changa? We're just in February still First of all Kwanzaa I want to ask God to give me very good health because that is very paramount They say health is wealth But if I get that health and then God now gives me a bonus of wisdom Now these fans these fans are supposed to now be ready now to see me in their faces as much as they see their politicians and their usual pastors now I'm gonna be part of those that they see because there's a lot of work that is in store I've been cooking a lot of stuff I'm doing a college in AP I'm doing an urban AP I'm doing an afrobeat AP There are a lot of collaborations A lot of amazing artists that I'm also working with So this is going to be that year Yaku Foss We are claiming it we are manifesting it It has to be over here I love that Now I know there's some people who are probably in the same situation you are in in a band they want to get out they want to try to do their own stuff but they don't know how to go about it What would you tell someone like that? I would tell them that we were living in during very interesting times where our pioneers have shown us the way people like Saudisol as much as they are a unit they have also given themselves freedom to pursue music solo so I would like to encourage it and every artist who is in any kind of a group setup and it doesn't have to be a slow one even if it is things are working right it's also very important for you to experiment with your own talent and try and flex who want to do it because it's also very important because it is not necessarily true that you're going to be together forever So you cannot just rely on other people but let it be working so 29 years old before you go I have a very deliberate question I want to ask you there's a video you put out na kuna some scenes I was like tell me why you felt the importance of doing that because it features I think it's the one that features your wife in hospital when she went to put to bed you put that part tell me the reason you decided to do that no there's nothing abnormal about the process of giving birth you know first of all when me and my wife decided to have a child it was not something that caught us by accident it was something that was very deliberate it was well talked about and we decided that we were going to have it but before you have a baby because of the conditions you give each other as a couple and see for my wife I understand her as this person who adores fathers who are present because at her own personal level at her own personal level kwa na fada figa sana so she has always wished that watu yu wa kwa kuna msimonyako present and there would never have been any perfect opportunity for me to be present in a location where now this child was being born and I thought that it was a very beautiful experience that nili kwa na filtu na kama inani chokkana and you are hard to share with one and I love what you said ladies need their diet because if they don't and now they grow up finding their diet wherever they are going to be involved and it's something is this a cycle it's never ending it's crazy so I love that you brought that up any thing we haven't talked about that you live to tell your fans no I let tell my fans to check me out across all the social media platforms I go by the name Letting Kenya my full names are Galvin, Kipkeboy, Arap, Letting but you can find me across all the social platforms as Letting Kenya and also on YouTube Letting Kenya Letting is L, E, T, I, N, G Letting Kenya I love that any shout out kuna mbogi kuna taka kupanya na kikale kifanya na kikale kabusa kifanya na kikale kabusa only know one word in kale jamge? misil kale because mimi am cross tribal my mother is Luya so first of all I'll say my greetings first of all to all my people in Rift Valley ocha mege tu gule misalini ke sana I'm your son then now I go back now to the general people and the general population Letting Kenya including my mom and sis when ya ko LD ma dea ko Western and then every single person who went to school ma ze yu people are very important to me and every single person who's actively supporting my music big shout out to you ma zena na wapenda sana and go shout out to your wife she's in studio by the way she can have big support system big shout out to you big shout out to you and your video will be the first one shout out to everybody that you first pulled up and you as well for being here thank you so much for making time it was raining and you still made time to come I appreciate that of course and shout out to every bouncer watching at home for keeping us company we are still here tumisema tunato kasa moja and we have one and a half hours to go so keep it right here and we play one song letting Kenya and then we call it keep it right here tumisema tunato kasa moja if you send a few shout out I'm going to sample them in a few so keep it white if I for this day