 I'll be common folk. You are our guest, so VIP nisa wad mkubal kukua common folk. Ni nadyo mahali penye ni taziti shaz zote leo. Anyway, our first guest is in the studio and he goes by the name Vosti. We'll be getting to know more about him and talk about what kind of music he does. And yeah, just get to feel his vibe. Kwaibu sana kwenyesho? Kwaibu sana na shkuru. Ni kupua. Yes. Kindly, jini introduce majinaya kwaewsani, majinaya national ID, na utu ambil metu kwaum taga ni. So national ID, na ito a Steven, Iroongo, Karenga, jini awsani ni Vosti. Vosti with Aitatu, ama 111, so that's what it means. It's just 111, but Vosti in Aitatu. Yeah, so that's my name. That's your name, yes. Yes, it doesn't have a meaning, it's just Tivo. Vosti. Ni bile simpo boy al kwa shachu kwa sti, vosti. Oh, so Aungge, Aungge twa tima. So ni kari vasti, vosti, ala puni kongezia, Aitatu. Yeah, so much from Tagan. I'm from Dagoreti, South, 111, yes. Okay, so. Born and bred. Born and bred, yes. All right, so umu kukifanya music for how long and what kind of music do you do? I do rap hip-hop music, but ni kwa versatile. I can neither fanya ta benga, neither I'm joking. I can try it, you never know, but I do hip-hop rap music, yes. Umu kukifanya music for how long? Ni kwa kifanya music since 2016. I started recording in 2016 and then I stopped recording for a while, but now I'm back recording again. So I started in 2016, I stopped for a few, three years, let's say, 2016, 17 and 18. And then now I came back 2019 and I'm now fully doing music. Fully doing music. So in those three years, will you take a break for whatever reasons that you took a break for? Do you feel like you could just a new maki usani? Yes, I would say, you know, as an artist, you need to be always working on your craft, always honing your craft. And so when you don't have time to work on your craft, it takes, like at all, it goes down to doggo. Wazikua, your skill level will not be as good as someone who has been working all the time. So the time I took a break, I was working. So when I started music a little bit about myself, I noticed that you can't, music is expensive and you can't just create music and then have it in the house. You need to record it so that people can listen to it and so that people can see it. And so I had to find a way to record the music and so that people can see it. And the only way was working and making money so that you can find the money to record. Because going to people and asking for a handout, it's not, it's a way, but it's not the, yes, so I had to work, but now I'm just back doing music. So eventually from now henceforth you want to do music full time? Yes, that's my passion, that's my calling, that's what I want to do, nothing else. So what challenges have you had in the last years? Many challenges as a new artist. First of all, like getting interview. I know I called you guys like 15 times. You know, it's normal challenges that people get, that new artist get, it's just, it's not different from any other artist. So it seems like... So you think challenges in yuna patana, yuna patana nazo, are the same, same challenges that an artist mo yana julikana na pitiya? Yes, but now as a young and known artist, na jua artist mo yana julikana, he can go somewhere, his name is already known. So your name can proceed you, your reputation can get you into doors that I can't get into. Even if I'm as talented as you are, you're already known. Someone knows you, you can recognize whoever you are and whatever you do from just looking at you. So you can get more opportunities than me who's not known. So let's say the artist who's not known, not being known is the biggest is the biggest challenge. University and the music. It's easy to relate, it's easy when they see you, even somewhere at a show, when you call them, they can come. So those are the challenges. Normal challenges, but those are more magnified, when you don't know who you are, you don't have... Really? Yeah. Um, me inspirations... Uli, Uli draw inspirations because the music from wasani kamanani. I would say my biggest inspiration was Giuliani. Giuliani, because when he came out, I was beginning to know myself. So I could relate to whatever he was saying and I could understand and I could digest it and just nilewa, like nilewa can you umsana sama. So it made me love music, it made me want to be like him and want to do like him and want someone else to listen to me and understand me. Yeah. So here and I'll call my biggest influence. I used to rap like him, like nilianza kumkopi. So and then ukoflani maumau. I think it should be the other way round, but I knew Giuliani before I was learning maumau. I knew them, but I was not very much. You know, they were not my generation. I could say when Giuliani was starting, that's when I was like 14, 15 years old. That's when your identity starts to... Unanza kujiju akama mitu. So that's the biggest influence in my music. Giuliani and ukoflani maumau. I'll say sasa kuna niu influence. Sakinaniya, Shinski, Kaligraf. Everyone has something in his skill level that you can just take from it and make it your own. Yeah. So Nibikyako, you want to tell stories. What is that you want to write your music and sing your music in that way, like you're telling stories? Because there are so many stories that need to be told from the ghetto and from everywhere, not just the ghetto. There are so many things going on, and artists need to talk about it. We need to say something about it. Tuna fako ungelelea kenyine nendelea kwa kwa streets, kwa society. Kamu ato na koniwa, kama ato na ibiwa. Just say it like the real thing, whatever is going on in the society. You need to tell the stories. Na story, no, na fanyangam na kusikize. You can just go talk to someone and start talking. You need to tell them a story. This is how it started, and then it went like this, alafika ishae. So that's the best way to tell your narrative through a story. So that's like, I would say, nikachi na jaribuku use the easiest way to communicate. That's telling stories. Okay. Yeah, so na jaribuku amiwa sakinani in the layer of stories and through music. Yes. Um, gomata nyumefanya sofa, um, you've collaborated with other hip-hop artists in the industry. Yes. So why did you particularly choose to come to Breeda na? First of all, Breeda, nilkona mumwach for a very long time. And he's, he's, I see a lot of myself in him. To go almost the same age. We grew up the same place. Okay. So I used to see him grow up to kichiza, FIFA in the same area. So I used to, like I saw his hustle and I saw him go rise up. So I wanted to, to show that and to have him in my soul. Like it was just, uh, nikama ile, na zima nikona umse kwangomayangu. It was not like calculated or anything. It was just that. I like him. I like his music. I like the way he sounds. So I wanted to have him in my music. Yes. So the same with, uh, Boutros. And they were nice guys, man. You know, you, you see them on TV and you think maybe at a corner, attitude or anything. You must have told them bongat kwa bongan. We spoke about the song and whatever I wanted to do. And they understood. And they both are professional. And you must say, wana jo tu kenya wana do so? Wali ni inspire piya wana. Nisha like, this is how you do it. This is how you move. We call it shikam kono. Yeah. You see, when you're with people who are doing the same thing, the same line of work, one is a kufu. Like, if you're friends, we always need anything about music, like do this, write this and do this. But if I'm a friend with someone who makes music, the same as I, if I make a mistake and he's like, I want to make chorus. Yeah, just remove this word. Yeah, I put another word that makes more sense and makes it even more appealing. Okay. So um, ningo magani umetulete alio like the song you're pushing right now? I have a new song in Etua Outstanding. It's on YouTube. You guys can go check it out. And that's what you've done alone? It's a solo project? Yes, it's a single release. I'm single too. I have a mother. Yes. So what's the concept? Actually, the chorus is in kikuyu. I'm NKKU. So it's like, what is it? What are you? Who are you? It's like, I'm explaining myself. It's like my bio. I'm explaining myself. This is who I am and this is what I do. Yeah. Oh, it's not the only one in kikuyu. There's another one is in kikuyu. Yes, yes, yes. When do you like kikuyu? I believe that music is like language. It has a skill. It has a certain skill to it. So if you know a language, I know kikuyu, I know Swahili, I know Shen. So when I'm writing, I will use every tool I have to write so that the song can sound better and the song can sound good. So if a little bit of kikuyu here and there if a little bit of kikuyu here and there and it sounds smart. It will sound good. It will sound good. So that's how you create it. Otherwise, when you have a box that you only wrap in English, you only wrap in Swahili, then what you hear and what you hear is that I only listen to English raps. So what will you do? So what will you do? So what will you do? Calligraph. Yeah, I have to write something. So if I knew Spanish, I would have done it. If I knew Kisi and everything. Yeah, I would have done it. Whatever you have, you're using it to me. Like I said, from the beginning, I'm versatile. Okay, all right. If versatility makes you open to anything and I keep an open mind every time I create the music. Kusababu, creation is creation. You're creating from nowhere. You're just taking words and making them into a song. Okay. So if the words make the song better, then... Then so be it. Yeah, but I was a little bit... Ni kwa mo aga, kusababu. About to make you cool. Yeah, when you put a language that not everyone can speak and not everyone can understand, wukonailefia, like... James Mdiniaki skia. Yeah, yeah. So it was... But it was... Kizangangu maza... Zinitongua regaton and all other songs from A... Atoneza, kizangu maa kijalu and still vibe to it. Yeah, but it's a double-edged sword. Yeah. Yeah, nizakus idea. Nizakus kuluzisha, yes. Okay. Depends on what happens. You never know when you create a song, you just make it with a vibe and you do it and see what it will react to. So when you put it out, that's when you see the reaction. It has been positive. It has been good reaction so far. So I can't complain. Okay. All right. So before we wind up, nige taka you share your social media handles, ma liwa toneza pata your music and future projects. So on YouTube, nivosti, v-o-s-t, triple-i, alafu on Facebook nivosti, kuna fanpage, vosti and then on Facebook, the personal page nivosti wa dago na on Instagram is vosti, the same spelling, v-o-s-t, triple-i. Yes. So thank you so much for coming through. Thank you so much for having me. We appreciate your time. Na shkuru piya. We hope to see you more once you have a project. I hope to come here even more when we have a project. Karibusana, Karibusana, paninyumbani. Thank you. Kama kawaiida we support upcoming artists. Ever so long as they are doing Kenyan music. So na shkatu skize inetwa Outstanding. Outstanding, yes. Sorry about that. But yeah, that was vosti. Bulo amekwambia. You need to be versatile. Sujifungi kwa box moja. Go out there and do your thing. So up next is challenge, outstanding. Outstanding sorry by vosti.