 and the world. Right here I'm just representing and talking about my music and my lifestyle and you know all the good stuff. Right Major, welcome to Kenya. Thank you. How do you feel to be this amazing land Nairobi? Man I think that it's actually beautiful. The landscape, the infrastructure, the people, the beautiful people you know everything is just in perfect harmony. The weather, I hear everybody saying it's cold, it's cold, it's cold but I mean I live in Minnesota. I kind of go back and forth from Nigeria to America so I live in Minnesota right? So it's usually cold and snow and all that. So people saying it's really cold out here and all that but you know it's it's fine it's beautiful. This is this weather is great for me so so yes yes so I mean so far you know everything the food everything's great. Absolutely. To understand this why is it you decided to come to Kenya? Why Nairobi? Why Nairobi? Well apart from the fact that Nairobi I mean it's got history going but way back you know Africa as a whole is you know it's motherland you know West Africa East Africa you know that's where we belong so I feel I felt the need to just you know again come and embrace my people and show you know have them you know feel my music my talent and all the stuff I have going on because it's not just you know the West but you know East and West as well and then the rest of the world. The same Nairobi is the Africa's New York. No doubt. No doubt right? I believe you're here to push your music. Absolutely. Why do you want to push your music in East African market especially why Nairobi? Well Nairobi is you know in terms of like first is Nigeria's and Ghana you talk about West Africa in terms of Afrobeat music I mean you want to go to Nigeria you want to talk about Ghana and then and so on and so forth you want to talk about you know Afrobeat in East Africa you go you got definitely gonna talk about Nairobi you know Kenya Uganda you know you just keep going on and on you know so much respect for that so I mean that's you know why I'm here. Absolutely. As an artist every artist's dream is to come to Nairobi to push his or her music in Nairobi basically East Africa. That's right. It's their belief you have that when I come to Nairobi of course we'll get a chance to interact with your audience your fans as well you'll be able to penetrate in the industry if I've performed in Nairobi if my music is played in Nairobi now I'm a big artist. Well to me though it's really all about I grew up you know with you know band playing in a band you know being face-to-face with you know with the audience and singing to them anything about singing you know I play guitar you know I play you know piano so it's really about interacting with you know my people really that's what it's about it's I don't really think about from a business perspective you know all that I think about it from a musical perspective you know how many how can I get in front of my people out there who am I neglecting out there you know I mean so that's really what it is for me. Absolutely. Because every Nigerian artist's dream of coming to Nairobi not only to perform in Nairobi but to visit Nairobi very very great agents I can mention a few names David Obanabe they've performed they've traveled to Nairobi so many times is there believe you guys believe that or people will assume now you're a big because you've performed Nairobi. No I think I mean for me though I mean I don't know what they're thinking but I know for me it's it's about the adventure it's also about like places I want to visit like you know Mombasa I haven't seen that yet you know I want to see that live Vasya Nakuru all these different places so it's it's not just about the music as well it's also about the you know seeing you know the land and seeing the people and seeing the culture and experiencing that you know firsthand not you know what you're seeing on TV and what you're hearing right but of course I know some people may have you know those visions about I fine I want to actually go out there and you know because the people actually are loving Afrobeat they love not jam music you know type of Afrobeat music I want to actually go out there and get them to feel it you know live you know but for me it's it's a cross between both because at the end of the day I have to tend to my audience I want people especially my people out here in Nairobi you know the rest of East Africa to feel e-major and see what I'm all about Afrobeat has generated the East African market it has penetrated his African market everyone is jamming to Afrobeat what is the secret what is the secret I think the secret is the the ingredient is it's because it's original we are the original originator of all music in the world all genre of music really and I get this question is asked to me all the time you know how do I feel about the you know the growth of Afrobeat you know the acceptance in the rest of the world I say well it's been some long time coming you know because you know when you talk about all the genres of music you know we brought it is the African so-called Africans that actually brought those music you know to the world so we're getting the respect in that we long deserve you know the fella I need Colabokuti you know I mean a lot of men and women that actually came along the line and I've been doing this thing you know it's not by accident so yes we're so proud of it I am personally proud of it since so many international artists vibing to Afrobeat the likes of Ed Sheeran collaborating with Banner Boy Chris Brown they do want to steal our Afrobeat or they don't want to jam on I don't understand why well it's both and it's it's it's love or you can't help you can't stop it it's a force in and of itself it's kind of like back in the day when you know reggae was the thing you know and it caught fire and everybody wanted to be you know part of it you know back in the day now here we are again it's Afro beats you know turn right and this is this is and this is peculiar because it's not like any other you know genre of music this is eclectic in and of itself right and and you can do anything that you want with Afrobeat you can actually anybody as you mentioned you know Ed Sheeran you know I'm saying I mean he's singing it but he's not an Afrobeat singer but he's even with his voice and his style of singing and he's able to bounce on it and so it's really good so Afrobeat I think it's evolving and it's enveloping I don't think it's really completely open yet you know and and I think that they know it and that's why everybody want to be a part of it you in a better position to tell me as an artist what is the future for Afrobeat man sky is if I say sky is the limit I'll be like limiting it you know because there's no limit the future is you know this is gonna be I hear some people talk about oh you know from a corporate perspective people don't really want to use Afrobeat and they may be getting around it right now it's gonna get everywhere and you know you can't stop it right because you know it's the future is immense and the things that are gonna be happening is immense and we're excited for it excited of course now you in Nairobi is the land of multi-talented artists different artists different vibes I don't know if you've heard of one of our best maybe Kenyan artists we have variety it's all these soul I want to do something with him you know every oh I mean there's a vast majority of them I want to you know work with you know with I usually like to work with men and women with you know distinct you know voices that distinguishes them right not they don't sound alike you know everyone don't sound alike so because I believe everybody has a unique you know identifier of who they are right so you know these men and women I like to work with the ideal idea of a Kenyan artist how do you identify a Kenyan music well it's it's the soul that they put in the music and you know the way when they sing the songs you know the delivery you know lyrics wise and then it's really the soul that they put in the music for me that's for you that's that's what attracts me you've mentioned view names I don't know if you've heard of other great artists we have because mostly when we ask people about Kenyan artists South is all always come faster don't know what South is all are doing for you guys to notice them well I mean these I mean he's got great songs and maybe is I don't I can't say just because he's the one that from an international perspective that you know most people I came to know right so like when you're kind of going through and listening to rapper tours of music you know and like you're listening to them but yeah it's you know most people that have like you know catchy tunes you know that really speaks to you that's it for me absolutely Nigerian music industry is very big it's very diverse we have the great producers great records Marvin records you know I don't know why Nigerian music stands out from the rest of the world you as an artist you can tell us the secret because Kenyan music Kenyan artists we have few individuals that have won a Grammy Awards we have we do we have few individuals that have performed on international platforms well I mean I think it's just naturally the way it is maybe I think they said Nigerians are the Jews of Africa I don't know that's that's what they say I don't you know I'm saying you can go check it but be that as it may I think that you know certain people are keen to certain skills just like you see particular people that actually exist in a certain location they sound alike they speak alike they act alike you know I think a certain people certain DNA of people exhibit certain attributes right and subsequently over the time and over centuries and that's just how they are Nigerians are you know one of those people that exhibit you know from a talent perspective they have these things when you talk about from a sports perspective you know you can see them thrive in you know in sports in NBA in NFL you know and you know all different types of sports movies music you know you see them you sometimes you're not even gonna know all of a sudden you see in the news like oh that's not Jerry it's like what I mean these people are everywhere you know so I you know it's it's a God's it's God's given gifts and I think he gives it to different people different skills just like we all have different skills it doesn't really minimize any other person's you know skill it's just that these people have these skills that are peculiar to them and everything that they do they have charisma you know a different type of charisma and I think that's what it is absolutely when you talk about music business I believe Nigerians are advanced in terms of our revenue collection in terms of distribution technologies there we have digital streaming platforms Spotify you know that's why you have to come to Nairobi you know you have a great management a team to tell you energy let's do a trip to Africa let's push your music is it that you guys are doing different from us it's not from the talent yeah you know from a business perspective I mean I of course I hear you know they say it in terms of you know certain regions you know push music differently right so you kind of want to you know take advantage and come out there and because sometimes things are a little saturated on this end and then sometimes it's you know these people have a much easier you know steps or ropes you know to actually get to what you want so I mean that's really what it is and but I leave that you know for my management team to actually do stuff you know look into all that my concentration is usually of music you know I'm saying aspect and you know doing creation of the song and singing the music and you know collaborations and all that stuff you as an artist I know it will be you'll have a great feeling when you walk around maybe to clubs you resturant to hear your music being played and when you see some people jamming to your music it's a great feeling you know now there's been conversation before there'll be conversation still I do believe Kenyan music that don't get fair play in Nigeria is it that our music is not that good because I believe right now if we walk with you down the stairs you hear some Afro beat you know that's right well to that I would say I think that people have to learn that that's one thing about Nigerians if I may add go into your previous question you asked why you know it seems like they're you know they're a little different and what they do right we're bendable and we'll stay on the cutting edge we don't we're always trying to figure out how to you know be better or to you know sharpen and hone our skills in a different way right so some other brothers and sisters that are actually in the music business and from other you know African countries some of them are you know stuck in the ways you know doing things and not willing to maybe open up and you know add to what they're doing you know maybe change a little bit or you know just get get up to the game stay on the cutting edge you know so I think that's what it is and you know if you I feel like what it does is if you not getting the result that you're looking for you have to move around you have to figure out how to you know plus or minus you know what you have to do and also keeping the integrity of your craft right and that's really what it is so my advice you know to you know every other you know brothers and sisters and all different parts of the world in East Africa you know okay go to Nigeria figure out here how do I get in there who do I need to collaborate with you know I'm saying maybe I need to do a few tracks you know or two few songs you know to really cater to these people you know so I can at least understand what they're doing but it doesn't mean I'm gonna leave what I'm doing entirely you see what I'm saying so you know stuff like that you know yeah take me for instance you know I mean I started off singing R&B I'm an R&B singer I was an R&B singer so when I figured oh well Afrobeat is like really you know deep in my soul that's who I am you know I'm from Nigeria you know originally I'm like okay I had to hone my skills you see what I'm saying and and to really hone my skills into you know Afrobeat you know which is what basically what I call Afro major you see what I'm saying so that's what it is you got to you know figure out how to you know if people are not hearing you won't figure out how they can hear you so how are you planning maybe to penetrate in East Afghan market we've mentioned you have to figure out absolutely those men and women that I you know talked about I mean I'm sure my label motion major records you know great label you know I'm doing you know great work they are working on you know a few we're talking about few collaborations here and there you know learning the culture the language you know figuring out how we can you know put that into the music you know so that when you're communicating with people you want to communicate to them you know you want to communicate to them so they know that you know you love them as well but you also love who you are and what you're doing it at the same time so and I am really really really glad you know actually the my new single jar an apple music you know Kenya top 100 May top 100 okay it's number 49 so thank you so much I appreciate that you know Nairobi in Kenya East Africa I mean I really appreciate that because it shows that you know the hard work it's actually paying off so that's really it for me you have big big funds in Nairobi apart not from the music you're here to push your music what else are you planning maybe to do aside from that of course I know we have beautiful women we have nice places to go to hang around there are beautiful women you know beautiful location for you to have some music video you know video we talked about Mombasa you know different locations that we can actually shoot videos that has you know you know beachies and stuff like that that we can go to investments man this you know I'm a businessman looked you know I'm walking around I'm looking at oh wow this is you know this could be nice to do and the purchase you know this here and here you know so I mean you got to see opportunity and you know far above and beyond music but at the same time music is a center of everything that I do okay regarding your music I don't know if you're planning maybe to have a sit down with maybe just a studio session not only just to record some vibe just to interact with the with the great artists we have in in two for four oh absolutely in fact the last time when I would last year we we were in Ghana you know how you know we I'm actually yeah I performed that Afrochella so yeah it was great you know I met up with Storm Boy now I met up with a whole lot of you know artists over there and some producers that I work with you know some you know called me up and you know wanted me to you know vibe on some beats and stuff like that so absolutely these are the things that you know we love to do because again you really want to start from the grassroots and you know trying to get to know the people make me understand this when you have a collab with an East African artist how do you benefit as an artist how do I benefit I believe it's equal equally beneficial but for me it's the love of trying to bring my craft just like I said you know Apple music you know Kenya you know top 100 for number 49 and and counting going up I mean it shows that you know you're being your loved right so next steps I'm gonna make sure you know figure out you know things I mean I believe it benefits because I'm all my aim is actually to bring my songs to my brothers and sisters in East Africa so they can actually feel me and feel my craft you to give me becoming to Kenya for your two elite well I believe that you know there's an adage we say in Igbo adage he says a morning to tell labo tortilla whenever you wake up is your morning you know I'm saying so I'm not gonna sit and think about oh man you know what happened I'm thinking about right now you know and I'm happy about right now that's right and what we do from now on is what counts and then you know what it's good you know God's it's the time it's timing it's the God's time okay who knows you know cuz again music and and vibes and songs most of times is all about timing sometimes you can have a song and you're pushing it pushing it and like they're not feeling it's not because you're not a good singer it's not because you're not a good artist it's not because you're not you don't have good delivery it may be just because it's not the right timing you see that it's not the right time it's not the right you know time to actually get that song out once is the right time it's gonna click you as an artist do you do you feel pressure like to produce hits of course you have it to produce back-to-back hits to to perform international stage to be trending on Twitter to be the headline everywhere you know do you feel more pressure now when it comes to know you know winning awards you can perform in Afrochela you can you can be big your songs can be big you know but you don't have an award yes well I'm not gonna lie to you I am fake-sided and focused on you know I'm getting to the top there's no doubt about that oh to arena absolutely the whole nine yards that is the point because if I want to touch everyone I'm talking about seven billion people eight billion people in the world well you got to work hard to get that done and then you have to that that has to be the dream and far above and beyond the singing you know what message are you trying to get out there you know because I believe if you're you know a celebrity as you want to call it you know you're a role model and people are looking at you you know what is it that you trying to do what is it that you're trying to bring far above and beyond music right where is the apex where is the point that when you reach in the like I I'm here right and I think music is a thing that actually gets you there the more you get recognized the more you get the awards the more you fill up the old to arena you know I'm saying you know I'm saying the more you can actually now achieve your goals and dreams that you have innately inside that you want to do so yes that's that's my focus and that's my goal absolutely what's your biggest dream what's your biggest goal as an artist I just said that what's the main main the main one is actually touched the whole world I want my music to feel everyone in the whole world to just see them is screaming e-major e-major e-major absolutely amen to that amen my brother because I believe Nigerians were artists work together very closely together when I forgot the name when the artist debunked started yeah he paved way for many upcoming artists yes every day we see we hear we get a chance to listen to amazing upcoming Nigerian artists yes what is it that Nigerian upcoming artists always want to be there to replace the big the big what do you call it the big names why do they want to replace them well I mean I don't go ahead their conversation right now a sake will replace Bono Bono boy in future it's a matter of time right well I see it's I believe that like I said it's there's this there's this a shift in charisma or everybody like I was talking about timing you know there's this right timing it's like you have thousands of people working hard everybody's know honing their skills like we talked about earlier you know trying to find a way to stay on the cutting edge to change few things and you know do this and do that right all of a sudden man the sun is shining on that person you know they've been working hard for years a shaké is like a perfect example he's out there right now everybody's saying oh wow where did he come out from but he's been grinding for years right so all those years of hard work and consistency now pays off right so I think it's you know when that happens is well deserved and people always want to see the next act the next person that's gonna you know are maybe rival or maybe replace this person that they love so much right because that person is not gonna live forever you see so music evolves and you know the baton always gets pat you know handed down so yes in music of course they always rivalry you know we saw what happened recently and a German artist believed rumored maybe to be poisoned you know I don't know how you're changing your statics your ways of working maybe collaborating with other artists yes because you don't want to you know we don't want to see what will have what happened to I mean first of all it's it was a very unfortunate thing that happened to you know brother mobile I'm very sad you know died at a young age we all grieve for the young brother and you know at the same time it's almost like he's like the sacrificial lamb to now shine the light on the the misdeeds of the industry you know the the wickedness that's really going on the wickedness of men and women and the greed of men and women in the industry okay but one thing is for sure obviously you know at the end of the day lights always wins over darkness light shines in the darkness and darkness disappears right so you got to keep your hands clean it's about the music that's all I say guys let's keep it about the music I remember in the days I used to be an archipelago group you know it used to be about all just coming together and just harmonizing and singing and feeling good that you just harmonize and you just make this sound this sounded great man and you talk about it man and you walking down the street and you just everybody's singing and just harmonizing right you don't you're not hating on anybody but few men and women or few bad apples you know choose to because of business and they want to you know become thugs and you know put people in entrapment you know for a long time so I'm very you know blessed and lucky that you know I'm working with a label I'm motion major records they don't indulge in things like that you know we strictly indulge in you know fairness you know in business and simple simply business and and talent and honing our skills and getting out there so if you're hands are clean in business you're always gonna make it and all the people that are doing shady stuff you know they're gonna get found out just like what's going on right now you can only do it for you know a little while and then you get caught up your sins will catch up to you no doubt yes we wind up now they is coming to an end yes what is in store for your funds for the family oh my goodness we I mean there's lots of shows you know concerts going on December as you know that's when everything just goes everyone's trying to close up you know like last year we had Afrochela you know and there's Afro nation this year you know there's a lot of different you know side attractions coming and then more singles more releases more collaborations is coming up because as I said I want the whole fans to feel man you know I'm saying so that's what's going on yes you was an artist in a scale of one to ten can you rate your career up to now in your achievements your success we to music your projects I think we will keep I I always even if I'm at 50 or 60 or 99 being a perfectionist you know and having not gotten to that peak yet I'm at five that's where I'm concerned what that does is you know it doesn't put me in a place of complacency right and I keep holding my skills and working hard okay being consistent until I get there I'm only gonna tell you when I get there that's when I'm gonna get off my knees consistency is key as we wind up now the last question Kenyan ladies what do you know about Kenyan ladies oh Kenyan ladies man I heard what I heard I heard that you know they're you know they're sweet you know nice ladies polite you know hard-working you know wife material you know beautiful I've seen most of them are beautiful I've seen it's like okay it's like sometimes I'm talking about the city as all the city is beautiful but you know really and then the women you know the same thing so I think it goes hand-in-hand so yes yes sir because most of Nigerian artists when they come when they come to visit Nairobi they always want to hang out with our ladies most of Nigerian men in Nairobi they have married they've settled down with Kenyan ladies I don't know what they give them I don't know what you've heard about that I think it's the loyalty that's what I've heard is that they're really faithful they're loyal you know to you know to the Niger man but I also think that there's something that those Niger man's bring to the table man that way you know that's just we talked about charisma before I believe we talked about that and that charisma didn't stop in just music my brother it's a lot more than that you know these men attentive to the women they you know they you know they take care of them they open the doors they sensitive you know they talk they have conversations you know they don't really treat them like second-class citizens and stuff like that so they're really attentive to those women they have you know style style of dressing you talked about it when I came in he said you know they have you know their stylish man you know flamboyant and stuff like that so I mean and you know the women take care of women they love that it loves that they smell good you know so again I'm hyping my people too much but it's just the truth that's what's going on thank you so much thank you sir for your fans that are watching you maybe for the first time your social media handles yes thank you all my fans that appreciate you opportunity you can actually find me follow me and please keep streaming my new song jar thank you thank you for number 100 you know my song jar making 100 on apple music number 49 keep streaming it if you want to find me on all platforms is e-major on the score official again e-major on the score official