 To the E-Circuit on my kids' side, if you're just tuning in, we always start from 8am up until 12 noon. This is an Easter special. It's special because we're going to DJ Stannas. Stannas, yes. And I've got JR requests on white purple tunnel of the E-Circuit. Along with our question of the day, it's really interesting. We want to ask, do Canadian partners know how to treat each other right? The E-Cannas is like, hmm, it's relatively depends on the person because being treated right. Depends from person to person. The way you might be treated. I want to be treated is not the same way I might, you know, want to be treated. So I do agree with that. Even though I was saying, as long as the person is respectful. So I want to sample some of the answers and comments that we have on Twitter and Facebook. Pitsam, we to add Pitsam, we to on Twitter and a Selma. Being treated right has nothing to do with giving her money and stuff, and it has something to do with respecting her, caring for her and loving her unconditionally. Hmm, Pitsam, we to, I think I should connect you with Eve Nyaga. You can find that Eve underscore Nyaga on Twitter. Another one and a Selma. It goes by the name of Ace O'Oro on Twitter at Ace O'Oro. He's saying it's true. If you love, you can never treat someone badly. But if you don't, that's the time you will start being disrespectful. I think everyone is now surrounding the topic of disrespect. And cheating and not cheating. But I think it's a really low bar though. That's a really low bar. It's like saying as long as someone is alive, okay, now I have a boyfriend. But you cannot evaluate everything with cheating. You can't focus on cheating only. Are you telling me, someone can be, you know, bad with everything else. He is not helping anything. But as long as there are no cheating on you, you're okay. Is that what you're saying? Anyway, turn the camera off. Dolphin Lovato is saying, hi. Dolphin Lovato, watching from Nakuru. Thank you for watching from Nakuru. Please play for me, Tamu Bayimboso. This holiday, I want to have fun with my friends and family. Okay, good luck with that. We wish you nothing but the best. But please, Dolphin Lovato from Nakuru, stay safe. Ritty Angel on a Selma. Play for me, Washer Data by Shamro. We'll have Shamro later on today. So stick around for that. Leon Waswa. Thank you for tuning in. Harinzo Sunguch. I'm not even joking. That's the name. Sunguch. Okay, Sunguch. Sunguch is kind of a cool Facebook name. But Harinzo. Harinzo, I don't know what that means. Is it even English? Anyway, him he's saying, okay, now I see why you have such a difficult name. You're agreeing with the most difficult person on earth. He's saying, Nyaga has got a point. Why cheat in the first place? Hmm, I'm sure Nyaga is somewhere smiling wherever she is. I'll go to Clinton tuned in. Thank you so much for your feedback. Remember, the question is, do Canadian partners know how to treat each other right? Also, you can send in your requests to DJ Stanis. Our first guest is Omoami Dawn, all the way from Kitali. You know what town it is. What's up, what's up? One time, man, I'm popping right here. Omoami Dawn in the building, representing Kitali, Wendani, and also I'm representing them people from Jekai Wat. You know what town it is. Awesome, awesome. I'm loving the energy. I'm loving the vibe and the swag. You can see the swag, yeah? Yeah, yeah, we swagger. So your career started all the way back, way back in 2009, but the funny story is the people who got you interupped are your brothers. How did that happen? How did they influence, what is it, something they were listening to, or were they writing their own raps? So I have three brothers. Two of them were artists. They started out, but Juzi Juzo, my aunts are Kuwatsam Ziki, they're doing their things, but when I grew up, I used to watch them, they're doing the thing with Dr. Dre Bates, nearly want to rap Quanyumba. I was like, man, damn, this looks great. Like, the rap thing was really cool and lit. I was like, yo, I need to get into this. And they told my brother, my first bro, Anto Bafizi, I was like, how about you, you mold me into this. Like, I feel I can do this. So he was like, yo, you can grab this. So he molded me, he wrote my first song into a Kitambulisho. Siku, I never made it to the studio to record it, but nearly, I used to really kill every other rapper in the streets with that. With that Kitambulisho track? With that Kitambulisho track. I started doing this from primary school, I never recorded it, but I recorded my first song into a hustle. Hustle. We're back in 2011, I was in Form 1. And who did you record with? I recorded with some guy and it was, I don't know, I don't know how to say it. Oh my God. Yeah, I've forgotten a little bit. Where's the best? Kitale. In Kitale. Kitale. To leave the track. We did some two, three shows with Kitale and then people started recognizing us, quit our shows and then at then 2014, it's when I cleared my Form 4. It's when I left my second song into my confession. It's not the same thing as on YouTube, it's the same thing as with Kitambulisho. I did a DJ and I did a Denzel. Denzel. I did it with him. Then we did some little shows, it was a gospel thing. Still in Kitale. We used to perform in churches, in some schools, and then 2017 is when I recorded my first official track. Then I can do this thing professionally. That was back in 2015. 2017. I did my first, even my first video, in the Wanyangashina. So you see that kind of vibe of Luya vibe. Now 2017, I used to call myself Hybrid The Dawn by them. And then I rebranded Nikona Inishia. There's nobody doing the Luya thing, modern music and Nikona Yo. I can do this. So I rebranded from Hybrid The Dawn to Omami Dawn. Omami Dawn. Omami means king. King. Yeah. The elder. Sonkona. Let me know myself as a Luya rapper. So is that now something that's going to stick? Yeah. So that's like, what's it called? The Luya Rapper? January. You're creating it. You're creating rather. That's my brand. That's your brand? Yeah. How is it so far? How has been, how's the reception? The reception is lit, man. When I step on the stage, people are like, this is Omami. They're like, yeah, now this is it. Then when I do the Luya rap thing, I was like, yo, we respect this guy, beat time, originality, skin, everything. And probably people back at home have no idea what you're saying. They're trying to figure it out. Luya rap, can you give us like a two bars or four bars? Before that, you know, music is an international language. You don't have to understand it to enjoy it. I see music from this perspective. It's all about melodies and the beat. There's some people who enjoy the beat. There's some people who enjoy the melodies or maybe the lyrics. And then there's some people who enjoy the whole song. So people dance to Taki Taki. You don't even know what it means, but you feel it. Of course they do. People dance to, to tell more things, but they don't understand Swahili. But they listen to it. So it cuts across. Music is universal, yeah. It's universal. Give us just two bars so that we understand who Omami Don is. Yeah, check it. Yeah. And yeah, and yeah, and yeah. This is the sound of the Shaskia. This is the sound of the Scratchy. Because now it's nice. So since 2009, up until 2019, that's about 10 years, just about your growth. If you were to assess yourself, what would you say? The growth is very imminent, man. I grew up watching people on TV. The music being played on TV and stuff like that. People going for interviews was like, I need to be like that guy. So I was dreaming and stuff. At the time, who are you looking up to? Aside from your brothers. But then I was looking up to the likes of Kejons when it was starting. The likes of Christoff, the likes of Okokiasi and stuff. I sort of sold a little bit when they were starting off. Kind of Lazizi and stuff. So I used to listen to that. And then I used to listen to Saccodi. I respect Saccodi because he does the... I don't know what tribe he is, but he raps in this Kalingo thing and then he's like lit. He performs even in London with that kind of... with this language. So in Kona... And then I grew into that. I used to watch them and was like, I need to be like these guys. And then when I released my first video, Wanyangashina, it opened some doors. So I started doing some media tour. I even came to Waitify 4 here. I went to some stations up on Apale, up on Apale. And then last year, it was when I released another song. It was in 2018, right? It was on 15th of February. Remember it? And then I released my second video. And it was Chukucha. Chukucha. Yeah. Chukucha means like throw. It's... You know the consistency with the Luiya thing and Wanyangashina. Chukucha shokele. So like the... My music is now Luiya oriented thing. So that's how I accept my... My kind of brand and my kind of music thing. But it is possible because we've seen people like the lights of... You actually said you were looking up to him a while ago. Octopizo. Octopizo, yeah. He mixes Luiya and English and Swahili's rap. So it does work. It's something that's, you know, tried and tested. Yeah. But have you faced any challenges since you started? Yeah. The challenges, reception in India could grow. Aside from the reception. Yeah. Before when I started, before when I was now starting into this, into the Luiya vibe thing, people are like telling me, yo brah, people don't understand what you're singing or what you're rapping. I'm rapping in Swahili. And then I used to give them examples. Whiskey can sing with the future but still sing with both. Because he's proud of it and that's his brand and I just push my Luiya thing. So that's kind of challenges. Of late, people won't accept that kind of thing. A lot of challenges mean when you come out, maybe getting shows, maybe getting like real shows because you used to do a platform like you're just going to perform for a platform and how do you pay your bills? How do you go to the store? I've heard stories. You know, most surprising artists tell me those stories. Like, you're invited for a show but when you, you know, when you get there, because you know, you're an surprising artist so you don't know that you're not supposed to show up before you get, you know, you sign contracts. Then they say when you arrive, they're telling you, I'm doing you a favor. Yeah. I didn't know. That's crazy though. Somebody's calling me to Machakos. So you spent your own bus fare to get there. But then they're telling you I'm providing you a platform. You've seen this before in your career, right? And that is better when somebody tells you beforehand so that you decide to go or not. Yes. There's some situations when you're already there already. When you have a deal with somebody that, okay, you're going to pay me this summer. I'm tired of this. You know what? I won't nick at that promoter. I can't do that. We need to start doing this. No, no, no. We need to start doing this for our artists so that they know who not to answer. Mm-hmm. No, no, two promoters should really respect our careers too because come on, I take you, I tell you, I don't think I'm a DJ right now. I'm a DJ. Even in appraising DJs in the gig, I don't know. I don't know if I'm a mix-jews or if I'm a budget DJ. Budget, maybe it's a budget or promoter, I mean social media, marketers, but now when it comes to the budget. Yeah, what's the need? The artist, like a pull-up crowd and if you guys don't know what's wrong with you, show your hand. There's no budget. I'm like, no. No. That's crazy, though. Stameless. No, no, no, no. The problem is. In a skin, in a skin, in a skin, the problem is in Kenya, what we believe, you have to come from down. You see? With it, I call it a hit. Even what we believe. Yeah. Myself. And you have to make your name known to people. Okay. So, but you see, some of the artists, you're going to graduate now by the, the problem with you is, come as I miss you, I miss you. I miss you too. Yeah. But how many DJs have you given your songs? Like, let me say, I have emails around 200 DJs. 200 DJs. Yeah. Are they, okay, are your songs in Nairobi? Are they being prayed in Nairobi? Yeah. Yeah, you know, there's some media stations. Because the thing is, yeah. We DJs, you have to push yourself. You have to look for the songs. Yeah. But artists, they don't want to bring you the songs. Yeah. Well, it's not about all those things. It's about you guys not, you know, showing out and showing up. But Quentin Tico. Mm-hmm. They have content. Mm-hmm. They have content. Mm-hmm. They have content. Mm-hmm. The content is there. Yeah. So how about this? How about now when you call this DJ, is it like, it's a day email and after my email, but then they, when you get the email, they don't even do, you don't even look at it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But they don't respond. Okay. Mm-hmm. So what you do, you keep pushing. Nothing comes easy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And what we're doing, it's called a plot twist. It's not been in the film. Only on the e-circuit. Mm-hmm. But here's the thing, I agree with both of you. Okay. Yes, the artists need to do a lot more work. And yes, the DJ sometimes doesn't, you know, ignore this person. Yeah. Once they hit a certain level, you know, like you were calling them, there was a nice, and the DJs, superstars, when someone is feeling like a superstar, yeah. They stop answering calls or reading emails. But here's the thing, the second part I do agree with, people need to work harder. The way you've been working, you've been working since 2009. You've been putting in work. You, you know, rebranded yourself from hybrid to a mommy dog. Yeah. So you're doing well. Mm-hmm. But what advice can you give someone who doesn't have, you know, people like DJ Stannas, Emma, your brothers, who you look up to, to advise them. What have you learned so far? Well, I learned tomorrow as a resilience. Mm-hmm. Resilience as a, you just have to be resilient in this industry and you'll get callbacks. You'll get boutics. You'll be called for interviews. You'll be ignored. Mm-hmm. Or you'll be called for platform shows. You'll be called for page shows, stuff like that. It's all about what's the end game. Like, I'm looking at, I'm looking at the end game. Like, whatever the route I'm passing through, even, the superstars, they pass through that. Mm-hmm. So, I like, I like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, you know, you know, I can do this now. Mm-hmm. That's nice. We wish you nothing but the very best. Yeah. Amami Dawn, you have the song right? Yeah. As the cues it up. Yeah. I want you to let us know where we can find you online. Uh-huh. Online, I'm consistent Omamianusko-down on Twitter, on Facebook, on, on, on Instagram. And I'm here, There's only one Omamidon in the world by that. There is Omami, there is Dawn, but there's only one Omamidon. But do you say? I'm popping, man. You know, I'm a king in some way because you call me Omami. Omami is king. You don't even know if you're calling me king or not. So everybody in this world is calling me a king. That's Omamidon. Before we conclude, there's two things. The first one, that will be the second one. The first one, I want to ask you, what conclusion did you reach, the two of you? Because there was a discussion within the discussion of the artists getting the music to the DJ. What do you think should be done? Let me say this, we support each other. The artists that are here with us, the DJs, but they don't know what to do. They don't know what to do. They don't know what to do. They just try to do that. But I say, it's not a must for everybody to go through the rough road. Everybody has to go through the tough road, through the hell to make it. When you make it, you're in a position to help others. You just have to help, you get more blessings. That's what it is. So, when people say there's no good videos in Kenya and content, I was like, if there were artists that I would have shot with, I would have been hit. So, if this is a trend, and if there are people who shoot it, I would have been hit. People are using, I'm shooting 100k videos. 100k in any. I love them, they're not going anywhere. That sort of content, actually I want to have it with you and another msani, I like him a lot, he's also a producer, he goes by the name of Six Beat. I'm going to invite the two of you, because you're very insightful with these things. In terms of content creation now, you're a good person to talk to about content creation. And Six Beat, in terms of contracts and all that, so that we talk about the Kenyan industry and where it's heading for the uprising artist. The second part, we had a question, a topic of discussion rather in the morning, we were asking, do you think Kenyans know how to treat their partners right? So, on what we're done? The king? You know what time it is? I do. What do you think? What's the answer to that question? To some of the squeezy people, what are the divergent views about a relationship? What do they enter into a relationship with different aims? Some of them say it's a claim, some say it's a mula, some say it's a certain character, some say it's a vibe, some say it's a love. So, people treat each other depending on what they enter that relationship for. Depending on the goal? Depending on the goal. So, they'll treat you right, as a lot of squeezy, you never know what is fake and what is real. Somebody can treat you right because you're giving something back. And then you stop giving something back, they stop giving you something back, you start treating them wrong. So, I'm like, nah, what is that? Now you're speaking like a poet, huh? Let me even snap. Yeah, so, squeezy things are so fake, Mazi, are so fake, yeah. So, me mean I say, man, people treat each other the way they like. Yeah, I don't know. So, you don't know whether we do or don't. People just treat each other the way they want to. The way they want, depending on what they get back or something like that. That's interesting. Let me see if we have some more feedback. What we're doing is saying, yeah, people treat each other with regard to, you know, what they're getting in return. Yeah. Which is a sad situation, but sometimes true, you know. True. So sad. Hilary Tanui Kaptei. At Hilary Tachi, 569 on Twitter is saying, Hashtag is like it opposite Kaptei, Vocational Training Center. Now our part is loud and clear. Salamie Mbrembo, Shalene Jeb 2 from Sangalo. Okay. Mom and Dad, Julius Kosgay, Cis Jero, Lillian, Christine. In Class of 2011, Kaptsis Cis Yua. I hope I'm pronouncing it properly for you. Kaptsis Cis Yua. High school. Okay.