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I'm good I feel nice I see you are your... that's Trevor I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm good I'm the one who is dead so he went to be with himself I'm dead I'm dead I'm Jehovah I'm Jehovah I'm dead so because when someone dies he says he's going to be with the Lord but since he was the Lord he went to be with himself I'm done respect but his neighbour said he had an accident and then he Jesus had an accident Jesus had an accident there was a hole there was a hole Jesus had an accident I thought Jesus was a bad guy Yes, Jesus had an accident He had an accident with a blind object on the head went to a hospital stayed there for a couple of minutes he fell down he had an accident I don't know How have you been since the last time we saw you? I've been good Manzeh Even before elections The previous government The previous year Do you know When is today? Oh my goodness It's literally one year Since I've been on Bounce Nation Oh yeah It's a year already Since I've been on Bounce Nation Manzeh Since I've been on Bounce Nation It's a year already Since I've been on Bounce Nation Manzeh Even since I've been on Bounce Nation It's a year already I'm Manzeh I'd love to ask him I'm a director here I'm a director here I watch Obama And this time I'm on Bounce Nation Yeah, it's been a couple of months. Yeah man. And so far, so good. I can say those opened. We went and created. We went and performed, you know? So, actually, I want to say that we need to have more gigs to connect and to have ground. And I feel like it's now time for Ranger Man to put out more work. You're taking 223 by the horns. Yeah, by the horns man. That's how it's supposed to be. And for the guys who are just like the first time, I knew you started music back then in 2018. And I know Jani probably hasn't been that sweet. So maybe you can tell us, how have you evolved over the years, probably lyrically doing rap on a tour? You can see the same. I can say coming up as a rapper it has been not easy but I feel like I've evolved through the years. I've struggled to find my sound. I've struggled to find my audience, or my audience, people who relate with me. But right now, don't ask me to come. You find a group of people who relate to whatever you do. Because me, I'm a rapper who incorporates humor, punchlines, and I just want to paint a picture of hope to my audience. So me, I'm that authentic rapper who will pen down anything that you know, my life, my lifestyle, everything. So I feel like... Other people's lives? Yeah man. Because as a creative, we are people who see the world differently. And another person can see it. So I use that gift to write punchlines, to use similes and everything. So I can say I grow and learn a lot. And also I've met a lot of people who are like me, I'm a master who rubs my shoulders. And so far so good man. So far so good. We love it. At least they say it's good to recognize. Not that I want that glory but then people who've been there, especially in the game in terms of music before you, it's good to just pay homage to them. I don't buy it, I don't take anything from you. And you spoke about like you've been doing a lot since we last saw you experimenting with different things. So are we going to see you experiment with different sounds? Once a rapper, always a rapper. I just want to run down the road and get on. For sure, I'd really love to put out with a producer called Alex Weiss. Alex Weiss is a genius and he knows how to sample. There's a song of mine called Nyau Chambers. It's out. Number one track for my upcoming EP. We sampled Issa, sorry. And I feel like we are going that direction. I imagine I reached out to Agopa and they allowed me to sample it. So Kenyans are now open. So sounds then in a photo size like old Kenyan sounds, like there's a bit I was listening to this morning and it is like you know that coastal sound called Chakacha. That sound being incorporated with Afro swing, hip-hop and drill. It can make some magic. I want to be that Kenyan Kanye West. Someone who's crazy. You want to sample a few tracks. Kenyan like CBT tracks. There's someone who say there's no fans. There's someone who say at this point you'll find that even maybe they sampled somewhere else and then you're sampling them. So people are now sampling samples. So there's nothing literally Nyau under the sun. So I feel like there's a sample to sample. And the invitation is so good. Like there's nothing new. It's true. At Chris Brown, I think Chris Brown will be able to sing later. He'll be able to sing later. He'll be able to sing later. Some writers want to listen to everything else. There's an album that has been released for the whole album. But the whole album was sung by Jamaicans only. If you listen to them today to the whole album you'll see that there's someone who doesn't know how to sing. There's someone who doesn't know how to tell how to sing. But the way I know who I am. There's a meeting that I agree. Especially in Kenya, I go to Bardo. I'm a minor and Brooklyn boys are the same. For example Khalif. He has a meeting that I agree with. We're going back to the day. There's a sample. But we're bringing out different. For me, I just called one of the guys there. And he just said as long as you're not using the lyrics and everything you are free to do it. Because his brother is one who is in charge of his intellectual property Batanangori. If you approach him well and tell them this is what we're doing. If Nyao Chambers gets to a million views that's the only time they can come to me and also be proud. When it comes to finances I'm normally open to paying them, even producers. Just to give people what they deserve. That actually makes sense. And of course in as much as you it's coming from a good place not everybody is going to perceive it that way. How do you perceive criticism especially when it comes to your music? For me, I believe I've been silencing every external pressure, external information because even those who are creative are creative. For me, I feel like someone's opinion does not have to control who I am as a creative because first of all everyone who has the gift as much as they are the audience and they are the one who pushes us but what I come to understand but die. Everyone in the world everybody like everyone every creative audience even the gods of the gods my best rapper and I'm like you can't please anyone you can't please everyone but at the end of the day in a authentic place there is no one who can understand me that's the real me. So I feel external pressure. I feel that's what's up. I think you need to be consistent in what you are coming here. I'm not using it as a laugh for sure. For people to believe in you you have to keep proving them wrong. I laugh when I follow Instagram on your freestyles weekly basis because social media has become something so good I say from Kitala Mombasa and they love what we do but Instagram I find I'm a real real fan I see you are active there right and speaking of that you mentioned that you've been performing at different venues which one can you say has been your favorite place to perform you just got on stage like this right and you shut it down I performed in Mombasa last October in a place it was late like it was just late for real? it was just late and the audience was just crazy I really feel like the audience is true it's like it's a real authentic fans of hip they are flying in my mouth they told me Mombasa is my second home really looking forward to going back there and you know you've been working on an EP my EP has been years in the making and right now I'm really proud of what's coming up I've just decided it's called Man on a Mission and it's just talking about my life in general how I see things how I hunger for success how I hunger for change and everything I'm really proud of it like basic lives and last year I lost my mom I want people to experience to hear how grief and healing in a sound from a creative point of view Man on a Mission is all about healing it's all about purpose it's all about becoming the best version of yourself so really looking forward my producer I want you to see Alex, Alex Weisper and K.O.Rile when is it coming? have you featured anyone we might know? yeah the first track apart from Trevor's Trevor Hotel definitely has to be on that one who else have you featured? I've not featured anyone else oh it's just you and Trevor so what's your relationship between you and Trevor how is that? actually Trevor is in a group already it's called Hotel but I feel like me and Trevor are two people who clicked and we are normally on the same mission if me and Trevor come and work I'll not call him to ask him about us he'll finish it so me and Penda was a BD and G2 Manga too we are here to a new song dropped with Trevor's call numbers he could not make it so this is the relationship we are in that's right and speaking of numbers that's actually where you're here you can launch the song officially maybe you can tell us a little bit about it before you perform for us because you're also a duo and you're probably going to be back after you launched the EP tell us about numbers so we were having a discussion with Trevor before elections and I remember during that election period everyone was looking at the politician to win and then also Instagram numbers everyone is obsessed with numbers we were being told by the previous government that the government loses 2 billion a day and we say numbers roughly 2 billion is a dog it's a mob so we normally underestimate the power of numbers and highlight to the current place of society and we are obsessed with numbers and we are just having a conversation about it my verse is just talking about account balance is zero who is the one who reveals real people when your account balance is zero numbers how is the one who reveals real people so like the true self is normally shown the moment you are at the peak the people who are the ones who say there are numbers and discipline they say for a man to give him money if you want to see the true character of a man if they don't pay numbers that's amazing and maybe you can just remind us of your socials where people can find you you will check me out everywhere Ranja Mistari talk to me and music music, Spotify everywhere Ranja Mistari thank you so much unless you have anyone you want to shout out I met with a fellow famous she is called Tulia today I was just telling her I am going to Y244 and she said oh big me up so Tulia and HR messenger thank you for always pushing me supporting me and the love that you give me that's awesome he goes by Ranja Mistari I hope you guys go support him on all his socials so we play his latest song Numbers featuring Trevor Hotel but they are proud to travel awesome let's go