 Welcome back to Why In The Morning as I said earlier today is entrepreneurship Tuesday and today is that day that we talk about legal tenders and my first guest of the day found a way through those struggles, she found a way through the music and art and she goes by the name Mimo and she's from Nakuru County originally but now practices her craft in Nairobi, Karibu Sana Mimo. Thank you Sana. Namu. Yes, Niza, introduce yourself on camera for. Naito mima Shafi, nami mi name Sunny, nikiwa Niko Nakuru. Singin is my territory. Singin is your home court, singing is your passion. It's my passion. Alright, you didn't start doing gospel music. Sorry? You didn't start by doing gospel music. No, no, no, no, no. Sikuwanza kuwa kufanya gospel music. It's bina Jani, Tulian Zambali. Na, you know, this, this sukimaliza shule primary egg and then form four. You know, as Sayovenim Toto, kuna itraji amza ziwa kwa kupileke shule nani, nani, nani. And it's not reason, na kwa aga expectation ze tu kama wa Toto. Lakeni, wajua wengi, singin wa apati yo forza. Onapata kusababia sababu nyingi lada mza ziha na pesa amasa mene reasons. Ya penda college, because that's what we believe should be done. Sasa mimi nika, anadyo kuna hila tulitu beliefs tu dogo, henda college, computer, ni ni tu ma... Right after form four. Right after form four. So ni kafanya yo yote alafo nili fika hile pointe nye. Mamangu, ndame tulia alafu hana. Hana pesa sayo, ya kuna hile time. V2 2 zi ko venye ziku. So mimi nika juliza nita fanya ni nisa saksababu. Mimi na penda kwa na bidi. I love pushing myself and I believe, except my mom made me funza evo. Like jitu me usitu, kubali kutumika vibhaya na nini. Izo vitu ajuwa zi nengia kwa subconscious mind. So you find yourself practicing them. Some time even without knowing. Ya, without knowing. Nikiwa shule mumbasa, kuna atuwa na kujiwa fanya ma set books sana sana, ya Milestones Starling Theatre. Nili kwa na penda sana, especially when they are on stage, Maya they are like, oh I like what these people are doing. So waka tuo me maliza used to interact with them sana, sana. And then one day when nili ppomaliza shule, kwa kikujiwa soji atuwa kwa shule ni. So nili ppomaliza fomfo, like li tu ni kijuliza nita fanya ni ni. Ya mamuwa ya kani pegiya. Ya kani ambiya hei nili ono nisha interest na mamuwa na acting sana, because apart from singing, I love acting too. So a kani pegiya simu na nika, maho thank you God, what an opportunity on earth. Nani kenda nika fanya hile acting for 2 years. Nani nene 2 years up or roughly, alafu kido gani kachoka. Nani na jwa nili kwa tu me nasomia, mamuwa sana nika maliza tukahama tukenda na kuru. So from na kuru nika pujana Nairobi did the acting. Nani nene. Nani kachoka nika kenda na kuru again. Nani na apu sasani kanzaku jing. So kwa usani. At this time nili kwa na kujana Nairobi, ulikuja kwa nani? Nili kuja nili hostiwa na my friends. Wini nili kwa na wajua. Na jwa wana nili juan. Ata wini wani ita wali, nili wali zailo suali, kakugiapo, hostiwa langi nita lalawa pujama, nintakulawa, niki na kashina nini na kana nini naki na na dungwori. Asgit unde nini lasto. So you take the risk. Somtimi wu yu hangi, pone endaji yo kupakatisha, kenda na jwa hostiwa me when we did the acting and we did Ya. We did the hassle. How old were you back then? Ah! I was around 22. 22. So uliku na act kwa vitu kamagani apana yu rootin. A set books? We were also formed in a milestone style theatre, where we performed at colleges, primaries, and high schools. And that paid your bills at that time? At what points did you fall in love with the music? First of all I used to love music so much, I had gone to school. And when I opened it, I was at school. k warmba Lekini ona yo yo uja jidiskava, kusimu piyina maali umile lewa piya Auna ille bahatia Upiwa katitoka dogu Mzaziyana discover, ehi think, ane za act Ojiwa kunatu wokuwa na bahati iwanarezu kwa ya Bqu yo kulinga ana background umetoka na mashida na mashida mga Ata ono yi ni nini ume ke ache ui o ni wununa mashida sai But with that discovery Na yolo Nkandji discover tu na penda k warmba Ya. Aftaye kwa mba inu kana kumini na kwa mba tuko background behind the scene. And then with time nili poryudi nakuru kwa ingiwa kuha theatre, nikiwa kwa mba bands, ni ni ni ni. And karaoke and right now, I am here after all the story. All the story. You have hosted karaoke. You have been part of a band you have acted before. At what point did you record your first song? nilifanya fasongi hangu nakuru na producer na hitwa Diko. Actually he's the same producer I'm working with right now. Sababu someone alini skia one day. Sayobadu na jitafuta na siguma production so na takaku jua, where do I record my fasongi? So jamaflani apu akakujal, kwa hitwa Teulia, I remember him very well. Ika na piya, mahan assiste aning suailio, assiste mahan okosa wewe, na sama nandana na kitwe wewe, aka na pili kakwa Diko, na kuru sasa na kuru wewe. Sasa kuni pili kakwa producer na skia, we did our first song hitwa Don't Bother Me. So he lukwani jia kasturi kaflani ya, so I kaflani ya he understood my first song. That was your first song? Don't Bother Me was it at all? Don't Bother Me. Is it on YouTube? Mm-mm, in fact of all the songs I did, biko suju kusababu niju niya kwanza, he on doi niya ikwagi YouTube. Iso zingine ziko too? Iso zingine ziko. So we can see your past on YouTube. We can see the songs that you used to do before. Kweli, kweli. So Diko, shout out to Diko first. Shout out to producer Diko and it was Stanfordbeats.com. It's a very dope producer production in Nakuru. It's doing quite well. Okay, so you recorded secular music first, you were hosting karaoke at the same time, and then at what point kona eh, imaisha ni fae, asha ni indale? Onaji wa mimi usema, maisha ni safari, na, I would like to encourage everyone when you are in Niskeza, ini safari na usi give up, harakasana, kusababu safari zetu, see you same. Kilam trokona paktiake. Kuna paka na paktiake, mi na tokana enda gilgil, mi na tokana enda na iwasha, mi na dubai, mombasa, I would just be at the same time. So let us appreciate people and whatever, and a la jua. Respect the process. Respect them and una jua ni kwa palina nafanya muziki, nika fail nao, nika jinkza, una jua ili hasu, nima toka acting, jo iyesha ni boki dogo, ya, sise mi ili kubuwa ekavi, baya ni ili tu na fail, una kikuna tafutai, beroja kipata. Nika na tafutai, na, I am searching for something that will make me now have the peace. So nika ingia, after acting, kia ingia sasa kwa karei oki, sababu, you know, you need to hasu, na jua maisha sasa, ina tupele kambiyobanas, 21st century. Konza it's not favourable for the youth. So na moji tumi, you have to create the right attitude, like I gotta do this. So nika ingia kwa karei oki, na nika fanya for the longest time, infat karei oki, nili fanya sasa for the longest time, na nikiwa pale kwa karei oki, ekafi katu mahali sasa nika skia, nime choka. Sasa nika una shangani, nini na shinda menei chokiesha, uni nini una tafutabas. You can't seem to settle on something. Nika kila kila, niki fanya niki fanya narao moja, so somebody will think, hei, ana penda kazi ake sana hi, but you never know what we go through. So nika fika mahali menei nika, nika fanya karei oki nika choka, and again a hard person on fight. So nika fika mahali... Within yourself? Yeah, within myself. Ndo, nika fika mahali nika anza kuji kufukunika, I think ni mungu na tafutabas. And you found him. Tunakwe Nwa is your first gospel song. We can see the video on screen right there. Yes. That's a beautiful shot. Uli shuti hapii video. Uli shuti hapii na kuru. Ukunu mapii? Ile wengu na yon na pali. Ie ni Igaton Castle. Oh, Igaton Castle. Yeah, it's a very good. I've heard so many stories about Igaton Castle. Yeah, shot by G Flash Pictures. Ie ni videographer moja pia. Ana fanya mamvomzuri sana. Naka vizuri sana pia kwenye video na kwaana. Who dressed you in the video? Oh, myself? Oh my God, but the make-up ii fanya namustiana itwa Anji. Yeah, Tai Boke. He's a very good... So tukuna video apa, I see the head drop is something that you do? No, I didn't do it myself. Ile fanya namustiana itwa Ruby. You know, it's good to give credit, but the dressing na nene idea. I wanted to look something, you know, kitu murefu... Something royal. Something royal. Yeah. All right, so head drop is your style like ini? Yeah, I love covering my head. It's something about, you know, puna wisi lam pia kido. My dad used to be a Muslim. So it's just something, adaptations and stuff. It's just adaptation. I liked it. I like the style. I like the sound. You'll be getting a taste of the sound yourself as the Y in the morning family right here. If you happen to love the song, keep requesting it on Y254 channel, on Twitter Y254, and asko channel on Instagram. Y254 on Facebook. So we can have it on rotation. Be blessed by this song. As a lady in the industry, what are some of the challenges that you're going through? Because I've met a lot of ladies on this particular seat that you are on right now. And they tell me all different kinds of things that ladies go through in the music industry. What are some of the challenges you've seen yourself? Yeah, challenges are there. They will never end. It just depends on how you handle them. They will still come. And una jua, being a lady is not being a man. Those are two different things. We are different. We need to accept that. A kuna gai zi tus na chachananga for the what a man can do. Nene, nene, nene, chachane to ni sawa, but you mine are special in your own ways. And women are special in their own ways. We can never be the same. In fact, if we all knew our values, kuna gai katuna zi kumpea kumpea. God akutumba same. Ali wumbata foutuna. So me being a lady, ah, challenges ziko. Lakin ni, how do you face them? I mean, nuna kuna sama, you have to create the right attitude na ujueni ni nene una taka. Because billa evo, you find yourself engaging yourself in so many things. Like mimi nili kanika sama, kachane ni ni too many things. Ni patitu coins. Siba bu, you know, if you don't have the cash and this is a cash, a world, eh? Kapitalist. Kwa taku labda manzok utaftahela na nandjia zingi ni labda tazim pendezi mungu. So challenges ziko, like, you know, onanyu hawa na ume, ni wale wale tuja mani, watakuja uta mwa mani, you'll be problem in heaven, you'll be told, lakin ni, just I'm saying, how do you handle those things? Kwa mimi personally. Right, that is something I've been told on the same seat, that these men, all right, men try to take advantage of ladies in the industry, it happens. Not all. In fact, when we say men, msi skia vibamu feel, oh, now they all try to kakuru all me. It's the same story. No, no, no, no, no. Kuna wana ume wazuri, na kuna wale, nesne tia wana adab. Kuna wana adab, na wana juwa, hawa na adab. So, wana jujuwa, so when they do, what they do mostly, ni kukuja kuangaliya, achen ni jaribu paale, kai na weza maiwezi. Suso ni wewa kukuja umona shibus, aywezi, ebu. Ebu tembea. Tembea. So that is the word of advice you can give to the ladies while watching you right now. Please. Just you have something in you. Go dali kumapakakupia papas. It may take time, kutafta papasi ako, lakin you have something. So to see, to see fanya mamu aya jabu aya jabu. Yes. Respect yourself. Yeah, big up man. Thank you. Yes, your social media handles as we wrap up. Yeah. Mima Shafi. Mima Shafi correct spelling. Kaliya tukule. Yes, Mima Shafi correct spelling should be M-I-M-A-H-S-H-A-F-I-E. Yeah, same. Kwa Twitter, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, okengia pale, ukesach utapata daza. Ok, check it. Thank you very much for coming through, Mima. We appreciate you. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm looking forward to seeing you here again. Ah, that's really good. Ok, drop mga mani gini. Ah, sante, kunayo inapuja. Yeah, like I said, this is my first gospel song. It's been a story. And nili kwa nashanga komaishangu na tafuta nini, but nili kwa na tafuta mungu. And now I have him and I feel, oh God, I'm okay, thank God. So this is the Christmas season. Yes. As you know. And mwa mbiawa geniwangu during this particular time, wa wish the Waianamuani family a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Since you're saying you can combine the two, wa imbiek a Christmas carol as we line up the song. Oh my God. So I want to wish each and everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Please celebrate wisely and share. Yes, please share anything you have. You can share with the poor. You can share. Amu atus mwa jatapelika mungu na ukonam cheli kilot. Gunia saba kwa watu ambo hawa na kitu. So merry Christmas and we wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you. Wao we mo. That's amazing. You sound amazing. Let's listen to tuna kwa inwa, but me mo shafi. Thank you. Head straight to our YouTube channel. Like, subscribe, share. If you happen to love this song, keep requesting it. On Y254 channel on Twitter, Y254 underscore channel on Instagram and Y254 on Facebook. Hashtag iswa in the morning. Mimu shafi tuna kwa inwa. Enjoy.