 Asde, I'm your host with the most Michelle Ashera across all my social media platform kumewa kuhuku. DJ Rajit is not in the building, but I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor, he's the messenger. Clearly, so DJ Ellie, okay, welcome to Ashita Kipupasde, Umewa Kili Shambaya. Pale on our Facebook page watu anasema komba, the show is actually going on quite very good. Now comments, requests, what has it come kwa, DJ Rani? DJ, I am DJ. I am DJ Ellie, so we'll still have a conversation with him as, okay, just a minute. We give him the mic, had you introduced this, we'll receive you. Okay, there you go. DJ Ellie, ambe watu mtandao nwa kupatawapi? Instagram na Twitter, I am DJ Ellie. Okay. Instagram na Twitter, I am DJ Ellie. So, Leon touches a bit of trap-trap. Oh, nice. So, basically watu anasema komba na apia, watu mtandao nwa request is a hip-hop song they want to listen to. Okay, so you got it, guys. So all you have to do is send in your requests, comments, and then DJ Ellie got you, right? So we are in another session of an interview. So, guest today, he's the first actually artist that I've met who goes by his real name's Pa, identification, Max Mwangi. Dripiko Fain. Thank you so much. Miwakilisha kabisa. Okay, so you're a rare one. Most of the other artists that I've come across, they always come up with a name for their platform as an artist. So why Max Mwangi? Actually, I had a name Alia, but I didn't feel like it identified with me. Why? Because I wanted to just be me. Okay. This music or the art that I'm doing, I wanted to identify with me. So that's why I just chose to just go by my real name. Okay. And I've actually like moved along with it for some time and it's really working out. Oh, great. So you come to again, Miwakilisha mtagani? I'm from Buru, Sides, but now I stay in Tikka because of school I study in Mount Kenyo University. So I reside in Sides, Tikka, but at times I do go home to see my parents and everything in family. So parents from Achikuleja is doing shule plus music. How is the balance? You can be able to balance school and music? I think it's just about how you prioritize everything because at the same time as I'm doing music, I still believe that school is very important because we are going to school to get this knowledge. So if this knowledge has an impact that is needed at a later date in life. So that is why I chose to just balance it of maybe create time, have a schedule. If it's class, I go to class. If it's music, I create time for music because we all have time. We are given 24 hours and it's how you usually like utilize the time. Oh, so why are you studying Burkini? I'm doing journalism. Oh, so clearly if you were not there, I would say this would be here. Yeah, so I chose to do a field that is more connected to media and mass communication. All right, so so far so good. So where did the love of hip-hop music come from? I think since I was young, I just loved listening to hip-hop. I think Juicy J, when he was coming up he inspired me to just start writing because he came up with a new style to hip-hop. Even if you listen to his earlier songs, his beats were different from him. So he inspired me to just start writing and just come up with this music. And yeah, I've just been doing music ever since. All right, so most of your songs are from messenger to, for message, no, not message, what's up with me, still the message, are from your first single, which is Genesis. Yes, from Genesis to ska. And then now we have an agenda that we are actually here to promote. So I've seen most of these songs are published in a period, in a time period of one year. So was it intentional whereby you were working? Actually, what happened was I used to just write music. I never got a chance to hit the studio. So I just met up with a friend of mine who was in the same school, shout out to was Joseph, he was my schoolmate. So he hit me up and told me like, bro, I've had like you're doing music because I used to perform in some gigs and everything, but I never hit the studio. So he hit me up and told me like, yo, come to the studio, you can do something. So from 2019 January, that's when we met up with him and he just started working and just releasing and so far I just want to just say like he's been one of the people who's had like an impact on my life because he's taught me a lot in music. I thought like I knew a lot, but he has shown me like a new whole world in music and I'm really grateful for everything he has done for me. Absolutely. So let me take you back. You mentioned an artist known as Juice and a couple, we have the same, when you talk about Juice, his music has always been, he was very much open about mental health. We have an excess tendency on, then you have also Lila Lead Pimp. So all these artists have been very much open about their mental health situation. We have lost a couple of artists, Juice World, just through overdose. So depression is real from artists because there is a public image you have to pull out there. Then it can take an emotional turmoil on you and being an artist, you get the label of celebrity and you feel the need to keep up with social media and what people expect from you. So, so far have you felt the need to just, you know, put an image that is not of you? No, me honestly, if you look at my work, I honestly try to just have to speak like a certain message to the people. That's why I don't even like release music on a constant because I like to tell, I tend to just chill, look at what is happening, just try and analyze everything that is happening and just try and relate the people who are listening to me and my music. So I think depression is real in the industry. I think there is so much pressure, but now how you take this pressure as an artist is what determines how you succeed. Me, I usually take, tend to take this pressure as positive because as, let me be honest, when 2020 started, I felt like I needed to do more, but at the same time I told myself, let me just maintain my flow because if something is meant for you, it will be for you eventually. Yeah, so that is why I just feel like if, yeah, you might be depressed, but I usually tend to take this as a positive like aspect to me, just something to motivate me and keep pushing on, yeah. Okay, DJ Eli, kwa industry in you as a DJ and you tell us what 33 bits. Yes, okay. Okay, so in your industry, do you guys face, what are some of the pressure that you guys go through in order to just create a name for yourself out here? Struggle, no connection, yeah. Networking. Yeah, networking. Alright, so everything, so the most important thing is just be authentic to yourself. Yeah, and keep pushing. Future DJs or current DJs who are still in the process of creating a name for yourself, just go there, push yourself and put yourself out there and be authentic. So let's go on to publishing most of your jumps, 2019, right? Yeah. And there are a couple from, I think four of them, if I'm not wrong, so you're doing a good job clearly. So what are the some of the mistakes that you've done as an artist who's coming up that you feel like you can tell someone out there watching that if you do this and this, then it's not going to work for you, if you do this and this, it's actually going to work for you. For me, I think the biggest mistake is when you listen to, you know people will always tell you like, okay, what's the name? What's the name? That is what I received when I started music. I started writing around 2015, 2016. I received a lot of criticism and it may be like to hold back and just try and reconsider the options. But I felt like this comments or everything that has been told to me, this is just people's opinion, it's not me. And I have a purpose for this. That is why I just shot back and decided to just get back to what I was doing. Because honestly, I did feel like why there's so much that is happening. I don't know if I'll make it. So there's that doubt you get. Even people will tell you like, yo, this industry is not easy, but it comes back to why you're doing it. Me for me, I do music because for me, I love music. It's something which is part of me. It's helped me to just overcome some. Yeah, where the expansion came from. So even if I say that I need to build to a certain level that I can be able to even help others. So I just want to tell people, yeah, just be true to yourself, just be authentic and just be authentic. And you see, like, these people are releasing music, these people are doing a lot. Just stick to your lane. Stick to your lane because everything is just going to happen at this right time. Okay. What is the one thing that will change about the hip-hop music scene that we have right now in Kenya? For me, I think if we got a chance, like, you see, there's been a revolution of Gangaton, of Play K. But I think we haven't quite tapped into hip-hop. Yeah, we are saying Play K. I'm not, by the way, I'm a huge fan of Kenyan music. I listen to Gangaton. We play Kenyan music. Yeah, a lot. But we haven't looked into hip-hop. We are saying Play K. But let's give also a chance to the hip-hop artists because I believe there's so much talent out here which is not even tapped. So as much as we are saying, let's Play K. music, I feel like at some point we haven't quite tapped into the hip-hop industry as much as we are playing Kenyan music. That is one thing I will ask to be looked into. Okay, so the most looked up to artists in Kenya, there are a couple of them when it comes to the hip-hop music sale. So which artists would you like to collaborate with? For me, I think I love Steph Capella. He's one of my favorites. I also love Kata Pela. He worked with Kaligraf on Kalikatel. I would love to work with him and also Kaligraf Jones. He's the main guy. On that scene, still on that point of the artist you'd like to work with. So I'm going to ask you a question that we're actually even asking our viewers which hip-hop artists do you feel will kill a show in Kenya. To make a picture, a poster on our Facebook page that is Y254 Channel and those are just artists who are representing the culture like Dr. Dre and Ice Cube but those are just images that represent the culture you can tell us any artist that you feel that if they come in Kenya on a particular show they would just kill it. So I feel like if there was a young tag and Ghana, some wives a little baby I think they would kill a show. I think they would kill a show in Kenya. Generation. Oh, why? So let's finalize by the reason where you're here. We have looked into most of your songs and the kind song is Standstorms which is actually doing well on social media on your YouTube channel. So tell us about the vision behind Standstorms. It was part of an EP I did. It has five songs. It's out on Mok by the way. You can get it only at 99 Bob. It has five songs. So I just wanted to just vibe to the culture, street. If you've watched the visuals go and check out the visuals on YouTube. It has the street fashion and everything. So I tried to vibe with the street fashion and culture. So that was the theme that I had with also releasing the visuals at the same time. So probably at this particular is that the right time to tell people Palingubani where they can find you on your social media accounts plus also any events coming up and any kind of what's the word? I'm looking for what you have to follow in Tandaoni. So on social media you can find me at Max Mwangi Max Mwangi Instagram Max Mwangi and everything. So next Wednesday I'm having like a live session. I'll be doing a live session. You can catch it will be just in school in MKU. We'll hold our live session with some really amazing talent that I found and I would like to even show people like what they can do. So I'll be holding a live session on Wednesday from 4. On Wednesday from 4 you can catch that on my... Guys from outside can come? Yeah, you can just come if you feel like you can join us. Any entry fee? No, it's free. So you can join us at MKU we'll be holding a live session we just share music if you think you can if you know or you think you can just sing or do anything musical. Or even enjoy music. Yeah, just come and even chill with us share and talk about everything. It will be on Wednesday and at 4 so you can just join us and just have a good time. Yeah. Okay. So all the way from 33 beats DJ Ali Watuwata Rajenini says a foam here before Max performed his jam, Sandstorm. So Watuwata Rajenini Nziki Tam but we touch our old school Moja Kidoga. Okay, so old school also coming up so make sure you send in your requests right now you're heading to your comments remember you can follow us across our social media platform that is at Y254 channel now on our Facebook page we have our question there which is which hip-hop artist do you think will killer show in Kenya? Which hip-hop artist do you think will killer show in Kenya? So the pictures there just representing the hip-hop culture from Snoop Dogg to 50 Cent Dr. J we have Eminem and Ice Cubes director do we have comments? Meanwhile we can check them from here we have one Misifa Babatov Gordia Asema the best rapper alive and the only one at Eminem okay, he can get people to pay $500 that's approximately 50k to see him play for me lose yourself by him going out to all your hashtag 22 represented wajakiwe massive then we have one Nguru Kihuruiro wow Yujin Aikosa we have Brick Rose T.I. Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled so Nguru ya kona couple of them then kuna mungiha ito Samyang oh we have them here so we have Samyang Anasema future featuring Drake life is good it come through please then we have another one from Forra Forra ito eminema kujutu sana then kuna Anthony Zinwa Huruma anasema Shoeikolit Mbaia DJ Elia Kofain mimi anichize Yesbana Pkeake bai nananda O.G. kuna fraka saiza anasema mob think ana comment on the music then we have MC Franklin anasema Gucci Men and then Can Kill the Show locked for mumias aka California nanu mungiha ito kuna gambos anasema gambos fredi anasema migos alafu niwa nwa tumiha my hip-hop nichize doi me drop link up uti tanga liya kuna Samyang anasema Drake Can Kill the Show tuning from Dandora so the show is lit we have another max anasema max anitomax mirungu anasema where DJ wacha kushu kushu shio niwa where inki kuyu shushu nyo okay we are not going to say that on live TV hell no hebunichize Godzilla by Eminem and stop playing this kitambo jumps niwi ni team millennial ni sawa lakini uti tofikiri tanga liya mani nwa iako then kuna mingina nai ito combos fredi ametuma link uti tanga liya another one for Mansub Mansub Elmango anasema Shady na aftermath 50 Cent na dr na dr Dre ito jaza studies kumoji Johnny Johnny Vigeti I DROP okay he has mentioned a couple then we have Adolf Mawa no one can speed shit like M okay we are not supposed to say that but it's okay like Eminem Eminem is the OG all the way so Adolf Anand and Eminem okay see if it was gonna come through we have CWM tapeli muhengam somali wa that's a sentence it's gonna mose you should hear and host DTS gang igang pomoja na era era why mafia wanna revolutionize trade okay we will look for them we will host them wana ito DTS gang so ata futa dankana na na dr so guys and the linux send all of your comments and requests to djle when it comes to music and you can tell us which artist you feel that Aki Kujakenya will just murder the show so ata michela shirezo you can find me across on my social media platform and now tuna chia max mwange this is the hour whereby you performed his new single known as sandstorm sandstorm so make sure you follow max mwange across his social media platform and this is our DJ we are ready okay so here we go