 We have our artist in the building, he goes by the name Gobi and he'll be telling us about himself, his music career and he's super, super talented and what he has in so for us today and in the future. Welcome to the studio. Thank you, thank you. How are you? I'm good, I'm good. Hey, su chagam keki doba. Niko poa, niko poa. Because you were here after we were introduced. What happened? Niko poa. Okay, so kindly introduce yourself to our fans. Yeah, my name is Gobi. I'm an Afrofusion artist. Yeah, I fuse my music with vernacular music from my home in Samia. I'm from Samia by the Samines in Busea County. Okay. So I mix your vernacular sound with my music. Alright. So it makes it in Afrofusion. Afrofusion. Okay, so how has been the music, your journey in the music industry? Your hives, your lows. So far so good, but the challenges I had to face in the process. Yeah. Kama obviously the promotion of my music was hard, but it pushed me. It pushed you. Okay. Okay. So Ulian's music career, or rather at some point you were in a group. Yeah, I was in a group. So tell us a bit about that and how did you decide to go solo? When I was in high school with my best friend Anitwa Vega. So I went to Jita Veskobu. I went to Jita Veskobu. So like the distance, Bado I was back home in Busea. So I came to Nairobi. So your distance at Wiziwakuna. I love music. I came to music. See, it's a music obviously. I agree. I agree. I agree. And you were too mutual. There was bad blood. Yeah, there was bad blood. Yeah, bad blood. Yeah, bad blood ended up in music. Yeah, it ended up in music. Okay. All right. So there was a name Ulkuna Jita Kitambu. It's so catchy. When you changed, you could decide that. So Ulkuna Jita Skubi Skubi. Yeah, Skubi Skubi. So Mbono could decide that. You need to do, did you ulkuna rebrand or something like that? Yeah, ulkuna rebrand. A lot of Bado people feel you Jina Skubi Skubi represent music. They kind of music that I'm doing right now. Yeah. Nili filios Skubi Skubi represent. Like ni katagatuni tumi real, my real name Gobi. Yeah. Of which na filina represent piya musici nyanafanya. Yeah. When I was listening to your songs, I noticed something similar kwa musici ako. Yeah. Like Zote is correlated about mapensi. Yeah, yeah. Like there's somewhere in there malikuna love thrown, whether it's in positive light, kwaida challenges a love, but is it intentional? Yeah, it's intentional. Kwaiz, I really feel like love ni kitu ni universal love iko kila mahali. Na people like love songs, love songs ni songs ni kila mtu aneza relate na yo. Yeah. Mtum dogo, mtum kubua. Yeah. Yeah, I think love is something that is relatable kwa all ages. Everyone. Na na taka musici aungu kwa like, na na taka musici aungu kwa listen to with everyone. With everyone. Mtu aungu kwa. Is that something that unaintened kwainda kupustru na yo to your other projects? Kus when artist start out wakupanya assatin, kind of song mi bialia nziya na musici aki teseka, a kinda aka patampenzi, aka patampenzi, aka patampenzi na kawmoka na he's doing dance songs, inenda nga nafesis, but intention niya kwa is it kufanya love songs all through? Yeah, love songs na piya, si love songs peki ake. Piya, I think ni kono has so a lot of songs ze ni mandika, si piya love ni about things that are happening in the society or daily, ni witu zina happen daily kwa society. Ni I think mixture of love na witu zina happen daily kwa society. Are these things coming from personal experiences or my experiences about when you are close na ewe? Personal, zingini, personal zingini, you have to work around me. Za mapenzi ni personal? Ya zingini, zingini, what work around me mi. So ni ga nili kwa very personal kwa kwa from some of the songs that you've written? Personal ni kwa ma de nipe pombesong. I remember I was in high school, so you know everyone has that one person. Ya nili kwa crash na I was like same, nili kwa na gupa kumu approach. So I was just like, ni kikunya pombesong na kwa gana yo. So I just decided to write a song about it. Nipe pombesong, nipe kata yo. Ok, uli endika, uli endika song. Uli kunya pombesong? Ya, kunya pombesong, I don't even drink. You don't even drink? Did you tell her eventually that you had a crash on her? Ya, I told her. How was the response? The feeling is so... The feeling is so... What are crashes? That is my motto. Ya, by the way, ya, ya, ya. Crash abakia kwa crash. True story. Kus unendanga, yani expectations i kwa apa? Zina shuki shua. Gangsta points zina shuka. So tell us a bit about your most recent track, Mapanziu Laya. Ya, Mapanziu Laya is an inspiration from my friend. Ya, like, she was like, ali kwa ame kwa had broken sauna to a point that she doesn't believe in love anymore. So she was telling me how ame pigwa ma character development here and there. So pia ni kwa decide dukwa ni kwa ngoma. Ya. Ya. And I played it to her, she was like, wao, isong ni poa, isong ni poa, lakinu sijari buku ni tagia. Si seme ni mimit. Ya. Si ange kwa viksel basi. Amo tu ange jua ni halikwana imiwa. Ange jua. Ange jua. Ange jua story ilkwa ya. Ako ni ataka kuchoma. How was the reception of that song? The reception, so far so good. Ya, reception i kwa poa. Waise onapenda hi usong. Ya. Na people pia wa na, what wanna relate now is something that inna happen. Ya. What when you relate na love, that song schools, most of the people ume piti heartbreak, ukona crash maali, ume, I don't know, so much, it's so much. Ya. So what is in store for Gobi? Gobi, ya. Album, EP, collabos. Si ni single skwanza, alba mi taku jitu badae, kama ni me brandi me grow kiasi. Ya. Like ni say ni singles, mo music tu kamju, have a lot of recorded projects zene bado sija release. Ya. Na bado ni kona nguwa. More love songs? More love songs and more goma tu vitu zina happen kwa society. Ya. Okay. Alright. So kindly share your social media handles. Ma liwatoneza pata ma pendulaya, nipe pombe and the other songs. Ya. So YouTube ni Gobi, Gobi I, Instagram gobi.gram, Gobi I, Twitter, Gobi from SMA, TikTok, Gobi. Ya. Okay. So um, Vlumeske we had a question today for our audience and we were asking them, is karma a real thing ama ni superstition tu? Do you believe in karma yourself? Ya, I believe in karma. You do? Ya, I believe in karma. Why? I think ya, woneza fanyam tu kitu leo maybe something bad obviously. Ya. Lagini, it will take at maybe 2 years. The same thing maybe takuhapenia. Lagini uta notice. Outa notice. Oh, ikitu me ni hapenia. Nisha i fanyam tu mngine. Ya. Wola jwa tu, ah ni kitu tu ni unfortunate ni ni ni ni. Lagini, wuki fiki ria visuri, okitu maybe woli fanyam tu mngine. So fanyam tu mngine ma. Ya. Ok, alright. So thank you so much for coming through. Any shoutouts you have? For people in Busia here? Shoutout to my team, my editor, and our coach, my manager, all my supportive friends. Ya. Alright. Thank you so much for coming through Gobi. Thank you, thank you for having me. We wish you all the best in your music. Thank you. So right about now, we'll have, let's listen to Ma Penzi Ulaia by Gobi. Very talented.