 Good morning everybody. My name is Joy Machache. Welcome back to Social Friday. This is Y254 channel and once again remember you can reach me on Joy underscore Machache. Excuse me. Remember on Facebook you can reach out and also tell us what you think of the beautiful ladies we're gonna have on stage today. On Facebook that is Y254 channel. On YouTube that is Y254 underscore channel. And on Instagram that is the same same name. And so jumping right in today we have video vixens up on our stage man. As in the beauty is just too much. You should just see it's confusing. How many are you Kalyu? I wish you the best of luck. Goals. Goals. And so let me introduce our beautiful ladies that we have on stage today. We have Jojo Mleika in the beautiful pink dress. And we also have Gilda's Akunga. And lastly but now final we have Nancy Kibanga. Welcome ladies. Karibuni. Feel free be comfortable. And so today we're just gonna have a discussion. Girls talk discussion where we get to know what you do. How you do it. And if you would advise someone else to also take it down as something that they can get some money out of. So just jumping in. Nacha and you I've looked at some of your work. You've done one video and then you you disappeared. I've done a couple but I guess I only posted one. Okay you only posted one. How come? You want us to see all the just your choice yeah. Okay Gilda's I hear that you're a newcomer into this. Yes I am. Just started off. How long you done it for? Actually it's a month now. A month. How are you feeling about it? Okay I'm nervous though I'm excited. Because I'm venturing into the world. Yeah. And I'm trying something new. Something that I've been dreaming of doing sometime back. Okay so I'd also like to hear from you. I know you're a veteran. Okay hi guys. I've done a couple of videos. Those are upcoming artists. I've also done a new one. It's Toto. So I'm a vixen in the video. Okay yeah. And so before we go further please let guys know where they can find you on social media. We'll start with you and then we'll go down this way. On Instagram you can find me by Jujum Lekha. Jujum Lekha Instagram and also Facebook still using Jujum Lekha. On Instagram Gilda's Dimis on Facebook. You can find me at Gilda's Akunga. You can find me on Instagram at Nancy. Oh sorry Kabinga JR and the same on Facebook Kabinga JR. Now being a video vixen I know there are a lot of ladies and you know this is a youth channel. A lot of ladies are looking up to you guys and also thinking that they'd like to venture into this. You know we all watch music videos. We all love music. So sometimes we'll watch you know now like the way you guys are beautiful. The way you're doing your thing. The way you're dancing. The way you're owning the camera. What would you advise let's say for someone who is interested. Let's say especially youth people would like to get into video vixen work. What's the first step that we take. Anyone can jump right in. If you feel like you have something to add don't get there too. Can I discuss. I think first of all you should work on your looks. Like looks you rebrand yourself. If it's your page Instagram make it like attractive. So that's where people get you. That's where people find you. They can look at you. Is this familiar to you. That was really Ketambo. Ketambo. Yeah. Oh okay. That was actually the first big video I did and still my fave. So if you want to get into this I think first you should also like get a management or something or a manager. Make it a profession because it's not easy if you're working alone. Okay. And I put the mic up close when you're speaking. So let me move along. You guys have to ask video vixen work looks really glamorous. Yeah. And anyone who is watching they want to be a part of it. Yeah. So I just have to ask what are some of the things that make you nervous to go on set. Are there things before you go and set to do your thing. Are there things when I figure out like oh man. I don't like doing ABCD. I don't like doing this particular kind of dance. Anything of the sort that makes you think twice. Feel free. Okay. It all depends with the role. You can be a backstage dancer. You can be the main vixen. So at some point this the way you're supposed to dress and you might find it not really comfortable because they'll require you to look sexy. Too sexy if you're the main vixen. Okay. Yeah. And on the screen right now maybe you can. I mean I'm in a barbershop. Okay. It's a brown checked. Okay. Yeah. Oh this is you. Yeah. Oh my gosh. That confidence on camera. I don't think I could. I really admire that. I really do. You guys are good dancers. So now let me ask you. I hear you're also a nurse. Actually I know you're a nurse and you're doing it full time. You're actually a certified nurse. Yes. Yeah. So this is something that you're doing. Kando Kando on the side. Is it a hobby or what is music. What is video vixen to you. Being a video vixen. Okay. At first dancing is a hobby. But in a world of today you can earn by being a dancer. So through the support of family and friends I was able to identify some potential. So when I first did my first video that's when I got the confidence and being a nurse it's not really an easy task because it requires 24 seven cooperation. So you have to find time in between. So you have to be easy to reach so that you can get good connections with the artist. So I'm really working on my schedule. You're working on that. Yeah. So at least I find time once in a while. Yeah. So in moving on to Gildes what do you do apart from being a video vixen. I'm a student. You're a student. Where at. At the University of Nairobi. Okay. Can I ask what you study. Yeah. I'm taking a Bachelor of Degree in Political Science. Political Science. And Performing Arts. And Performing Arts. Yeah. It's going to be our politician one day. We're rooting for you. I wish you the best of luck. Thank you. And our beautiful lady Nancy Kibanga please tell us. Are you venturing into something else apart from dancing at the moment. Yeah. I'm a student too. Okay. It's more. It's Management University of Africa. I'm doing project management. And I sell hair too. And I do makeup sometimes. Okay. You do make up. Yeah. Okay. That's nice. So you want to expand into business maybe. Yeah. Yeah. I wish you the best of luck with that. Thank you. And I'd like to just. Oh my gosh. I think I've seen this video several times. This is you. Yes. Guilders. You've done this for a month. How are you feeling so far about it. Are you feeling like this is something you'll stick around for some time. Actually yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You'll be doing it for some time. What do you like most about it. What drew you in. You drew me in. Like I was. Put your mic up close. Okay. I used to see videos and see some girls on video and like they look wow. They look like some day thought of being in video. So yeah. So I had a friend of mine. Jacko Capella. So he connected me to my music classic and it was my first video. Yeah. I was camera shy but I tried to be first. Okay. Now someone who is camera shy like myself when it comes to dancing. What would you advise to me. Okay. First you have to believe in yourself. Gather your confidence and do your best. Yeah. Thank you for that advice. So let's move on to something a bit more lighthearted. You know out there the world of video victims. Let's say in the international realm. Those are the in different countries. They say that this is something that they can live on. It puts food on the table. It can feed family if you have to. Is it the same in Kenya or do you think that they should be paying video victims a little bit more or does it depend on the artist. Do you find like it's something you can survive on and leave every other career out. Or is it something you would wish maybe our government would work on trying to increase what they pay. Wonderful ladies like you. Honestly. Yeah. It's they should start paying models more because in Kenya they don't take it. Okay. Most people don't take it as a career or a profession that you could earn from. It's not given the same. You know like I don't see it. But I would say even like with parents when my mom first saw the video she was kind of embarrassed to show our friends or for people to recognize me. It's not something that people really like appreciate or so. Yeah. I think and again artists should pay models more and yeah. I think we paid little we paid less. Okay. Are you mostly agreeing with what she said. Before we jump into the more light hearted question I have something that we have been discussing lately about the music industry in Kenya once again. And people are complaining we don't play Kenyan music on our stations whether TV or radio. And then when we do play music videos a lot of them they are saying that a lot of them they don't get they don't make it in. I don't complain about maybe the content of the music. They don't like what the rapper was saying or maybe some complain about dress code. And it's really a thing. And so many artists are really suffering. Their stuff does not get played. What is your what are your thoughts about Kenyan music industry and what can you maybe say even as a video vixen something that can assist our artists to get more air play or you guys to get more air play or more support. Anyone if you'd like the mic please take it. Okay I would love to say first for the upcoming artist like they should really get good managers so that with the content of the music it really matters a lot because you can't air something that it really doesn't give good information to the community. It really matters. So first you should get good promoters good managers and also for the video vixens you can you can look good in any outfit. So you don't have to to go naked so that the video can be awesome no you can you can look good in any outfit. I like how you're dressed in that video. Yeah thank you. I know that the people who can watch it very comfortably a lot of people in the video which you're talking about which are so explicit like you just want to look away. So that's why I'm saying that and about the income if the Kenyan artists can pay the video vixens well I think the other girls out there can be motivated because we have those girls who are doing it as a side hustle for me I'll be doing it as a side hustle that those will be doing it like a full time for full time. So if they pay well you can support your family and friends and also you can use the money to further education for me if I get good promoters I can do a higher diploma yeah so I think they should pay well. And please put up the questions that we're going to delve into in a second. I actually think being a video vixen is an actual I think it's a job a real job. Anything that is in the art realm performing arts I take it as a job I know some for just like art is not a job art is art but I think art is a job because it's a talent number one. You are aware that not everyone can dance like you ladies. So as in there are things which are just simply talent and if some things are talent you can make a career out of it that's what I believe. And so I also take the video vixen work as a career actually if you want to if I'm perfectly honest. So as the questions are coming up I think I saw one of them before we... Before we go in what was the last picture you took on your phone? I saw some yeah like a few minutes before we went live yeah. All of you three that's the most recent one you took. Have you ever danced in the rain? Y'all ain't living man. Y'all ain't living. I'm just kidding I know I danced in the rain either. Have you ever danced in the rain anybody? What are some of the things do you do anything when it comes to nature you into nature maybe camping, hiking, swimming. And all of you guys I want your answers. You can't escape. Yeah how she said. Travelling. Travelling. Okay that's a good one how about you? I love traveling and taking pictures. Travelling and taking pictures. Ah yes I saw but you've never danced in the rain put that in there put that on the list next. Do you trust anyone with your life? Let's start with you Nancy. Do you trust anyone with your life? Speak up a little bit. My mama. Your mama. Yeah. You trust her with your... That's beautiful. I guess. I should say my dad. Okay your pops. Yeah. Okay that is girl. Could you pass the mic? Do you trust anyone with your life? Yeah I trust my mother. Your mother? Yeah. I also trust my mom with my life. Oh my dad also but you know I'll start with you. What question do you hate to answer? I was asking you guys what are those things you hate doing before they shoot? It has not come back to you. What question do you hate to answer? About the challenges. Challenges. Yeah you cannot openly talk about the challenges. There's some which are a bit hectic. Yeah I saw the way you guys avoided me. Okay okay I hate someone asking to know more about me. To know more about you. Yeah you don't want people to know more about you. Okay some people go so deep like some things are so personal. Someone just wants to do you. Okay. And then when you guys speak out that mic close to the mouth. Let's finish with you. How much did you get paid? How much do you get paid? That's a good one. In fact I was curious but I would not ask that on air. In my head in Kwan-Ga. See when you're curious. So now and you Kali for actually what question do you hate to answer? Why that's the easiest one because you just be like okay. Like actually get. My name is Walene Zabo. Because you're gonna hear a playlist for the day and then someone is there with something has nothing to do with the playlist. Ah and you may get. Okay Nancy what cheers you up. Be honest. If it's a hug. If it's a kiss. If it's flowers. If it's a movie. What cheers you up? I love chocolates and some cool music. Trap. Chocolate and trap cheers you up. So and I'm finding nice in Nancy in her best mood. And some Nestle over here. Oh nice. Yes Miss Akunga. Music cheers me up. Music in general. Anything else? Maybe something to eat or food? Food. Okay. Could you pass the mic? Okay. Good music cheers me up. And some nice chicken. And also nice compliments. When I dress well and someone compliments me I feel nice. And have you ever been stung by a bee? No. No. Have you ever been stung by a bee? Yes. Okay. Me too. And Nancy? No. No you've not. It was painful right? Yeah yeah. Where were you stung? Chile. It was my palm. It was on your palm. Yeah. I was stung on my foot. I couldn't walk for like three days. Yeah I know that feeling. Wow. Okay. And I want honest answers. I don't make that face because I'm starting with you. You can't say both. You can't say both. Gotta pick one. You can't say neither. It's not avoiding. I love them both. Oh. You are failed zero out of ten. I'll go with V. Yeah. Yeah. How come? At least she posts a lot of pictures of her dressed on Instagram so I have something to keep looking at. Okay. So keep in mind this is our last question so I want honest answers. I'll go for Huda. Okay. How come? Okay. Let no one take this so personal. It's like. So free. Yeah. So Huda has got no scandals. Like will you go to social media recently? There's so much about Veracindica doing this, doing that. And there's never anything about Huda doing this. Okay. Not like I'm talking about recently. So like just go for Huda. Yeah. She's just a quill. Just like her. Okay. Veracindica or Huda? Veracindica. Okay. I love the way she stands out. That lady is confident as much as people on social media throw shade. When you go through the comments on her Instagram account, people really throw shade like about her physique, what she did. But I love her confidence. Like she still moves ahead no matter what. Yeah. Okay. Those are two very different women. So for me it's so hard to even compare. They're so vastly different. Even in personality and the things they're interested in. So I can understand the differences in opinion. Now that you said something about scandals, I thought about an interesting question. You know, sometimes these ladies and other artists and other celebrities, they actually use scandals to become more famous. Someone wakes up one day, them themselves, like maybe they'll ask a friend a type that I did this, no seriously stuff happens. And then that's when things blow up. Would you do that to get more PR? Would you go and make up a scandal? And if you did, and if that's a case, how come your opinion on Vera is because of scandals? Why, why are you believing them? What if someone's just hating? I'm not negative on her. Yeah. Like you said, she's one. Yes, of course. I also like Vera. I don't like her. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And the scandal issue, the scandal issue, I want to hear a bit about that. If you'd like to take the mic, that's fine. I'm just asking, when it comes to scandals, the way we believe them on a daily basis, aren't we aware that artists actually wake up and create some of these scandals by themselves? For me, I believe there's no good or bad publicity. So whatever it takes to like get ahead or get people to listen to you or see you, then it's all publicity. It's all publicity. So you're for scandals, then. Okay. I don't know if I'll do it, but if that's what it takes, then I'm down for it. Publicity is publicity. Whether it's positive or negative. Yeah, it's publicity. Okay. Okay. Am I supposed to also choose between the two? I'll say, do I have to? I think I'll go with Huda. Oh my gosh, I can feel them charles from that camera. But yeah, I think I'll go with Huda for reasons untold. I think, she's a, I don't know, she has cool vibes. I could touch you and I like that. So then you guys, we've got to sign out. Our next interview is coming from Hilda Wadidi. We've had beautiful, wonderful video victims on our set today. We're not yet done. Do stay tuned in. There's still so, so much more to see. Excuse me. It's actually Calla Mival that's coming in next. And so we've had three video victims here that I'd like for them to remind you the social media handles starting with Nancy, because I know guys are just wiggling their eyes. They're just waiting for the interview. They're like, shut up, Joy. Just give us the give us the social media handles. So please go ahead once again. Hey guys, follow me on Instagram at Kabinga JR and on Facebook Kabinga JR. Follow me on Instagram at Gilda Stemis and on Facebook at Gilda Sakonga. Hey guys, follow me on Instagram at Jojomleika, add me on Facebook Jojomleika. And please don't forget to subscribe to Enoch's Bella channel on YouTube at 4 p.m. He's going to drum a very nice song, Toto. So stay tuned. And you actually featured in that one. Yeah, I'm a video victim. There you go. So. Job in Ndeliya Tuku, come. So even today she's dropping something. You guys keep tuned in for that. Once again, I've had a wonderful time with you. This is Social Friday.