 Since so many international artists like Chris Brown working with African stars are they boring our sound? Are they in to take over space? What is happening? I just think they're embracing the sound. I think they are embracing something. And Chris has just always been tapped in into what Africa's up to. He's always had a bridge that he uses to stay in touch with what's happening within the continent. And you pick it up with the music. The synergy that he has with David The songs just have a great synergy. So it does not come as a surprise why he always opts to work with those two artists, but he's very tapped in. And there's so many artists like we've seen a lot of guys flying into Ghana coming to South Africa and just coming to various parts of the continent and just trying to learn and immerse themselves in the culture. And now we're coming out here. We're learning so much about Kenya. Kenya's on the forefront of YouTube. Some of the best content creators are coming out of Kenya. I was reading a story about one of the highest paid YouTubers here in Kenya. For me, that's inspirational. It means that we need to come to Kenya a little bit more. We need to explore Kenya. We need to see how we can pull synergies. You know, in South Africa, I've been playing Kenyan music for a very long time. Victoria Kimani, Camp Mula, when they were coming up, teaming up with Manifest, Art and Ghana, Red Sand. The list goes on. So I've been aware of the sounds coming out of Kenya. As you said, now as Africans, we need to collaborate. We need to come together and create an African economy between the countries. And it starts here, you know what I mean? As media outlets. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm chilling with the super number one DJ in South Africa, DJ Sabi. All the way from South, you call it South Africa. How are you, brother? I'm awesome, man. What's going on, everyone? Kenya one time. We're here. Welcome to Nairobi. Yo, man, it's so great to be here in the magical city of Nairobi, bro. Magical city as they say. What is the experience you have? Any magic so far? Bro, it's been magical. It's just, I feel like it was too short, you know? I didn't get to go to town. I didn't get to have the meat. Everyone's been telling me to have. Oh, man, I want to have it, but I've just been locked in, you know? Did this, did that, did that. Like, the day's just been chock-a-block. So what's been my time to experience? Bro, it's just been absolutely amazing. The people have been welcoming. The people respond to the music absolutely well. So the next time hopefully I come through, I get to play a few tunes, get to mingle with the people and just have a good time, man. We're here for an amazing concept. Are YouTube creators, YouTube for creators in Africa? What is the future for creators in Africa? I think it's about time that we take the power and put it back in our hands, you know? I think right now the power that you have with the microphone, with the camera, you are able to shape a narrative and bring a face that people are not used to. Bring a story that people never get to hear and that's the power. That's how we create our niche, we create our community and we build an audience and we offer content and people just don't have access to it. And I guess that's the beauty of YouTube and the beauty of the internet is that we get to create worlds and people get to choose which world they want to be part of and we get to speak our own truth. So I think the voices and the black voices and the future and platforms like YouTube are really going to pioneer something absolutely amazing when it comes to the vision of even media at large in the forefront. So truly an exciting time right now. Do you feel like Africans we get much recognized? Ah bro, I think right now we're fully in. I think for the longest time we've been having conversations about the fact that the world needs to start embracing and celebrating Africa for the role and the contribution that we add when it comes to music. Ah it's just various facets. I think right now we are in. We are in a forefront. We're the source, we've been the source of it all. It's just that now we need to take up our own space. You know, we're seeing what the burners are doing in this world. We're seeing what the diamonds are doing. David and all these guys, you know, it's about time that more of us go out there. Like the black coffee is filling up the Madison Square Gardens. It's about time that we go out there and we take up the space. I just want to understand these. Afro beats is number one in the world. I'm a piano. It's among the two of five in the world. What is the future for the African sound? I think we're going to get to a point where we won't even have to mention the genres. It's just going to be an African wave that will consist of a lot of sounds. House music, dance music, it's doing absolutely amazing things out in Europe. We're going to get to a point where you're just going to say when you talk about an African lineup, it's a variety of sounds. You know, you can have a black coffee. You can have a whiskey. You can have a David or you can have a Southeast soul in one lineup and everyone just goes crazy because of musical offering. It's just absolutely amazing. There's bomb sounds also coming out of South Africa. You know, hopefully hip hop will be part of the conversation but that's a story to put out of there. We've seen so many international artists, likes of Chris Brown walking with African stars. Are they boring our sound? Are they in to take over space? What is happening? I just think they're embracing the sound. I think they are embracing something. And Chris has just always been tapped in into what Africa is up to. He's always had a bridge that he uses to stay in touch with what's happening on the continent and you pick it up with the music. The synergy that he has with David and WizKid, the songs just have a great synergy. So it does not come as a surprise why he always opts to work with those two artists but he's very tapped in. And there's so many artists, like we've seen a lot of guys flying into Ghana coming to South Africa and just coming to various parts of the continent and just trying to learn and immerse themselves in the culture. And now we're coming out here, we're learning so much about Kenya. Kenya is on the forefront of YouTube. Some of the best content creators are coming out of Kenya. I was reading a story about one of the highest paid YouTubers here in Kenya. For me, that's inspirational. It means that we need to come to Kenya a little bit more. We need to explore Kenya, we need to see how we can pull synergies. You know, in South Africa, I've been playing Kenyan music for a very long time. Victoria Kimani, Camp Mula, when they were coming up, teaming up with Manifest, Art and Ghana, Red Sand, the list goes on. So I've been aware of the sounds coming out of Kenya. It's just that now as Africans, we need to collaborate, we need to come together and create an African economy between the countries. And it starts here, you know what I mean? As media outlets. Who is your favorite creator in Kenya? Yo bro, I'm not going to lie, I'm not going to give you a name right now. Any musician? Um, I have a close relationship with Victoria Kimani, so definitely I'll put her name forward. Big fan of Southeast Soul. It's sad that they might, you know, break up by the looks of things. Everyone is doing their own thing. Yeah, those are top two that come top of mind right now. But I was excited about Camp Mula at some point. It's sad that they no longer part of the conversation right now. Okay, lastly to ask this, we saw it yesterday, Grammy Awards have opened a segment for the African wave. We have Ganga Tour, we have Amma Piano, we have Afro Beatles with them now. Are they creating, what is the win for Africa, being included in a section in the Grammy Awards? It's a start. We're getting somewhere, you know. I feel like at this point, we have African stars who are part of a bigger picture. They no longer just artists where you just rank them as African stars. You know, the burner boys, the black coffees. Those are not just African stars. These are global superstars. Burner Boy just filled up a show out in the UK, 80,000 people. That's not just an African artist. There's artists who come from the US, who come from Europe, who can't even do the very same thing that he did. But the fact that they've created this category, it's cool, you know. At this point, I think it's great the fact that they're creating space for us. Now we just need to get into that space and dominate and expand the space, you know. And just show them how much value the space will bring. It's not like we need awards to verify who we are and the role we play. But I think it's cool. You know, I don't have any qualms against it. It's a start. We're going to start somewhere, you know. Hopefully the artists will see the value in it. And we'll... Thank you so much. What's your future? What is next for Odege Sabi? Ah, the future for me, man. It's just consistently go global. Build my radio show in South Africa. Get a break for show into becoming the number one break for show within the continent. Become, you know, the face of break for radio in the continent. You know, grow also in my radio, you know, in international theater. Drop more music. And just explore and grow as a creator, man. And, you know, get back to doing what we're doing right now. Making more TV. What's your favorite artist in South Africa? Ah, no, I can't take sides. I can't take sides. We are all amazing. I'll give you a political right answer. I love them all. I think right now we're in a great space where all the guys are just coming forward and dropping some firefire music. Yeah. All right, talk to your fans. Yo, man. Shout out one time to your fans out in Kenya. Can't wait to come through. Rock with you. It's DJ Sabi. Catch me on the radio. 69 Money to Friday on the Mighty Metro FM. DJ underscore Sabi on Instagram. And Sabi the DJ on Twitter. DJ Sabi.com. That is my website. Yes, sir. Thank you so much for speaking with us.