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This is why in the morning, and you can interact with us at Whitefifone channel on Twitter, Whitefifone underscore channel on the hashtag of the day is Thursday Vibes. We have just concluded a very, very interesting conversation with Stephanie Ayeta. Of course, they were talking about privacy and all things media, social media, and that kind of gets me worried because you know when they ask me at terms and conditions, do I agree? I don't even read. I just agree. I'm worried. I gotta start reading. It's fine. It's fine. But now we get to the juicy and saucy part of the day, which is with our favorite entertainers. Now it is my, I don't even know how to explain myself. I don't know how to express myself. I feel so good. I don't think I've ever met a Ghanaian before. Never even had the honor to interview one before. So we just finished playing one of his songs called Balling, and he's about to tell us a little bit more about himself. Are you even ready? Hashtag is Thursday Vibes. Hi. Hello. How are you? I'm doing good. I feel really good meeting you. Really, really good. I'm going to tell my mom all about it. My mom made it. Introduce yourself to the people. Well, how about the Kenya? Eh? What's your name? Kofi Jamal from Ghana. I cry to be precise. I'm an Ashanti from the Ashanti region. That's my tribe, and you know music is my turn, and I'm here to spread the gospel also. Aha. The gospel of what? The normal gospel that I know? Yeah, like music. I feel music is a gospel, you know, and I'm here to spread the good news. Aha. All right. So wait, please tell me about the Ashanti tribe. Small small cause. Okay. Ashanti tribe, I feel like we migrated from wanting that Africans don't know. We migrated from around Nubia, Egypt, the Nile Valley. You're near Nubian? Yeah. Yeah, I feel like most of Africans migrated from that side, but there's a lot of history that's been covered up. But Ashanti is that's where we form, and I think we have a little bit of similarities with the Kenyan culture also. And I feel like Africans, we were all... What kind of similarities? You're playing with my feelings. So what kind of similarities do you have? A lot of them, a lot of them, little that I've seen. Maybe food. Yeah, food. Yeah, food looks the same, you know, and food and kind of like the delicacies and the meals, I think. Yeah, it's quite similar, you know. I'll say, okay, since I came, I've not been eating like original Kenyan food. Uncle, it's in KFC. No, not KFC though, but I've had Kenyan tea, it's very nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I've had rice, I think, as a Matty Rice, and I love the texture, how it tastes in my mouth. Yeah, yeah. We must fix that situation. I'll speak to your team shortly after this. I mean, we are known for food and foolishness. We'll be like funny things. Tell me about your musical journey, and I saw you've been nominated. Okay, basically, guys, he's a very big deal, and I want to finish by reading a couple of comments on his current audio that he put up on YouTube with Papa Jones himself. But before that, let's let him give us a small, small education on how he's been doing. Like, have you been doing this musical industry? I've been doing great, you know. I still feel myself as an upcomer because it's not been long since I blew up in Ghana, and I didn't, I don't want to stay at one place for long, you know. I felt it's time to try to spread my name and spread the culture and intermingle with other African cultures and create something unique. That's how I feel, and that's the legacy I'm trying to build, you know, to build that kind of contemporary African music with all the vibe that's included to make African music sound much more better, you know, and get somewhere more far. So I blew up in Ghana, and we came from the culture, the whole drill culture that's been speeding off in Africa recently, and I even know Kenya have been helping on that. Yes. With the Brooklyn boys and the Waccadinelli boys. He knows Brooklyn boys, oh my gosh, and the Waccadinelli. Yes, so, yes, so, so, yep, yep, yep, yep. It's like you're in my mind already, Charlie. We are planning to do something with them and it's going to be big, you know. So I believe in sort of mingling with culture and creating something unique, yeah. Very, very excited. Okay, okay, okay. Hashtag is Thursday vibes. So you sound like you're a bit more open not to just drill, so you don't do one genre. Yep. Do you follow the wave? Because just recently we've had an Amapiano wave. Amapiano has been there for the longest time, but for some reason East Africa has been flooded with Amapiano. Everyone wants to jump on the beat. Is that something you're also thinking about doing? How do you choose what to, what sound to create at what period of time? Yeah, I feel like the wave is also among, you know, because the drill, I was not doing drill since it came, and I had to learn my voice to it because that's where I was from and I had to do something for the hood where I'm from, so like they can jump on also for the street also and that's how it came. Now what streets? You look like you come from the leafy suburbs. I'm amazed, you know. I grew up from the streets and I've been able to experience a little bit of the city life also, so I think it's all interrelated. You can take me out of the ghetto, but you can never take the ghetto out of me. The ghetto out of the ghetto? Yeah, I get it, okay. That's how it goes. I feel wave is really a big factor when it comes to you trying to make a song that goes out there, but for me I try to add something unique to it, so it wouldn't be just riding the wave, but it would be something much more like different vibes that so incorporated into the wave. I think I feel like music interpolates, you know. The same way Afro beats, we can do Afro fusion and they have a lot of other genus when it comes to the Afro beat. Same as drill music, they have different types of drill music, so in our part of the country, we took the drill music and infused the high life kind of sound into it, the African fusion into it to make it sound more our own, so that's how I feel. Like any wave that I jump on I try to incorporate something new into it and in the way we conform new genus and make something unique. Oh, I like that. Not every time the same music that we listen to. I think music evolves every time, yeah. We had previously off air, so sorry, but actually quite to get to know each other, so previously off air asked him a question and he reminded me that he had a song already in 2020 with Papa Jones and Ice Prince, but me what got me in that conversation was Ice Prince, that name, yo, there was a time we could not sleep without Ice Prince, no. If you don't know him, it's Ole Ku, the guy, Timae used to disturb us, Am I Mr. Incredible used to disturb us. So how do you stay relevant? Because I don't know how they're doing in their part of the world, but I don't know, it's just a certain generation that understands who they are and what, how big of a deal they're really at the time. How do you remain relevant as an artist? Well, I feel like most of all, let my music speak for me. I try to make songs that are like a classic that stands the test of time and I don't, I don't try to involve myself with any new wave that comes. I try to stick to my own wave and create something unique that has always been saying and I think if you let your music speak for you anytime, I think that helps. There are people always trying to chase clouds, but I think if you chase clouds, it lasts for a time being. But when people begin to associate you with that, they always want you to go that way before you can be heard. But if you stick to your music and let it blow off for you and let your music speak for you, I think it will always do that for you. You wouldn't need to come show up before people see you. Your music will be everywhere and it will still keep ringing. Okay, now you say a little bit. I'm leaving my questions behind, but what he said was very important. I like what you said with the with the controversy that's around artists. I don't know if there's a thing that Kenyon started. I don't know if it was two years ago or something, but right before they released the track, there is a story that is not necessarily true, but it's very dramatic and I think the point is to so that we can flood the social media so they can tell us, but we have a brand new song. Is that something you're into because it's exhausting? No, it's exhausting. I don't deal with a lot of controversies in music. I'm the type that would want to do the music. I want to perform on stage. That's where I want you to see me. But on the streets, I want to be normal like everybody and just fade in. I don't like that too much of their attention. I just want the music is what I came to give you and that's what is really important for me. It's not just the me that I'm showing off for you, but the music is really important. So you have to let your music speak for you anytime and whenever you announce a release date, people are going to flood to it. You wouldn't need any controversy. People are going to flood to it to listen to your music. I like that. So no need to do extra things. It's not necessary. We have an artist called Iyani and I used him as an example last week simply because his story is quite unique. Iyani has been an artist in the game, the Kenyon scene for a long time. However, Iyani started making noise, the most noise, just a couple of weeks or months ago. But the point is a couple of artists now are being interviewed and we were all referring to the same person. And we're like, when he used to sing this kind of content, we were not. And I say we because I also cannot give you a list of three songs of Iyani that are not recent. So the new ones are basically club bangers and they revolve around alcohol and good time. And those things slap when you're going out, please, I'm not judging you. If you find me dancing alone, don't give me hard time. Are we dictating what you're telling us? It must you give us what we want to hear or we won't listen to you. Do you feel like that? Do you feel that kind of pressure? Yeah, one time artists need to pay attention to what is going on out there. You know, I feel like artists kind of like you are a journalist reporting what you see, and you put it in the song so that people can come back to it. So it's really important to write your music around things that people can relate to the everyday things that we see, but you find a unique way to tell that story. So that's that's that's something that I like. Did you just call yourself a journalist? I like that. I really like that. You have been nominated for an award Tell me about that. Yeah, yeah, I think that's three three music awards. That's an award came in Ghana, but already I've won Ghana Music Awards UK and I've won Ghana Three Music Awards last year, recent year for Best Collaboration of the Year, and I've also won Best Hip-Hop of the Year with Junior Koso. I think that was last year and this year too. So yeah. I see God gives you what you can handle me. If I had won something, the UK would not be a sleep guy. You would not sleep. I would tap to it somewhere. You would know what has just happened. I don't know how do you stay so humble or is this just for the TV? No, it's not just for TV, but I'm just cool like that, you know. We call artists Wassani. All right, so I will do you a favor and tell you again that he has a brand new track with Calligraph Jones, Papa Jones, and it has been uploaded 17 hours ago. That's just the audio. We'll get to the video in a minute. All right, so I asked him if he reads his own comments. He said sometimes so let me help. So we have no, no, no, this is business development specialist says no, no, no, this Jamar guy is underrated. Listen carefully to all his tunes. If you're a true lyricist, how does that make you feel? I feel like someone is listening. Someone finally gets you. All right. Okay. This one you help me. I don't think I understand. Danthop, hip hop, afrobeat, hip life, all in one, coffee and Jones do all. I don't know what this means. That's the name. Somebody's name. Yeah. I think. Yo, this whole thing is one name. Okay. All right. Sorry, my Kenyan people. OG is now Ghanaian. I don't think so. Let's, let's get coffee on the Kenyan side please. Thank you. I am an OG fan. I got coffee Jamar on this. Coffee Jamar is really talented. God bless him. Hey, all right. So there's a lot happening here. But before we get to more and talk about the video and when it's dropping, we'll take a small break. Don't go away. Y254. Imagine. 2022 aspirants and let Kenyans know more about you, your past achievements, your manifesto and your development agenda. Once you get elected to office, what's more, the website is easy to navigate. We will create your profile, post pictures and short videos with your campaign messages at affordable hosting fees. 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Yeah, she's she's she's my all, you know, and she's also like the the the the the sea of my label also and she's like basically everything she's like my guardian my inspiration and my role model like a female role model. How can you think of that? She's she's acquired everything that I would want to acquire in life and she's like she's a symbol of hope and faith for me. Oh, you love your mommy, don't you? All right. So previously we were catching up on a couple of comments on his track Dangerous with Papa Jones. Burano just dropped the audio 17 hours ago. That's the channel 17 hours ago. All right. So there's there's there's a lot of wonderful coffee Jamar. Give him a Grammy. You almost respect Calligraph Jones for this. Man is blessed. Coffee you're too talented. And then there's just one person who is just upset with life and has nothing nice to say. How do you deal with that? Well, first and foremost, you can please everybody, you know, that's one lesson that I've learned even the hard way even the greats those who came and did something great for the world left a huge legacy wasn't liked by everybody. So I keep that in mind every time and looking at where I'm from, I came from the street side, you know, I have a tough skin. But soft face. Yeah. You encounter a lot of people that would say to your face, things that you wouldn't want to hear. You have to accept that we have to deal with it. So me, this, I think this is a bank version for me, because I can deal with it. And I have a top skin for that. I like that. They say PR is PR. There's no good PR. There's no bad PR. Just PR. True. As long as you've commented, that's an extra comment. So when I guys like Ah, what a comment. Okay, okay. Tell me about your management. It seems very well packaged. Yeah, that's got one request for you. And I'm the first artist signed on to the label. And we hope to be one of the biggest labels out of Africa. And right now it's in Ghana. And the U.S. Yeah, it's in Ghana and Virginia. So we are still trying to spread across and get out there more. Do you travel a lot to the U.S. and then back to Ghana? Or do you just travel to market your music and meet your artist? Yeah, most times I just travel to market my music. And when there are tours for me to go on and like concerts, yeah, that's when I get to travel. Me, small money, I would have a bed-sitter in the U.S. somewhere and start taking pictures and tell you guys, huh, abroad. I told you, God gives you what you can handle. Okay. Tell us about now the dangerous video. When do we expect it to be dropped? How was it working with Papa Jones? Shout out to Kali. Grab Jones. That's the OG must be respected anytime, you know, for agreeing to be on this track with me. And because he's somebody that I've been looking up to for a long while when it comes to hip-hop dad in Africa. He's like on top of my list and it's a great, it's a great, it's a great sign to be like be powering with him on a track, you know. Not many rappers can stand with Papa Jones on a song, you know. So he showed much love. He showed out for the video when we landed. I think the same day we landed, we showed the video the same day I landed in Kenya. I didn't even get to sleep or something. We just had to make it happen. And he had to go, he had to go to Rwanda the next day. So he had to be, he just showed up for me and we did the video. So shout out to Kali Grab Jones for showing me that much huge love. I appreciate it. It was shot by Benny. That's the director here in Kenya. Beautiful things that I know you're going to love it. So it's coming out at 5 p.m. today's time. So you guys should watch out for it. You have a very high standard for your video. Like just the one we previously watched, Bowling. My kind of name on social media is Color Me Vow. So colors excite me very much. So that Bowling video has so many delicious colors. Are we planning to see that also? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Loki, what are you doing wearing Masai's clothes? Like I don't know what you are doing. What were you doing on your Instagram? I saw you wearing the Masai attire. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, when I came here, you know, I had to, I'm a historian also, you know, I love to learn about my roots and learn about where we came from in Africa. I said, oh, you know, it's, we have a lot of rich cultures. So I had a chance to meet up with some of the Masai's and a chance to be in their club. You know, I loved it. It's something. You blend it well. Yeah. People are saying I look like them. So I can come back home and I love it. You know, yeah. And I've heard, I've heard about them and this was in the way to show solidarity with them also for like the recent happenings happening to them. And then we wait because these are like quite of like some ancestors to us. And we are keeping our culture show. We shouldn't lose the trace of the Masai ever. We shouldn't let them go as tense. We should kick them around. Yeah. I really like your appreciation for the culture. It's, it's not so easy because everyone wants to be Western nowadays. If you want to wear the way the Western, please not, as you can see, I'm wearing a wig, please. Yes. So everyone kind of wants to look like people from, I told you abroad is not just United States, abroad can be Ukraine, abroad can be Russia. We're not advising you to go to Ukraine or Russia, but yes, please keep an open mind. But I really like the way that you rooted literally yourself to your continent. And it's, it's a beautiful thing to see. Are you going to do that? Do a video with, with, with attire from different. Yes, I am. hire me or you see, we're already in sync. Yes. So you're going to talk about that. Okay. All right. What would you like to tell your Kenyan fans, which are seeing you for the first time? Well, I like to appreciate them and I love their taste for music. Kenyan fans know good music and they really listen, because the first time I did song with calligraph Jones, they showed me huge love. You can go on the YouTube section, the comments, crazy Kenyans floating on my comments, my Instagram, my Twitter and I appreciate them. And I'm here because of the love they showed back in 2020. So I felt like, yo, you have to go where you have been accepted and go where people love your music. So I'm here to vibe with them and I appreciate each and every one of them supporting or streaming my music. Charlie, I'm not never going to let them down. This is for Africa and we're going to make it big. Bless up. You sound like a burner boy just before he blew up of just disrespectfully and started winning Grammys and all that. So I can't wait to see your face that I have, I've interviewed. Yes. I can't wait for you to, to reach high. So you have not imagined yet. I cannot wait for you for that. Social media, how do we find you? Ko-fi-ja-ma Twitter. Ko-fi-ja-ma K-O-F-I-J-A-M-A-R. People mistake it for L at the end, but it's R at the end, J-A-M-A-R. So on Twitter, at Ko-fi-ja-ma, Instagram, Ko-fi-ja-ma, YouTube, Ko-fi-ja-ma, on all streaming platforms, Ko-fi-ja-ma. And you get like a wide catalog of my, all my songs and you get to listen. Yeah. Yeah. So he has content. Once you listen to Dangerous and it blows your way because promise me it will, all you have to do is just go back to his music and, and to revise him, drink, allow him to drink you or you drink him. I don't know what kind of drinking they'll be, but just allow it. Okay. He sounds really good. When are you coming back to Canada? Soon. Yes. Soon. Before the year end. Hopefully. What hopefully? There is, almost tomorrow is December. You better come back. I might be spending Christmas here, you know. Yes. I told you he's almost Kenyan, guys. He's almost Kenyan now. All right. Thank you so very much Ko-fi-ja-ma. He will be showing you what he's made of, a couple of his tracks. And please, you don't want to go anywhere because he's, he's a performer. He's not just a cool guy who sits and, and loves culture and history. He's also a performer. And I don't think you should miss that. Meanwhile, don't touch your dial because the wine in the morning is not over yet. Hashtag is test device.