 K2 Ladies and gentlemen Kim Miller right here multi-talented producer multi-talented DJ I'm here on behalf of RAAFest and I'll be your entertainer for the night I hope to see you there at the Several times. Why not? Hello everyone. My name is Mo Rave. I'm a singer, songwriter and Performer and I'm going to be performing live at RAAFest alongside my boss David Doe Bonjour à tous, je me présente Calévis, artiste musicien Hello everybody I'm the LV Musician Artist at RAAFest. It's very excited for RAAFest. Very happy to be here Thank you so much. So now we're going to move to Q&A session. So if you have a question just raise your hand up and direct the question to Our artists here and then answer you. Anyone with a question? One second Welcome to Kenya How long have you been doing music? What has it been for you? From a young age to make a music? More precisely, since the age of 7 From 7 years old It's a pleasure to be here in Kenya to share my knowledge He's very happy to be here and share the work that he's made The goal is just to expose the African talent He just really wants to expose the African talent to the world In the entire world I want to say that I'm a bit of a Kenyan He's saying that because he's exposing music to the world in the way his music is that he's a little bit Kenyan himself I'm really here to present the RAAFest and this country is really beautiful I'd love to meet the most beautiful women in this country Do you have any questions? How many people are actually here? What is your message? For the show, expect showmanship Expect top tier performances and the best of the best We are here to support the culture and to be able to include diversity as well I'm going to say that I don't have much to say, but this will be my first time performing on the biggest stage as a refugee from South Africa. I'll talk about this, about the work that is changing people, because Kenya has been hosting us for the last three decades, so we took what you guys know about these people and personalize them, a few things about mental health. So I think we'll be there for you. Can you repeat your question please? I just wanted to know if you have a lot of fans here. How did you get there? I just wanted to know how you're going to interact with them, how you're going to deal with them. Exactly, exactly. He has his own way of doing things. He always finds a way to try and make the public involved with his performances. He didn't really think that you'd have such a big following in Nairobi. He knows that because of this passion that everything he does on stage is going to be very magical. And his objective really is to leave his own imprint on Nairobi and Kenya. He really wants to give them a different musical soundscape for them to enjoy, a different taste of the music that he's kind of making. And that's it. As an Afrobeat artist, I'm going to spread vibes and my genre to Kenya tomorrow. This is my first time performing here and I'd like to enjoy myself. And I want everybody that's going to watch me perform to try and help you too. Next question. Hi guys, my question is to your gallery. I feel like the music, I listen to some of the music and I feel like it's so strange for the people. What makes you decide to go touch out with others? Do you get into the music and be in touch with them? You know, make them feel like they're a lot of people. Why do you have to deal with love music? Exactly, exactly. Why make music love to love? It's because my parents gave me so much love. His parents gave him a lot of love when he was young. My parents gave me so much love, I received so much love all around me. He had a lot of love around him growing up, a lot of love was given to him. And what makes me do music today, especially with this love. And that's why he's like using so much of that theme in his music now because he has it in his head. He also likes to put women in a position of value when he says to represent them well. He's saying that he always tries to show the world that without women not a lot of the world would run very well. So he tries to put them in the forefront of the music. That's it. Okay, so we've been given by Eric from Norway, maybe you can introduce yourself too. Hi guys, my name is Eric, I'm from Norway. I've played with him in Norway there, and today I'm also here and I'm going to be doing it in Italy. So I'm going to be doing it in Italy, I'm from Kenya. I'm also going to be doing it in Norway. I'm going to be doing it in Kenya. I'm coming to be here. Next question? Yes. How do you feel? Yes, I feel a little bit better. The ladies are asking. Do you want to know if you're a couple or not? No, unfortunately. Unfortunately, he's not in a couple. He's single. You don't have a girlfriend? No, I don't have a girlfriend. No, he doesn't have a girlfriend, doesn't have any partner in his life. Interesting. Yes, really. Our next guest is Asita. Hi everyone, how are you doing? My name is Asita Hashem, they call me the media messiah, and I'm super excited to be a part of PrahaFest as one of your MCs. So I expect a lot of energy, expect all things good, and in case you're a messiah, you need to sing a single song. Thank you, Jingu. Let's come here and talk if you want to be a messiah, but this is definitely going to be one of the biggest festivals that East Africa is ever going to see. So be assured of the best of the best. Any other questions? Please. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Can you speak English? No, I don't speak English. I would like to learn. He wants to learn though. He wants to learn though. He would like to learn. My question is, does he have a favorite musical source? Do you listen to Kenyan music? Do you have artists that... Yes, I know that recently, I had to collaborate with Sotisoul. Sotisoul, he's thinking about collaborating with them. It's not done, but it will be done. And the idea is to discover the new talents of this country. He has so many of them. He has so many of them. But I would also like to give the chance that I can bring to those who are starting. So it hasn't happened yet. He's supposed to be working with Sotisoul. It's going to happen at some point, but really what he wants to do is find new artists in Kenya that have a platform that he can help, because he knows that he has a big platform and he'd like to discover new artists in the country. Next question. What are your experiences with Sotisoul? First of all, let me just say that just like any other Sotisoul, I guess it is like just you. So apart from us being displaced from different homes, from different countries, where they came from, BIT, POMBO, BIT, Burundi, BIT, Somali, they also had what they were doing. There's a lot of talent in KAMPA. That is why if you've been a bit observing, there's something called KAMPA, a talent that happens annually in KAMPA, where they go there and showcase talent. So there's a lot of talent in the KAMPA that needs to be seen. So there's a lot of talent in KAMPA. Can you do some of the experiences to experience what you've done? Yes. Like I said earlier, starting that as people on the earth, they say that poets are the voice of the person. A good example of poets in the game that are in Kenya, FASTA, TIEPRO, but come out, I don't know what many inspires them. When I speak on behalf of other people back in the community, I'm not only speaking about me. Can you honor PTIA? Can you mean honor PTIA? So some experience back in the KAMPA and then contributes to my poetry. I feel like the journey itself, like there's nothing in life that's easy, easy. So you just have to work hard and face anything that comes your way. So it's not about being a male or female. You just have to work hard to get to where you want to be. I started writing officially in 2018 and I dropped my first song ever like last year, a match on Davido's album. Then I dropped like my debut in November. Any other question? Any other person with a passion? If there are no... Okay, I'm going to go. Please, I'm going to show you a little bit. How is this working? One of the biggest artists that we do. And what have we not seen before from him? Thank you for that question. Davido is a very, very hard working man. I don't think he ever rests. He's always working from one flight to the other. He's always like a show in the studio. So looking at him, the way he works, it inspires me to not give up. Whenever I want to rest, I look at him and I look at how far he has gone and how long he has stayed here. So it inspires me to work harder so that I can be big and better. How does it feel to be performing alongside great artists from all over the world? And what would you like about which you can take back to the studio? First of all, to make it clear, my name key to me is Kenya. I'm from Mesa, Mesa, in the Kapa. So I can say, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, I'm from Mesa, but one thing that I'm lacking is that I get out of the photo and challenge yourself to do things that you believe in, because I remember some of the stories that he would tell, but that makes me feel that he won't do this, but he went out in what he loved and what we are right now. I was talking about them. But think about this, getting out of the photo. And then some of your music has an influence overall on the Korean hip-hop, like this one in Burma and Pumbak, the transnational hip-hop. Which song? Sorry, I didn't catch one. For me? For me. For me. For me. For me. For me. For me. For me. And why does that have so much influence on hip-hop in Burma? And why does it make sense that even if you speak French and everything is French, there is a lot of influence on the hip-hop, on the R&B and everything. But do you agree that there is a lot of influence on the R&B? In fact, I listen to everything, boss. He listens to a little bit of everything. My music, my first music with which I grew up, it's the Rumba Congolese. And in fact, the idea is to merge that with different music styles. And the idea is to take that and mix it with different genres of music to make something cool. To create something new to the audience. To make something really cool that's new for the audience. So even though there's an influence, he's just saying that it's coming from a lot of different places. The goal has always been to bring something new, to try to differentiate from others. He's saying that our objective has always been to try and take something and make a twist, to make something new to give the audience something different. And even in the future releases, he's still going to try and change and still be new and different and fresh. In general, I would say that we're getting there. And one thing that I usually say is that I work with our boys. I would say that people need to step out of there often. If you want to get into that international scene, then you step out. And the reception that they get is not the same as the end of the year. When they come over there, you don't expect them to hit the crowd. But you have to work to get back to that. Personally, I enjoy playing music. I like to play with the seven microphones. He has a guitarist. He's a little like Dr. Fingertip. And he's a little like Dr. Fingertip. And he's a little like Dr. Fingertip. And I would say, it's like it's a more like a kind of artist, that he's a little like Dr. Fingertip. It's spreading up. And he's out. I think that's okay. The set is good. And I think it's good. so if I had to say my own words, I would say something different. It's not too obvious. To any single person who enters the industry for the first time, is number one, don't listen to anybody who you wouldn't want to be like. Because everyone has an opinion of how you should do things. Different people will tend you that the industry is oversaturation, believe that there's enough room for every single person to shine there's enough room for every single person to succeed and there's something absolutely unique about you that will definitely carve out a niche for you in the industry and to you Kavisa I've seen you are really really dope so you definitely have something in you that is absolutely amazing so trust this task trust the uniqueness that you have in yourself and exactly the way you are and apologetically and if you're persistent about it you'll definitely break those boundaries and conquer every single thing that you did think you were going to conquer I mean I'm a Gen Z and here I am at Raha first so there's nothing impossible and just so you know Saturday we're killing it so you better be ready for Raha first every single person on the lineup is an amazing performer and the fact that we have a wide variety of artists both in the 254 and outside the 254 you expect a lot of diversity and performance there are a lot of artists who are vocalists there are a lot of artists who are dancers and dope performances and there's also me who's a dancer with a voice that does not go with my height but also but also I am one person with a lot of energy so from my sense particularly expect a lot of the energy expect a lot of collaboration between me and Shafi who's going to be my co-host of the day so I'm basically representing him as well over here so a lot of collaboration a lot of surprises and things you've not seen on stage especially with a female host before so I hope that answers the question so can you repeat your question and speak up just a little bit louder it's Exactly. For the artists. Yes, exactly. How are you going to deal with it? Is there anything to do with it? I don't know. I think so too, it's... So if there's not a lot of artists here that you don't know, I think that the work also comes from the media. I think that the media is you too, Florent Sorte, to expose the artists at home, to put your culture forward, to make music forward. It's pretty much saying that there's a lot of artists here, you just talked to me about this two minutes ago, there's a lot of artists here that are unknown. We say that a lot of the bulk of the work is going to fall on you guys, the media, on helping them shine, on giving them the platforms, on pushing them everywhere so that we get more and more exposure. So it's really, I'm trying to say it's all of us, it's important that all of us put this work in. You have to know that in every corner of this country, there's the future of your music, there's the future of your country, and it's a shame to arrive in a country and say that we're only three artists. So I think that's it, it's an exhibition because you know that when we start, we don't necessarily have the support of all the media. So I think that the first step is really to have an exhibition not at the level of the media, but we need you, we always need you to put our art forward. So for me, it's your card of visit, the future of tomorrow, the artists of tomorrow, it's the card of visit of Kenya. It's pretty much saying that in every corner of this country, you've got a lot of artists that have potential to grow, and the difficult part is that it's not very easy when you start out as an artist, you don't get a lot of media attention. And so it's really important that at all levels of media, if you really want to push Kenya forward, you know, the artists of the future, it has to start today, you know, you just have to start pushing them, giving them the platforms to shine, essentially. Okay, perform it. I used to sing in my room, I used to sing for my costumers, I wasn't really used to performing for a lot of people. So coming from Nigeria, my room, pH to like the old school, it felt really, really great to like be performing in front of like 20,000 people at the exposure of today. I kind of like when you're like explaining about that vision for how far I've come. Thank you. I'd like to know, because you started performing and now you're trying first, what kind of alterations are you taking in terms of trying to prepare for that event to make sure you perform well and give the funds a good time? So I feel like every performance, I go back to my watch my videos and like check my mistakes, like exercise, to like be comfortable on stage and try to like train my voice to like entertain. I want my audience to feel what I'm feeling, to feel what I felt when I created the song, to always want them to like feel, vibe and like enjoy. Next to you, next to you, I'd like to ask, of course you've been in the industry for a while now, what was it? It's been a while since I've been in the music industry. But my experience is that there are some bad guys like Sebboune, after that it's true that it's a rock music shop, you just have to stay around, and try to find the right people. How was the music? In fact, it's been a while since I've been doing music. It's a bit of a long time. You know it's been a very long time that he's been in the industry. Is that good experience as well as bad experiences? The kind of person that he is, he's always been someone that can really focus on his objectives. A lot of stuff can happen in the music industry, there's a lot of people who are honest, a lot of people who are not honest at all. His advice to all artists who are starting or wanting to get started. He has to realize his advice is to really stay solid because if you really focus on his music stuff it can really be your future for tomorrow. The kind of thing that can feed your families for a long time. Number one always have a good lawyer. A very good marketing agent. There's three things you really need to have. It goes really fast. There's a lot of talent in the game. There's a lot of producers who are taking advantage of that to feed themselves. There's a star in every single artist and the talent, the singing, all the artistry comes from God. When you're singing you're not just singing for yourself, there's something higher than yourself. You have to be really solid to make sure that people around you can really defend your territory for you. I have two questions for you. I think that seems to be the center of the game for most of your work. I don't think there's anything that inspires that. The second question is, outside of music, what brings you joy and fulfillment? Love is a big thing for you. That's why you've already explained it to me. Apart from music, is there anything you like to do that interests you? When it comes to music, I like spending time with my son. Family is very important to me. I like sports, to maintain myself. I like sports, all the time. The story of maintaining myself. There's also something more important in my life, it's spirituality. I'm very close to religion. The last thing that's really important is life and spirituality. He's very, very close to the religion. He takes it seriously. Ask me your first question. You already answered that earlier. He was saying he grew up with a lot of love, so that's why he makes music about love. Any other questions before we go? How has the journey been?