Gospel vs Secular Music Differences Play Out As Artistes Go For Top MCSK Seat

For a long time the gospel and secular music artistes have played their games in different pitches, seeing each rarely properly because they believe their different genres of music do not rhyme at all.

It is not just in Kenya but the world over. And now as the Music Copyright Society Of Kenya is planning to hold its elections come next month, the differences in the two categories of artistes is manifested even further.

Two artistes to date have shown an interest for the seat of the MCSK Director. They are gospel songstress Lady Bee and secular singer Frasha, he of the P-Unit crew.

As the days to elections draw closer, the two have been seen campaigning for their courses, with Lady Bee set to launch her manifesto this week.

While we can argue that it is only Nonini, a secular singer, who has shown his support for Lady Bee, it is crystal clear that the rest of those rallying behind the lass are fellow gospel artistes.

On the other hand, Frasha has received massive backing from his fellow artistes in the secular category of Kenyan music. In fact, unless I have not seen one, there is no gospel artiste showing their support to Frasha.

This clearly shows that even when it comes to matters leadership, differences emerge as people tend to lean towards what befits and suits their desires.

Someone will say it is a case of protecting interests and perhaps that explains why each artiste is going for a contestant from their category.

Is Nonini wrong, then, to support Lady Bee? I guess not. This should be the way to go. We expect to see many gospel artistes join their secular counterparts to rally behind Frasha and many secular artistes join their gospel brothers and sisters to support Lady Bee in her quest for the top seat.