Julie Gichuru is a well known media personality as well as a role model and an inspiration to many upcoming lady professionals and those seeking a career in media.

What is not usually known is that she played quite a key role in the journey of one of Kenya’s most popular music bands, H_Art The Band. Last week the group decided to share the story of their first ever event performance and their first ever big pay they had ever received.

Apparently, Julie Gichuru saw them perform at an episode of Fatuma’s voice and being pleased with their performance invited them to perform at her wedding anniversary. They only got to perform one song and from that they were given 50,000 KES.

They had never held so much from a single performance especially having done just one song. Due to the amount they were having, they decided to request her to get them a cab and here she pulled a further surprise ordering not a cab but her driver with a Range Rover to drop the group to town. Here is the full story as told by H_Art The Band

This pictures above were taken from a gig we did sometime in 2013. Someone, A Prominent Media Personality, Heard us sing @fatumasvoice & decided to invite us to her Wedding Anniversary Celebration. We Had never performed anywhere else other than in the streets So, this was going to be A big event to us. We went around our neighborhood and borrowed a few clothes here & there just to look presentable plus called on our band members to escort us just in case. On reaching the venue, we could not believe our eyes the party was HuGE – we felt under-dressed but we were there already so we put our chins up. KIDUM was first on stage *Oh God Why??? *Performing for almost 2hrs. Time was moving fast, it was midnight all of a sudden & we started having doubts as to if we will get a chance to perform . We Started Panicking the Host Was nowhere to be seen. We Really Wanted a chance to perform before the guests started leaving. After Minutes of Panic, We Got a Chance to play one song woo-hoo❕❗❕ELATED , we poured our H_❤ RT s on the stage that night with just that one song #ulizaKiatu. From the young to the aged we could see them dance & enjoy them Good Vibes. We were so proud of ourselves. After stepping offstage, she PAID us a WHOOPING 50,000 in CASH