Ultimate Survivors! Seven Kenyan Celebrities Who Have Defied Time And Setbacks To Still Remain In The Showbiz Scene. No 6 & 7 Even Slept With The Same Woman For Relevancy

The Kenyan showbiz scene is very vicious and unforgiving. There is the competitiveness of the industry and difficulty to break in, the hustle for a platform etc.

When these factors are added to the judgmental and unforgiving Kenyan audience, it is really easy to understand why some acts fade just as you were about to get to know what they were all about. The industry has no respect for status, the effort and even the standing. Once the journey down starts there is no coming back at all as ones career is archived. Yet, there are some who have defied the trends. They are not always popping and they can even take a year or more from public limelight but they are always around the business and when they come back they cannot be taken as a comeback for they really never did leave. They have mastered the act of still being relevant even without having anything happening at the time. Here are 7 such celebrities in Kenya who can never be written off.

Big Pin

Whether you want to talk about pioneers, the E-Sir legacy the artists with numerous comebacks etc, Big Pin is a consistent name. It is hard to even recall off the head the last song you heard from this Jatelo but you can be sure it was a club banger. Somehow the artist still gets regular gigs and his opinion is always sought on trending issues.

Sheila Mwanyigah

Sheila Mwanyigah has been around the block and done pretty much everything from music to modeling to show hosting and now news anchoring. She is never going to leave even if she doesn’t always make news, she will be much closer to the epicenter than the periphery.

Jua Cali

There was a time he was the most happening male artist in the industry, and it was quite an extended time. Nowadays, he lives on the reputation forged during such times and the once in a while song he will release. He still gets the numerous gigs and corporate functions and endorsements just to prove that he is the Baba Yao and he has taken the grind to a different level.

Nameless

The master of riding on one hit song per year is the ultimate survivor in showbiz. Nameless has never bothered with an album and will never do one. However he has seen the industry at all levels and always came out on top. Like Jua Cali he is still the man to go to for many corporate gigs and still commands high performance fees regardless of the fact that his recent song is still several months old and came after almost a year from the last one.

Eve D’Souza

When she left Capital FM in quite a huff, it seemed that was the end of the former radio queen. Immediately after leaving Capital FM she went on to form her productions company and came back this time to TV screens as a lead actor in her production Auntie Boss which has proven to be quite popular. She also opened her own clothes store and is still a popular events host. She has quite mastered the art of invention.

Prezzo

CMB Prezzo has used hook, crook and luck to remain relevant even if it means pulling scandalous moves like what he did with Betty Kyalo on live TV. He has had to change relationship partners, involved in a gunfight, been a BBA finalist dissed reconciled with rivals and now he is in Nairobi Diaries. It doesn’t matter how the situation reflects on him, for Prezzo all publicity is good publicity and just like that he is still one of the ever present celebrities in the showbiz scene.

Colonel Mustapha

The unluckier version of Prezzo, Colonel Mustapha has also gone quite the full circle in the quest to always be relevant. While Prezzo has Jaguar as the eternal rival he has Nyota Ndoga, both have had numerous relationships and all had a thing with Huddah and all will do anything for fame only that Mustapha gets the heavier stick for his actions. Still you can be sure Colonel will still be around the scene long after several present acts have gone.