American Superstar Sends Shout outs To Kenya Ahead Of His Kenyan Visit Later In The Week.

His stage name is young Guru a sound engineer, a music guru in his own right and the current producer for Jay Z. Now that is how you know he is a big deal. The other big deal is that young Guru is headed to Kenya in just a week! Hope you read the story here: You Wont Believe Which American Superstar Is Coming To Kenya.

 The producer has been instrumental on the career of most A-list artists in addition to Jay Z: Beyonce, Rihanna, Luda Chris. Ghost Face Killah, Freeway, Cam’ron, Redman and Method man, Mariah Carey, Pete Rock, Fabulous, Talib Kweli, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and T.I. He is best known for his project “Empire State of mind” which featured Jay Z and Alicia Keys. 

He wrote the following statement on his social media: 

 

Jay Z’s DJ, Young Guru to Light up Kenya This Week Then Tanzania >>>>>> East Africa is currently buzzing in anticipation of the arrival of Grammy award winning American music engineer, Gimel Keaton better known as Young Guru . The highly rated DJ will be hosted at the Nairobi Rapsody on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Ebony Lounge, Westlands in Nairobi. Popularly touted as ‘The Sound of New York’, Young Guru is set to thrill guests at Nairobi Rapsody alongside Kenya’s very own DJs: Mixmaster Lenny and Final Kut with an opening performance by Oskyde. Just so you know, Young Guru is Jay-Z’s official tour DJ and has mixed 10 of the rapper’s 11 albums. With Young Guru’s set, Kenyan hip hop lovers are in for musical journey they will remember for a long time spanning diverse genres including early Hip hop, Rock n Roll, Electro and others. He is notably recognised for shaping some of the biggest talents in hip hop today including Kanye West,Rihanna just to Mention a Few. By @sameerbry1

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