If at all there is any Kenyan artist that most of us don’t understand and we don’t even bother to then it’s Victoria Kimani. Well, you could argue that she is not one of us because she is based in Nigeria but she’s really Kenyan.
In my opinion, the Prokoto hitmaker should be one of the most successful artists in this continent (yes, the whole of Africa not just Kenya) since she has a good fan base in both Nigeria and Kenya. Well, I’m not completely sure about the latter but you get my point.
You see, despite coming from Kenya, Victoria Kimani can’t relate to many of us. She makes music for her West African audience so much so that many people think that she comes from that part of the continent.
In Kenya, she’s deemed as a foreign artist which is funny because her brother Bamboo made a mark in the local entertainment scene in the early 2000s with the mega hit Compe. If you are from this era, I’m sure you remember this jam.
For a long time, Victoria has tried to make inroads in the local music industry and I doubt even her latest jam with Hart The Band dubbed Bad Manners will serve to this purpose. In my opinion, she should just make music and just go about her life.
You see, Kenyans are so hard to impress and once they have a certain perception of you it sticks. Most people think that Victoria is a snob and is arrogant so even if she asks people to listen to her music or turn up for a show, they just don’t care. Like I said, we just don’t get her.
Listen to her collabo with Hart The Band below dubbed Bad Manners.
