Tag: King Kaka

Octopizzo ako wapi? King Kaka’s song ‘Dundaing’ goes international. Played in the US at NBA game(video)

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King Kaka can’t just stop winning this year.

The rapper is coming off a very successful year that has seen him make major moves in the industry and land lucrative deals. Recently, King Kaka dropped his album “Eastlando Royalty” which has been well received by fans.

He also proposed to his longtime girlfriend Nana Owiti during the launch of the album leaving many fans in awe.

Blessings

King Kaka yesterday also enjoyed another star moment after his song “Dudaing” was played in the US at the NBA game between Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers.

In a video shared on social media, his song which features Kristoff and Magix Enga is heard playing in the background during a timeout.

King Kaka, who is on vacation with his wife, shared the video on Twitter saying:

“And We Are NBA. We are Dundaing!!!! ?? MARVS VS POR. Big up @poizonivythedj #eastlandoroyalty

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBLFsXl-S4/

It seems King Kaka is winning the international market also despite Octopizzo’s recent claims that he’s the only Kenyan rapper who is landing gigs abroad.

Remember King Kaka is also the first and only Kenyan artist to be interviewed on Hot 97, one of the biggest radio station in the US.

 

Nyakundi to King Kaka after proposing: Boy child can’t kneel for a woman. You are weak 

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King Kaka on Friday proposed to the love of his life, his wife Nana Owiti during his album launch which was a successful affair with countless Kenyans turning up at Uhuru Gardens to show support.

Kaka surprised everyone by calling his baby mama Nana Owiti on stage and requested legendary songstress Atemi Ayungu to play her song “Baby Love” as they danced together.

He then popped the question leaving the crowd in awe and melting.

Not impressed

However, this stunt didn’t impress self-proclaimed president of the boy child Cyprian Nyakundi who took to social media to bash him.

According to Nyakundi, the move was weak and King Kaka shouldn’t have knelt.

“Dear King Kaka, Congratulations for launching your new album but the proposal is not in order. BoyChild can’t kneel for a woman, this is in bad taste. You portray yourself as a weakling of a male Wewe umekaliwa chapati hadi akalalia, umetuangusha Bure kabisa!” he said. 

Adding in the comment section:

“Only kneel while praying…….the rest is crap. BoyChild won’t suffer when am around. Get this straight, the BoyChild President can’t kneel for any female. Utangoja hadi yesu akuje. King Kaka uko chini sana.”

https://twitter.com/CisNyakundi/status/1068821375392075777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1068821375392075777&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuko.co.ke%2F292904-rapper-king-kaka-romantic-proposes-baby-mama-album-launch.html

 

King Kaka: I didn’t get Tracy Mogan’s chain but he’s making customized ones for me

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Rapper King Kaka was recently in New York for the the Annual Goalkeeper Conference which saw him meet with billionaire Bill Gates and his wife.

The rapper, who has an album coming out this week, also met with comedian Tracy Mogan. Tracy temporary gave King Kaka his chains during an interview on radio.

According to King Kaka, he didn’t bring back the chains because Morgan promised a set of others for him.

“No. Watu wa Eastlando Walininyonga. (Laughs). But he’s making customised ones for me. We have plans aligned for next year for both our brands. I am looking forward to it,” he said in an interview with Nation.

Meeting

King Kaka also narrated how the two met and ended up on Hot 97, one of the hottest radio station in the US.

“I actually reached out to him through a mutual friend. I had recorded the song prior to that, and he loved it when I sent it to him. He recorded his part soon after, sent it to me, and we were able to mix it. We recorded the music video while I was in New York. I’ll release it as soon as “Dundaing” stops Sumbuaing. (Laughs). The mutual friend is Jorma Taccone, my friend of eight years whom we recorded a song with a while back. Jorma introduced me to Paul Rosenberg, who asked if I wanted to do an interview on radio. Little did I know it was to be on Hot 97,” he said. 

Nigerian, Tanzania are winning in Kenya because of media- King Kaka

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Rapper King Kaka has blamed the media for some of the woes Kenyan artists are facing.

According to the artists, media has always supported foreigners more than they have done to local artists, a reason why artists from other countries are big locally while artists from Kenya are are not even known outside.

“I think the media is to blame. We are not given airplay in Tanzania. In Kenya, media is playing so much foreign content so you cannot say Kenyan artists do not have content,” King Kaka said in an interview with Willy M Tuva.

Charges

King Kaka is set for a high end album launch towards the end of November 2018 for his new project, Eastlando Royalty. He has been touring Nairobi to promote it, moving from one campus to another.

King Kaka was not happy with how much Kenyans are being paid for a show and said that money is hard to reinvest.

“You want to know why we put out substandard content out there? A foreign act will come to the country and do a show for KSh 2 million while a Kenyan artist will only get paid KSh 150,000. That money cannot even cater for a music video outside the country,” he lamented.

Khaligraph Jones not happy with King Kaka for snubbing him in his upcoming album launch

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Rapper Khaligraph Jones has asked fellow rapper King Kaka to involve him in his album campaign for his album “Eastlando Royalty” which is set to be released in two weeks.

King Kaka has been in heavy campaigns and has been moving from county to county holding shows with several other artists but has not involved any other rapper.

Khaligraph Jones asked him to tag him alone in some of the campaigns so that he can give him a hand.

“Lakini Buda @thekingkaka why are you not involving some of us in these things, we are representing the same culture and I understand the amount of effort it takes to put an album together, personally am proud and happy to see KE Hip Hop make these kind of moves lakini Tuhusishe wengine wetu ndio tuweze piga kelele pamoja, EASTLANDO ROYALTY DROPPING SOON, ARE YOU READY?” wrote Khaligraph Jones.

Invited

King kaka happily replied to his message and told Jones that he has been invited for the album launch party which will be on November 30. He also suggested that they should hit the studio after that.

@Khaligraphjones Kwa hiyo story nimekubayia tiko mbili VIP ukuje tuone The Culture , iza nimekuwa up and down si unaelewa mambo ya Album. Karibu Budah. Wacha at nimalize album tuingie studio” said King Kaka. 

 

King Kaka to hold very exclusive VIP party as he plans to auction album’s cover art 

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King Kaka is set to auction the cover art of his new album ‘Estlando Royalty’ in a very exclusive party which will see only a few invited.

The album, which is dropping November 30, is set to feature a couple of international names including American comedian Tracy Morgan.

According to Chinasa Udeala who is the head of Songa which has partnered with King Kaka to launch his album, the album is a must listen.

“I am a fan of hip hop, and what I can say is that this album is rich in content, with a couple of surprise international collaborations. I have already said too much; I won’t want to give it all away. You will need to subscribe to Songa and stream the album when it drops to get what I mean.” he said. 

Auction

Udeala also went on to explain why King kaka is auctioning his album cover as an art piece, something that has never happened in Kenya.

“Music is an art form and so is fine art — painting. It’s all about expressionism,” Chinasa explained. “Merging the two art forms (music and fine art), King Kaka not only conveys the dream of making it and becoming a success through his music, but with the cover art he also conveys this visually. I love it.” he said. 

 

Video: King Kaka given chains worth millions in New York, Set to collabo with top Hollywood comedian

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Rapper King Kaka is killing it in New York. The rapper is currently in New York for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeeper’s event.

In the process, Kaka had a chance to be interviewed by Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez and Rosenberg in their morning show and put Kenyan on the map. Hot 97 is actually one of the biggest radio station in US and is a place every rapper wants to visit.

In the show,King Kaka revealed that he’s actually releasing his album next month and it has a song with comedian Tracy Morgan. Morgan was also present in the show and shared how he was actually honored to collabo with King Kaka.

He even gave him his chains that cost hundreds of thousands of shillings in the show.

“Morgan, recorded a project with King Kaka and is mentoring him during his first journey in the United States. He speaks on The Last OG, and his first experience with Key and Peele as he recovered from his accident, and how they helped him with the show. Also speaks on working with Tiffany Haddish, does not comment much on Katt Williams comments towards her, Asks Ebro and Tekashi 6ix9ine to squash their misunderstanding, new comedians, sports, and more in this candid conversation,” said Hot 97 on the YouTube Video. 

Watch the video below:

 

Awww!!! King Kaka introduces son to Kenyans with this lovely family photo shoot

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Rapper King Kaka nine months ago was blessed with a son. He named him Prince Iroma though Nana Owiti, his wife, has never revealed the son’s face on social media.

The two have now unveiled his face for the first time ever in some very nice photo shoot.

“Hello guys. Finally,9 months later here’s my face without an emoji. Who do I resemble?Mommy or daddy? they said on social media.

King Kaka’s family

The photos left Kenyans in awe as they continue to admire the couple who have been together for more than a decade now.

Here are the photos of Prince

 

 

Kisumu artist featured on Kanye West’s new album wasn’t even aware of it

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Kenyans were recently buzzing with excitement after Ayub Ogada and his one-time bandmate James Mbarack Ochieng were featured in Kanye West’s eighth album titled Ye. 

Ayub Ogada and Mbarack Ochieng have been credited in the song Yikes in which West opens up on being bipolar.  West also opens up about being bipolar through his album’s cover art, which features a mountain range with a highlighter green caption, reading: “I hate being bi-polar. It’s awesome.”

Lost in his work

What has left many surprised is that Ayub, in an interview with Daily Nation, shared that he was not even aware that he had been featured in the album.

“I’ve done so many projects. I cannot remember everything,” Ayub said on phone from his home in Nyahera, Kisumu County. “I cannot remember at what moment in time I did that job.People use my music to do their own projects.”

He went on to add that he just receives calls from people who want to work with him or wants a composition for their beats.

“They always call me. I never call them. They call me, and then I do the necessary job,” he said.

Ayub Ogada, 62, collaborated with King Kaka for “Koth Biro” early last year in a song which targeted corrupt leaders.

Here’s the song

https://youtu.be/PqB_jskEJhk