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Kenya Is East Africa’s Music Powerhouse BUT…

Posted on by Ozymandias

You read the title right, Kenya is actually East Africa’s defacto musical powerhouse. There are no ifs, buts or maybes because it is the country that actually decides which stars will be stars and who will become a superstar.

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The numbers are in and anyone with enough brain cells to rub together to start a fire can look at these very simple numbers and see that this is a fact. If we are not feeling your music, you will not become a star but this is actually also a very bad thing.

And the reason I am of this opinion is that the data shows that we as a country actually betray Kenyan stars. We betray our own. I have gotten ahead of myself so let me get back to the very beginning.

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I was going through different statistics for the YouTube analytics of the biggest celebrities in East Africa. That means, Kenya, Tanzania Uganda but also for the greater East African regions such as Rwanda and South Sudan. What I found was very interesting because it showed me why Kenya needs to become very restrictive about who we support because as I noted earlier, we make the stars.

I was always of the opinion that Tanzanian artists are big because of the unwavering support they are given by their home audience but I found out that the secret weapon is truly just Kenya’s support. Think of anyone of East Africa’s biggest stars, Diamond Platnumz, Zuchu, Mbosso, Rayvanny, Harmonize and Ali Kiba. They get most of their love and support from Kenya!

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Can you imagine that? The main reason for this is because compared to our East African counterparts, Kenya has the best internet infrastructure. To add to this, despite Uhuru Kenyatta’s kangaroo regime and the insane amounts of taxes we have been subjected to, we still have the most affordable internet which means Kenyans can and often do enjoy online content.

The second reason is that we suffer from low self-esteem which manifests itself in our praise and craving for foreign content. It is actually very true that we do have a problem with supporting our own. Each of the most popping artists in the East African regions are given support by Kenya. At this rate, they should just do a “gratitude concert” and thank us.

Can you imagine how big Kenyan artists would be if we gave them the same level of support? It really only is Otile Brown who seems to get this level of support from us but even then, it isn’t enough for him to compete with the top 2 most popular artists in Kenya-he rounds off the top 3 but that only earns him bronze.

I mean, even Omah Lay gets most of his support from Kenya. He has a healthy support base from his own country and community with Nigerians really coming out to support his content and music but Kenya still takes the top slot, which is one of the reasons why he is as big as he is in Africa and not just in Nigeria.

And this opinion is borne out by the fact that when Kenya stops supporting an artist, their numbers suffer horribly and that is seen very well in Harmonize. He is the only artist I have seen on the list without a strong fanbase in Kenya and he is suffering for it, His graph has shown a very steady dive and his numbers have subsequently plummetted.

Imagine if we could get the same support for our own, Kenyan born talent? Or perhaps, what Kenyan artists need to actually do is to start claiming they aren’t Kenyans. Maybe Otile Brown would have been bigger had he come out and claimed he was Tanzanian. Or even Ugandan. We seem to only ever want to support our own when they win after the rest of the world has finally recognised our star.

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Zuchu could be the female version of Diamond Platinumz in music

Posted on by Branny

Tanzania’s Zuchu is nothing short of a music  genius. I mean she came from being a back ground singer to now the biggest female star at Wasafi records label. Soon she will be holding a thanks giving show for her fans.

In what seems like a start that is fast rising you cannot  dismiss the fact that she is clearly up to take the crown of the best female music star in the region.

Three months after she was unveiled under Wasafi records she has  been keen to keep a regular presence in the online scene. How? After her unveiling mid march 2020, Zuchu immediately served her fans with a 5 songs EP “I am Zuchu”.

zuchu as the female version of Diamond Platinumz
Zuchu

This just to reach her audience that so far is proving to be the best this she did for her career.

With that down Zuchu has been a conatant highlight for the WCB events and even collaborations including teh “Quarantine”hit song .

Zuchu’s Star

Mauzauza is clearly a version that not many people expected especially in Tanzania. Being from a family that has dominated the taarab scene, many believed she’d be a one hit wonder.

However, from her past interviews , the fact that she is her own music writer is  a plus for her. She has believes in working in groups which according to her helps build your music.

Though still an amateur that is jumping to the pro level Zuchu is curving a style like that of her boss Diamond Platinumz. How? She has the agility to reach out using all forms of media to reach out to her fans .Just like her boss back then when Diamond was starting out, he jumped to all interviews when called for. You know why? The numbers mattered at that time.

Thus for Zuchu, WCB is using the same strategy of media presence. I mean she is slated to have a thanks giving show this weekend for her fans.

What she calls a gift will be paid for with the tickets. Yeah, I know you also wondering but her confidence in her talent is also her pushing factor. I mean Diamond just popped out of nowhere, no Tandale and became now the biggest music star in the region if not the whole of Africa.

So in my opinion Zuchu is that kind of artists you want to keep tabs with in music. I mean she could get that collabo with Rihanna like she desires.

Ibraah Vs Tommy Flavour Vs Zuchu: Who is the best with their music so far?

Posted on by Branny

Tanzanian music keeps dominating the East African region. With big names like Diamond Platinumz, Harmonize and Alikiba being in the forefront to grow more talent by the day.

In the past few weeks the three mentioned have unveiled new talents namely Zuchu, Ibraah Tz and Tommy Flavour  under their labels and have been on a spree to promote their music.

Well who is the best among the three?

Ibraah Tz

So far Konde Gang managed by Harmonize has Ibraah who dropped his first track “Nimekubali”a soulful drip of love. From the look of things fans are already in love with the lad.

Ibraah had been doing song covers before being signed by Harmonize. For one he posses the RnB vibe that is fast growing in Tanzania.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syg04Au1V4Y

Tommy Flavour

This is another RnB sensation that has been in the music scene for a while now. However, it was not until he got signed under the Kingsrecords label owned by Ali Kiba that people got to embrace him.Tommy had his first single “Ömukwano” debut recently and he is doing well.The collabo with Ali Kiba became his selling factor.

Anyway as we wait for more music from his I must say he has the chords for RnB.

Zuchu

When she was first introduced, not many knew Zuchu aside from the music covers maker. After days of teasing the world about the new signing the Diamond owned WCB records, finally unveiled Zuchu.

The daughter of reknown Taarab singer Khadija Kopa becomes one among few lady singers who write her own songs.

She first debuted in the industry fully with an 7 song Ep that has so far been welcomed by her fans. Though under the umbrella of big artist like her Boss Diamond Platinumz and her Mum Khadija Kopa she faces the pressure of leveling up. But all that is a matter time to really determine her strength in music.

Now the ball is your court music lover who do you feel has had a good touch with fans so far among the three?

Zuchu takes the airwaves by surprise with “Kwaru”

Posted on by Catherine Nderitu

Kwaru by the new female Wasafi signer, Zuchu, is already a talk among many. This is just a few days after releasing another hit, ‘Wana.’ A good impression to her already fans that she’s set to keep the fire burning.

Kwaru is a very interesting jam, narrating a heartbreak lyrics. Zuchu introduces the song singing how all the initial love just faded and quashed. “Roho ingekua na macho ingejionea,” indeed it could see how love fades out here. A one time closest person you had in life becomes a stranger, a number of us can testify.

Zuchu takes the airwaves by surprise with "Kwaru"

Kwaru is a heartbreak song

Who the people Zuchu is singing about, ‘chungu nilichopika wamepakua wenzangu.’ We can’t judge that she’s already enemies, but this applies to many relationships out here. “Kitabu chetu cha mapenzi kurasa umechanachana, hazisomeki tena tezi zimepoteza maana.” Indeed if the heart could see this coming maybe it could be different but now it’s blind.

The chorus part of the jam, explains the title. Kwaru explains how the heart has been bruised and thus hurting. Indeed it’s a broken love, love and life that once existed.

Zuchu continues the lead on how it’s hard to forget about this love. The lost love brings tears for it’s barely hard to even forget the lovers name, with sleepless nights. Thus the lover of her life just went away with her happiness. What a love narration!

Kwaru song has been well done. The lyrics are beyond explained talent, the videography itself as fans praise it, it’s world-class. The artist is already an eye-catcher to many fans for so far she’s offered the best. Keep going Zuchu and thumbs up!

Being a heartbreak song, the lady has brought out the idea so well making the jam a great hit. In conclusion, the song gets a rating of 7/10.

Video below.

 

Zuchu’s first hit in Wasafi ‘Wana’ becomes a talk to many

Posted on by Catherine Nderitu

Zuchu welcome song after she joined wasafi group has really been well done. It’s such an eye catcher to many and through this morale we hope she’ll continue to serve her fans the best.

‘Wana’ is a love song explaining love at first sight. Zuchu narrates how she met this love and past just faded away to acquire the name ‘babe. ‘ She explains how love excites her feelings and thus comfort her in dark times.

Zuchu new first hit in wasafi 'Wana' becomes a talk to many.

Wana is a women empowerment song

The chorus thus describes the title ‘wana.’ Zuchu sings how the first sight love excited her with their hands holding each other. They thus exchanged numbers and their hearts just loved each other.

Zuchu continues the lead with her imaginative love and how she’d want it to flow. She wants to heal her past through unconditional love. In her ‘wana’ song she seems to be having haters whom she’d want them to take it no more. Her love must be burning hard inside her.

Zuchu new first hit in wasafi 'Wana' becomes a talk to many.

‘Wana’ song is so romantic that many would love their partners to listen to. Zuchu sings, for her to be swept off her feet she’d love to be treated like a queen. This entails lots of hugs for through the little things she’d give back in a massive way. This narration applies to many as well and thus a good jam for love.

‘Wana’ has been well done. The lyrics by Zuchu has been well done to bring out the title. The videography too was well done and indeed it does show love. Being her first song in wasafi thumbs up! Let’s motivate her to keep the fire burning by giving us your views as well below.

In addition, her first is a hit just a day after joining Diamond’s record label, Wasafi Classic Baby (WCB). Last but not least the song gets a rating of 8/10.

Video below.