Octopizzo Kicks Off Rap Competition with Performance At Changez

As Nokia launched their ‘Don’t Break the Beat’ campaign last week, Kenyan rapper Octopizzo and a hand picked crew stormed Club Changez to the delight of patrons of the bar.

The campaign, linked to the Nokia Asha range of mobile phones, centres on a competition to find the definitive rapper, also known as a cypher, among the youth in East Africa.

The search will be conducted in cities and towns across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, with a number of auditions and elimination rounds in each country to determine the national finalists. This will culminate in early September with the East Africa battle to determine the overall champion who walks away with the title and a whopping Kshs. 250,000.

Octo ‘Namba Nane’ dazzled the crowd with his swag as the DJ interrupted ‘normal programming’ to bring the Nokia special presentation. Have a look at how it went down…