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Keri Hilson enjoying her stay in kenya
RnB singer, songwriter and actress Keri Hilson is in town. She together with the Man’s Not Hot hitmaker Big Shaq, legendary Horace Brown, WSTRN and Bobby V will be performing this weekend at the Terminal music concert.
Local artiste among the Khaligraph Jones, Sage, Steph Kapela, Kagwe Mugai, Barak Jaccuzi. The Friday show is dubbed Grown And Sexy for a mature audience while the Saturday show is dubbed UK Grime meets Kenyan Hip Hop.
The show will see Kenya’s biggest DJs jazz the crowd with their sick mixes. Djs headlining the events are DJ Stylez, Pinye, Adrian, Mixmaster Lenny and G Money. DJ Joe Grinds from the UK will also grace the event.
On her stay here,Keri Hilson visited The Kenya High School to the amazement of the students who couldn’t get enough of the artiste.
Keri also spent her time interacting with girls from Kibera Creative Arts where she participated in bead making.
She wrote, “Day 1 in Kenya was AWESOME!!! I inspired 1,000 girls, made bracelets with @kiberacreativearts that provides a living & opportunity for the underdeveloped community, learned the Kenyan Odi dance (& some Swahili), & received welcome gifts from young locals.”
Ayrosh drops a new collaboration “Love. Respect. Repeat” featuring the sultry Ythera
New Age Folk Sensation Ayrosh, drops a new collaboration “Love. Respect. Repeat” featuring the sultry Ythera. A Waithaka Entertainment production, the song is a plea to lovers out there to speak the language of respect and to show sincere love to their partners.
A twist from his usual style, Ayrosh balances Kikuyu and English in his performance in this song with subtle hints of his signature style before Ythera takes it away with her alluring vocals. The catchy beat, which leaks of a fusion of rhythmic bounces, laid over unique vocals, wavey harmonies and easy lyrics gives you a reason to believe in the diversity, innovation and inclusivity of the Kenyan music scene.
Following the success of his other releases, ‘Shuga Mami and ‘Maheni’, Ayrosh is also gearing up for his soon to be released EP, a collaborative project with seasoned Kenyan producer Waithaka, who's currently based in USA.
Video: Changamwe Mp Omar Mwinyi jailed for assaulting police officers
A high court in Mombasa has sentenced Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi to four years in prison or a fine of Sh1 million after he was found guilty of assaulting two police officers.
The incident occurred last year during the ODM party nominations.
According to Chief Magistrate Evans Makori on Thursday there is enough evidence that the Mp together with his supporters assaulted the two police officers namely constables Dennis Nambisia and Agapio Ndwiga.
Mwiniyi was accused together with others not before the court of destroying ODM ballot boxes at Mwidani Social Hall, Bomu Primary and Al-Inshadi Nursery School polling stations on April 22.
The Mp has however vowed to appeal the ruling arguing it (ruling) is due to his political stand.
Video: Beka the Boy ft Petra- Level
Talented Kenyan artiste Beka the Boy has released the video to his new song featuring Petra 'Level'.
The video has been directed by Kevin Bosco Jr x Double B Pro.
Watch it below
Fly Tristar Airline to launch early morning flights in and out of Mombasa
Fly Tristar airline, a newly launched low costing airline is set to launch its early morning flight in and out of Mombasa.
The airline will be the first low cost airline to operate a morning flight to and from Mombasa , currently only the national carrier Kenya Airways has the service.
Speaking in Mombasa during the firm's official launch cocktail the airline CEO Daniel Muriithi noted that the decision was reached at after numerous parties especially business men who are the main target for the new service.
"Fly Tristar Service is committed to offer unrivalled, reliable air service to make it easier to fly" said Muriithi
He also revealed that they are also planning to start regional flights to Entebbe (Uganda), Somalia and Mwanza (Tanzania) and are currently in talks with the relevant authorities in the countries.
Currently,the airline which operates Fokker 50s has put onto the market 4000 seats that are available from this month of July all the way to January 2019 at discounted price of sh 4,333.
Video: Prison warden shoots a Mombasa inspectorate officer.
Police in Mombasa are investigating an incident where a prison warden shot an inspectorate officer yesterday(Tuesday) evening.
Samuel Mwita shot Patrick Omondi with the bullet penetrating the ear and neck. Omondi was later treated at the Coast General Hospital and discharged.
According to the Mombasa County Inspectorate Director Mohamed Amir said trouble started after Mwita committed a traffic offence and turned hostile.
Mombasa Police Boss has assured that the investigations will not be interfered with and the findings will be out by tomorrow (Thursday) morning.
Otile Brown releases new song dedicated to Vera Sidika amid separation claims
One of the major stories that has been trending on social media is that of the alleged break up between singer Otile Brown and Vera Sidika.
The rumours started doing rounds after the two deleted photos of each other on their social media pages just few weeks after coming from a vacation in Mauritus.
Otile Brown has however deny this through an interview with one of the local dailies.
He is quoted saying "And by the way, I love Vee - and God forbid - if we ever part ways, life has to go on, so don’t dwell on that. Till then, we lit.”
To prove his point right, Otile has released a new song titled 'baby Love' which is a dedication to Vera Sidika who also doubles up as the model in the video.
In an earlier interview Otile revealed how he had recorded two songs dedicated to Vera but he had to delete one since Vera only liked one.
“I did sing her a song expressing how I feel about her coz I love her. The song was called Vera and to tell the truth, sababu ambayo niliiondoa huo wimbo kwenye YouTube yangu ni kwa sababu yeye alitaka wimbo mwingine tofauti, alipenda wimbo mwingine tofauti kuliko huo ambao nilikuwa nimemuimbia coz niliimba nyimbo mbili na kwa kuwa mimi nilikuwa nimemdedicatia ule nikaona kwamba I pull it down alafu maybe when the time is right pengine huenda akatokea kwenye video kwenye hio ingine. Lakini sioni kama ni tatizo kumuimbia mpenzi wako about how you feel about her, so it’s not an issue,” stated Otile
Watch the video below
Video: Harmonize shares his life story with Mombasa fans
With several hits like kwangaru, 911, Dm Chick, under his belt, Harmonize is among the most sorted and paid artists from Tanzania currently.
However, his success did not come in a silver platter, he had to undergo alot of struggles as it is wth most people.
Last weekend the artist was in Mombasa for the Safaricom Twaweza Live concert as the main act, apart from just performing his hit songs, he took some time to share his personal story and struggles with fans.
Pwani top 10 songs
Here is a list of the songs that have made it to the top 10 Coast music chart courtesy of Pwani fm.
1. SHAM SHAM – DULLY MELODY FT NOTI FLOE
2. GO GAGA – KABAGAZI FT DOGO RICHIE
3. TIME – BEKA THE BOY
4. WAPOTEZE – KELECHI AFRICANA
5. BAD GYAL - BAWAZIR
6. NJIWA – WILLY PAUL FT NANDY
7. NYOTA SINA – SUSUMILA
8. HADITHI – GUARDIAN ANGEL
9. NAMPENDA – SHEPAHARD
10. TOTO – SPIZZO K FORCE AND NDANNAH
TRACKS IN WAITING
1. WATAISOMA NUMBER – KELECHI AFRICANA
2. LEVEL – BEKA FT PETRA
3. SEKULE – DAZLAH
New video: Victoria Kimani- Boom
kenyan female singer Victoria Kimani has released fun visuals for her latest track 'Boom'
This is her third visual from her Afropolitan EP shot in Venice Beach.
It has been produced by Selasi