Tanzanian superstar AliKiba is mourning the death of his father Mzee Salehe Kiba who died early Thursday morning.

According to reports the late died at the Muhimbili referral hospital in Daresalaam where he had been receiving treatment, he is set to be laid to rest this afternoon (4pm) according to Islam customs and traditions.

Several artists have since come out to send their condolence message to AliKiba and his family following the loss.

Major Lazer debuts in Kenya the remix of “Blow That Smoke” ft. Tove Lo from Nigerian producer E Kelly today—listen here. Kindly find the single and art work attached.

E Kelly has produced several top charting records such as: “So inspired” by Waje ft. Muna, “Say My Name” by Wizkid, Mr. Eazi’s “Pour Me Water” and Loose Kaynon’s “Mo Ti De” ft. Maytronomy.

The remix follows a string of releases from Major Lazer collaborating with African artists including Burna Boy, Babes Wodumo, Mr. Eazi, RAYE and Kizz Daniel, plus Kranium.

Originally released in October, “Blow That Smoke” continues to receive critical acclaim—Rolling Stone describes the song as “a bouncey stomper with a West African guitar riff and heavy groove.”

Major Lazer also revealed their career spanning Major Lazer Essentials compilation this year. Essentials highlights Major Lazer’s reach across the globe, and the vast range of their influences and influence to date.

Upon the release, Billboard hailed “it’s undeniable how important and multi-faceted Major Lazer’s 10 years have been.”

With three albums under their belt, the band continues to tour the world over, making the world smaller by making the party bigger. A highly anticipated fourth album is on the way, with much more to come from Major Lazer in 2019.

Mombasa based artist Susumila has teamed up with Tanzanian female singer Jolie in his latest release titled 'Unanimaliza'.

The audio has been produced by Imma the Boy and video directed by Bosco Jnr.

Watch the video below

It has been a whole new and assorted year of 2019 that has seen various Kenyan artists come out and express themselves in different ways concerning the state of their entertainment scene and that of the world as a whole.

Release of songs such as ‘Nitembezee’ that has seen Kenya’s top act Kidis The Jembe incorporate young and aggressive rapper from Kisumu, Gabiro Mtu Necessary famously known as Kisumu President  following his current and previous achievements as a young dreamer and celebrity.

He is also one among the few Kenyan acts who has proven that hard work forever beats talent.

In the song, Gabiro comes in with heavy and lyrically powerful verses that depicts his struggles as young artist mentioning at least every person who inspired him and still inspires him to be a better musician cum rapper in the tremendously dynamic music industry that pops up with new trends very fast.

He is notably talking about shining his light on other as heard on the first verse “…siwezi shine mpaka refugee apate dish…no role model mpaka Jaguar akuwe rais.”

It simply translates to him wanting to use his influential being as a musician to ensure all refugees have a better life and that he has no role model at the moment until the day musician and politician Jaguar becomes the president.

Kidis makes the song flow smoothly by being on the chorus on the Videz produced track that has seen him bring a whole new style and life to Gabiro’s genre and style of music as witnessed in his previous releases like Chini Ya Maji and Low Key which he featured singer Matamu.

The song has touched on a number of issues like encouraging and insisting on artists to always be ready for change and that everything in life will always take time.

Two of world’s best stars: Best Reggae Group Morgan Heritage and Nigerian Dancehall King Patoranking have met in Nairobi, Kenya for the video shoot of Morgan Heritage’s first single of 2019 with Patoranking titled “Pay Attention”.

They have already shot the video at 2 Rivers Mall, will shoot over the weekend at Onyx then go straight to Maasai Mara for the last part of the video. They shoot is supported by Bonfire Adventures.

Kenyan rapper King Kaka has partnered with American Tracy Morgan in new song titled 'Royalty'

Watch the video below

Veteran Ugandan female singer Juliana Kanyomozi has just released her latest song dubbed 'Omukwano Ogwedda'.

The song  is off her new Bits&Pieces album.

Audio Written by Sylver Kyagulanyi and produced by Benon Mugumbya at Swangz Avenue. Video directed by Marvin Musoke at Swangz Avenue.

Watch the video below.

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has weighed in on the ongoing debate between Kenyan artists and presenters over support for local music.

The debate was sparked few days ago by Nyashinski after he attacked Citizen radio and Mambo mseto presenter Willy Tuva over what he termed as promoting Tanzanian artists and neglecting Kenyan music.

Nyashinski's move has resulted into a heated between presenters and artists which is currently ongoing on social media with rapper Khaligraph Jones stating he is ready to sponspor some Kenyan presenters to Nigeria to find out if they enjoy a fan base in the country.

The debate has since attracted the attention of Mombasa governor Hassan Joho who has now come out to show his support for local Kenyans.

Joho a known close ally of Tanzanian artist Ally Kiba and a fan for local music and artists especially from Mombasa took to social media to share a photo posing with gospel artist willy Paul and captioned it “#PlayKeMusic cc @willy.paul.msafi @gatesmgenge@chris001ke @daddyowen @realshinski@thenaiboi @officialsusumila @jalangoo,” .

Renowned businessman and creative producer Elijah Girimani has offered to sponsor an upcoming and talented artist from the country.

According to Girimani who is also a song writer and talent scout , he has set aside kshs 1 million to help in audio production, video recording and marketing of a song from one of the upcoming talented artists whom he has given the members of the public that chance to propose to him the artist.

In an interview with Ommy Dallah, Girimani revealed that together with some like minded friends they will be launching an online platform that will help in finding the artist before end of this week.

He further lashed out at artists complaining that local radio presenters have not been supporting Kenyan by playing foreign music songs especially from Nigeria and Tanzania.

This has been a debate for the last few days with several artists including Nyashinski, Khaligraph Jones, Naiboi among others attacking the presenters and even making fun that they are ready to sponsor them for a trip to Nigeria to find out if they too have a fan base there.

"Lets stop complaining that our songs are not played on radios and tv , its not their fault, people want good music so lets concentrate on making good music" said Girimani.