One of Uganda’s best musicians, Bebe Cool is thanking his ancestors
for saving him from a fatal accident that happened last night in a
Kampala suburb of Kireka. The same accident claimed the life of fellow
dancehall singer Dizzy Nuts.
According to snoops, the incident took place at 2:00 am outside the notorious Club Victoria.
A
source claims Bebe Cool had finished performing at the venue. As he was
leaving, he parked his hammer along the Jinja-Kampala highway to have a
chat with fellow singer Dizzy Nuts who by the way, is a former member
of Gagamel. Suddenly
a speeding Harrier car rammed into Bebe Cool’s Hammer claiming the life
of Dizzy Nuts who was still standing outside. According to an
eyewitness, Dizzy Nuts was crashed into pieces.
It is further
claimed; the driver of Harrier sped off towards Kampala so fast that the
police car that was at the venue couldn’t catch up with him.
May the soul of Dizzy Nuts rest in eternal peace! We shall bring you more updates on this story.
The only way is up, and Lupita Nyong’o has clearly taken it upon herself to be the living embodiment of that mantra.
The
actress, who is set to appear on our screens next year in Black
Panther, could already have secured herself a new gig, if the internet
is to be believed.
Sony is set to reboot Charlie’s Angels – a TV
show that focuses on beautiful women taking part in some badass set
pieces – and the release date has been set for June 2019.
This is despite no leads having actually been cast.
However
according to Hollywood informer The Wrap, Kristen Stewart and Lupita
Nyong’o are both in early talks with studio executives.
Charlie’s
Angels tells the story of three women who work as touch and talented
private detectives for an unseen millionaire. It was originally
broadcast as a TV show between 1976-1981 starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate
Majors and Jaclyn Smith.
The franchise was last made into a movie
17 years ago, with a sequel released in 2003. The film starred Cameron
Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. And of course. Destiny’s Child had
the song of the year with Independent Women.
Go Lupita – we’ll definitely be watching this space.
Back
when Hip Hop was a concept many didn’t understand, we had the likes of
Ukoo Flani Mau Mau, Kalamashaka, K South and more express themselves
through Hip Hop in the language they were most comfortable with, Sheng.
They were the pioneers of Hip Hop, over time being an inspiration to the
young artists on the come up. Many people who haven’t crossed over to
the new generation of Hip Hop artists still insist that that was the
“realest” form of Kenyan Hip Hop ever.
Years later, many
artists have come up from all walks of life, with different stories and
influences, their main agenda being to tell their stories through Hip
Hop. Some of the new school artists use English in their language or
it’s a blend between English, Swahili and sometimes the mother tongue is
kicked in there, just in case you don’t think it’s African…or Kenyan.
Here’s
a compilation of 10 of the hottest Hip Hop artists based on their work
in 2016. There are some “new names” in here you definitely need to pay
attention to, if you haven’t been doing that already.
Kennedy
Ombima who later progressed to Rabbit Kaka Sungura and now King Kaka
did great last year. He dropped his mixtape, It’s The King, a statement
declaring his stake in the Hip Hop kingdom. Word is, he went out of his
way to market the tape so much that he did Kshs. 600K in 24 hours! He
has a record label, Kaka Empire, backed up by his own clothing line,
Kaka Clothing.
King Kaka was also part of the Blaze mentors as
they toured major cities in the country mentoring youth. He’s currently
part of the Blaze TV judges.
Khaligraph Jones
Khaligraph
has got to be one of the most consistent and hard working Hip Hop
artists in the 254. He had a great year, got featured on M.I’s mixtape
which made him popular with the fans. He mentioned Sarkodie on “The
Khaligraph Jones” cypher saying people shouldn’t compare him to Sarkodie
because he’s a minor to which Sarkodie responded. He also had several
shows all over the country, was part of the artists who were motivating
youth through Blaze, got featured on the Google ad and had not one but 2
brand endorsements with Tusker Lite and Tusker Lager. Looks like the OG
is looking to release his album this year at his own concert, a trend
that is slowly becoming the norm.
His freestyle, The Rise To
Stardom (The Kristoff MWB Story), released this week on Monday has been
the topic of conversation among Hip Hop circles.
Octopizzo
When
Octopizzo jumped on the remix of Bank Otuch with Luodollar, he gave
Kenyans something to dance and chant to for the rest of 2016. It was
probably through this co-sign that Vicmass’ career popped and he got
more recognition. The Who Is King? fiasco was at the end of 2015 in
December through to 2016 January and when he declined to perform at the
concert, he released “Prezidential” which had a really nice video. When
Khaligraph took subliminal shots at him on “The Khaligraph Presents”
cypher, Octopizzo responded by dropping Utanisho which caused a fracas
online and everybody was talking about it in the media. In December, he
released “Refugeenius”, an album that featured some of the refugees in
Kakuma. He may not be everyone’s cup of tea but what’s for sure is that
his videos are really impressive.
4.Raj
Raj’s
claim to fame has got to be Ndizi Flow. This is the track that had
people asking who this new kid was. What was even more intriguing was
the fact that they were repping Kisii, mixing the rhymes up with the
local language. The Economics degree holder showed last year that he has
all it takes to appear on a list such as this. He dropped hit after hit
with even better visuals. Later on in 2016 Raj decided to release a
song a week with the tag #BAETuesday for a total of 18 weeks to build up
to his EP launch in December. The show, BAE concert set to go down at
Uhuru Gardens but unfortunately it was shut down by cops. He still went
ahead to release Bae (Beautiful and Exquisite) EP anyway and recently
just dropped the first video off it titled “Dancee”.
5.King Kid
Kingkid is a rapper from Kisii who has managed to have his music spin across
stations probably more than any other present day upcoming musician from the Nyanza Region. He started off the year with, KATIKA, a tune he claims
is his most successful one yet. The trap tune featured on The BEAT and MSETO EAST AFRICA way before the song was officially launch. . He also recorded “Stay with me”,
produced by SYN CITY MUSIC, and released a flashy “Kamatako” audio ft Maduu to back
it up.He has won several wards including Transnzoia Young Talent,BATO Awards any many more
6.Bilari Sir-Maluchi
Bilari’s
2016 was filled with work and some play. He proposed to his girlfriend
while on a trip to Dubai but before he did that, he made sure he aligned
himself with the right people. Formerly of the KForce camp and a
JumpOff Freshmen alumni, in 2016 he wished in on the Who Is King? drama
by releasing King Bilari. He then followed it up with Give It To Dem,
Ushaskia featuring Naiboi, Wale Wazii and just a month ago, he released
Songa Kando, all videos! If he keeps up with consistency and dope
visuals, 2017 is looking bright for him.
7.Oksyde
Musambati
AKA Chief Rocker put out his EP, Niko True, then embarked on a hood to
hood tour to publicize it. While making rounds with his tape, he managed
to sell about 700 copies, backed up by his team which is no mean fete
for an artist in his callibre. He also put out a couple of videos, one
with Chiwawa called Makilo, which is all about being fresh and flossing,
War Ready with Junior Rebel and All Eyes on Me (All White) all in 2016.
He’s been around for a while, though, so there’s plenty of content for
the rapper repping Kangemi.
Other
Hip Hop artists worth mentioning are STL, who seems to be having a
pretty good year already since the release of her self titled EP in
October. A video surfaced up online of Teyana Taylor dancing to her song
“Work” for the Reebok Commercial, “Set It Off” will be featuring on BET
TV Series, Being Mary Jane and “Get Up&Go” will feature on Fox TV
Series, Rosewood.
Ace Tha Don also released a tape called Bars
101, Poppa Don with an EP called Seven, Uneek with a mixtape called
“Flight Delay” and Shukid with “Too Much To Offer”. Baby T also has a
couple of videos out, the most popular one being “Cheza Mbali” featuring
Sharama.
Suddenly
a speeding Harrier car rammed into Bebe Cool’s Hammer claiming the life
of Dizzy Nuts who was still standing outside. According to an
eyewitness, Dizzy Nuts was crashed into pieces.
We shall bring you more updates on this story.
