KAKA SUNGURA'S OCTOBER TOUR

The #KingKakaTour continues this October. -2nd October, Pulse Induustry Nite , Galilleo Lounge Westy. -5th October, Blankets & Wine, Carnivore Grounds. -10th & 11th October, Kisii University Cultural Week, Kisii Uni. -18th October, Mashujaa Pool Party, Crayfish Naivasha. Your Town is Next....

Rapper Xtatic Ruthlessly Tears Kevin Provoke For Alleged Lies He Said About Singer Mumbi

Xtatic is one pissed lady now all thanks to music producer-Kevin Provoke for alleged lies that the latter has been spreading concerning Christine Mumbi. Is Provoke a habitual liar? Well according to Xtatic, the music producer is one guy she cannot stand a minute at least not now; but why is the rapper this bitter at Provoke? Xtatic claims that provoke is not only spreading lies about singer Mumbi but nearly about everything as well. She accuses Provoke of spreading lies about her when she visited Wangeci at the hospital; Xtatic says Provoke has been on a mission to tarnish her reputation by propagating false information about her. Xtatic message to Provoke sounds like one of those BET cyphers that rappers spit to prove their worthiness in the rap industry. It is so interesting how Xtatic pens down the message on her Facebook page telling Provoke to style up. This is what she wrote: HANDLE YOUR DOMESTICS YOUR OWN DAMN SELF Stop making calls to everybody about Christine Mumbi and MOVE ON!!!!!!!you know what happened even if you want to convince the whole world to depend on only your side of the story. Everyone has moved on,no one is talking about it,it's only on you to do the same. Also Stop with the Xtatic this Xtatic that. My loyalty is to honest and genuine people.i can't deal with liars. STOP LYING TO PEOPLE AND WORK on yourself.You have been credited to being one of the best producers in Kenya if not East Africa (which I agree) keep up with the good work. Ps: if you are going to be BITTER about me visiting Wangeci and tell people I talk bad about her,first off I AM NOT YOU who has that habit and second please Make sure the people you tell that, have heard me talking smack and can confirm. instead of spreading lies like you always do.she still remains a dear friend and more than once have I supported her music.and most of all we as people who know her are trying to help her recovery be as smooth as possible. I have no beef with you Had no intentions of even putting this petty shit you continue constantly with here I'm just tired of you running around and acting immature instead of doing something better for yourself. You destroyed your own reputation yourself we have no hand in that and people who know the truth almost think you are crazy trying to convince them that the Blame is not always and close to NEVER YOURS. Since ofcourse you falling out with artists has become almost normal,not once ,not twice ,not even thrice and ironically according to you ,it's never your fault.Remember: never trust a person who keeps blaming everybody else for his/her own mistakes. I am not perfect I have my own mistakes and not many times will I point my finger on this or that person BE A MAN AND EVALUATE YOUR LIFE! Stop making calls to people feeling that exposing people with lies secretly gives you the right and evidence to say You did not say or do that. Thank you.

Willy Paul's 'Tam Tam' gone sour

Gospel singer Willy Paul has been accused of 'stealing' the lyrics to his new hit single Tam Tam (remix) but he says he stole no one's song even as his accuser says he has gone to court over the controversy. Willy Paul dares him to bring it on. A fresh gospel divide could be building and as SHEILA KIMANI observes, Tam Tam is no longer all that sweet an affair Even as gospel diva Size 8 distances herself from the drama surrounding the Tam Tam hit, her now popular collabo with Willy Paul, the controversial Willy Paul is daring his accusers to bring it on. Elijah, the gospel singer who is alleging rights over the song and accusing Willy Paul of dishonesty, claims he has taken legal action over the matter. Willy Paul says he is yet to be served with the summons. Just what is all this mystery surrounding the biggest gospel hit right now all about? We sought to know. Like most artistes anxiously craving to have their name blow up to A-list celebrity status, gospel artiste Elijah Prince had an idea; a concept and storyline for his breakthrough hit. And in his collabo plan was DK Kwenye Beat and Willy Paul. "I had the song's concept well outlined. And DK Kwenye Beat the Sari Sari hit singer, who was my friend, agreed to be part of the song, provided I catered for all the expenses," Elijah tells Pulse. Evidently, DK Kwenye Beat was ready to feature in Elijah's song based on the gentleman's agreement made before going to the studio. But Elijah further suggested that Willy Paul, who had previously done the Sitolia hit alongside Gloria Muliro, be invited to feature in the song thanks to his lyrical prowess, or so the story goes. Elijah had no close ties to Willy Paul. DK took the task to invite Willy Paul to studio and brief him about their song, Kitam. At Dr Eddy's studio in Kiambu where the artistes were to record their soon-to-be-hit, every artistes wrote their verses with Willy Paul offering to do the catchy chorus that included the words Kipenzi Kitam. That was how the word Kitam was settled upon as the song title, the story goes on. "If you ask me, that was great team effort and we were all proud of the initial demo, and consequent Kitam audio that Dr Eddy gave us," DK Kwenye Beat reveals. "Everything was going according to plan and we were set to shoot the video last year. However on the planned date Willy Paul suggested that we postpone the video shoot to a later date. The next thing I heard was that he had his own rendition of music called Tam Tam," Elijah Prince says.

Artistes cry foul over online videos download company Mdundo.com

After a group of artistes matched to the online videos download Mdundo.com offices claiming they were being 'conned', more trouble seems to be brewing as the download company maintains; "We owe no one", writes ANJELLAH OWINO A week ago, DJ Smallz Lethal, a member of the hip-hop trio Washamba Wenza matched to Mdundo offices to complain payment of 'peanuts, to artistes signed to the download site. He claimed that Washamba Wenza was paid Sh47 for their music downloads. The Sh47 covered three months of downloads. Accompanied by artistes Nafsi Huru and Chris Super producer, he went to seek answers. The rapper explains to us that when they arrived at the Mdundo offices at 3pm., hip-hop activist Humphrey Ondu was on his way out of the venue where he had gone to raise a similar issue. The artistes demanded their way into the offices. However, the rapper says Mdundo officials told them to have the talk outside. "When we came to sign the contracts with them, we did so inside the offices. There is no way we could discuss matters outside the office," vents DJ Smallz Lethal. Four of the artistes met with Thiru Mungai, the head of music at Mdundo, and unnamed lady who allowed them to air their grievances. The artistes claim that Mdundo had been using their songs to advertise for their clients without their consent adding that it was not part of the agreement they signed. DJ Smallz Lethal says that Washamba Wenza received Sh47 for the three months payment while Chris Super producer was paid Sh34. Mdundo was launched two years ago to enable artistes to distribute their music online and attracted artistes across East Africa. The artistes at the website have one song for free download while the rest of their videos are on premium. DJ Smalls Lethal though says that four of his Washamba Wenza's songs are free while the other 15 off their album The Common Mwananchi are on premium. The artistes get Sh4 per download with 30 per cent of the cut; every three months. "There is lack of transparency in monitoring how many downloads we have in a day. Thiru himself admitted that there lacked a breakdown of funds coming in. We are also displeased with them promoting their clients through our own songs yet we do not get any income from that. Thiru told us that he had no idea that Mdundo was making profits from our songs," claims DJ Smallz. Chris super-producer, who was paid Sh34, informed us that he joined Mdundo two years ago and his first royalties were worth Sh800 while Smallz say that another one of his songs was on free download last year, a month after he joined and sorted the matter. This time he left Mdundo for good although he says Mdundo confessed to have faltered and would pay artistes off the adverts. Humphrey says that he had a discussion with a PR practitioner he only identified as Liz on why Mdundo gets the 70 per cent cut yet they are not involved with the marketing of the artistes.

Rapper Wangeci discharged from hospital after surviving a tragic car accident

Kenyan rapper Wangeci is expected to make a full recovery soon according to hospital reports after leaving the Nairobi Hospital last week on Thursday. The star who survived a road accident that claimed the life of her model friend also named Wangeci, was expected to be discharged from the hospital yesterday, hours after Pulse went to press. Her family described her mood as 'chatty and jovial'. Tewa, the third girl who was in the car when it rolled about two weeks ago has also been discharged and is in sound health.

Cold War In The Kenyan Hip-hop Industry

Once a big name in the hip-hop circles, Bamboo, the African Bantu, went into showbiz oblivion, taking a four years’ sabbatical from rap. He relocated to the United States. Fans forgot him, only for him to return to the country last year with a vow; I am back. I am still the king of hip-hop! His return coincided with that of Kanja, another hip-hop head who had also be horning his skills abroad. Then there was Collo, who seemingly sparked by fresh entry of the two, came to live, releasing two new singles, one of them being the Floss na Wewe track featuring Norway-based rapper STL and Mimmo.among them Octopizzo, who took advantage of the vacuum, seemed well on the driver’s seat, making it a gigantic task for the likes of Bamboo to make it back into the hip-hop apex. Within months, some cold war started brewing between the new generation of hip-hop artistes and the pioneers. The bitter verbal war got the attention of the masses as fans took sides ushering in the start of a new beef season in the local hip-hop industry. With that, the rappers are not only exchanging verbal jibes on the social networks, but have even gone to the recording booth to record the kind of diss tracks that ruled the industry about a decade ago. After a certain fan hatched a heated online debate, comparing Octopizzo with Bamboo recently, the Compe rapper took the opportunity to spit the hate, forcing Octopizzo to hit back. In an interesting twist of events, Bamboo got the raw deal when social media took sides, writing in Octopizzo’s favour as they spoke trash about Bamboo. It didn’t go well with Bamboo. As haters hurled accusations at him, he seemed to get unsolicited support from rappers of his generation most notably from Chiwawa — him of the infamous 2011 Abass beef. In the Octopizzo and Bamboo verbal tiff, a couple of truths, half-truths and misconceptions seem to be popping up. Listening to Bamboo on Mama Africa or his track version of Campton rapper Game’s Blood, there is no denying that Bamboo blends well with the Western market. He seems to have mastered his own accent, street lingo and lyrical prowess and with this, his years of experience are a plus to him. But it is the same accent debate that has some of Octopizzo’s fans pouring scorn on Bamboo as they claim his sound is not a real representation of the Kenyan rap. When contacted, Octopizzo played the goose on the beef currently ping-ponging on the Internet. “I would rather sleep than talk about that guy,” he told us. That aside, Octopizzo’s music has seemingly made an incredible turn-around since his debut lines; “...walidhani wakibuy subaru watawacha legacy...” in his maiden On Top track.