Majirani: From writing rhymes to selling maize
Rapper Majirani wants to do some enervating fieldwork too, instead of sitting pretty with a microphone. The 'Tukumbukeko' rapper is now officially a commercial farmer. Besides selling music, he is selling maize. PHOTO | COURTESY
What you need to know:
- “I began with five acres but this year I’m doing 10 acres. For now, I’m doing maize farming though I’m still testing and weighing its productivity based on the result. I might change and venture into other crops, too.”
Either music business is not working out or rapper Majirani wants to do some enervating fieldwork too, instead of sitting pretty with a microphone. The 'Tukumbukeko' rapper is now officially a commercial farmer. Besides selling music, he is selling maize.
But he is not dropping his music career, the way he did a Criminology course in pursuit of fame and fortune in the entertainment sector. He is supplementing his income from music with maize farming.
“I began with five acres but this year I’m doing 10 acres. For now, I’m doing maize farming though I’m still testing and weighing its productivity based on the result. I might change and venture into other crops, too.”
He continued: “Last year, I did it for personal consumption and the results were amazing. I had to sell part of it and it made some good cash. This year I decided to do it as a business; everything I will harvest will be sold since I have already identified a ready market.”
Majirani told Showbuzz that he is leasing the land in Kitale.
So does he think it is more profitable than music? “I’m just starting out but by next year I’ll know whether farming is generating more than music,” he said.
