Sauti Records in the works?

Sauti Records in the works?

Celebrated multiple award winning quartet boy-band Sauti Sol are set to launch their recording label this year as they had promised. During an interview in October, last year, the group said they were planning to launch a managing and recording label to nurture local talent.

However the group, without specifying when, said it would take them a while to set up the project given that it’s a big investment that requires precision, calculation and a lot of consultation. Three months down the line, the band has now disclosed that they are ready and would be setting up the label.  Bien-Aime Baraza, one of  the band’s vocalists, disclosed the news during a recent interview with a local radio. “Mwaka huu ni mwaka wa kuinvest kwa music industry na wasanii wengine, stay tuned kwa record label ya Sauti Sol. Mwaka huu ni the year of big things for the Kenyan music industry” Bein announced.

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Bouncer who hit Moze Radio to face murder charge

A bouncer at Sky Lounge bar in Kololo, Entebbe, is among five suspects set to be charged with murder over the death of celebrated Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo popularly known as Moze Radio, a member of Goodlyfe Crew. Radio, who sang alongside Jose Chameleone’s younger brother, Weasel, died on Thursday morning having been in a coma for two weeks. He suffered serious head and neck injuries resulting from a brawl at the bar. According to Daily Monitor, the injuries were a result of serious beatings he received from one of the bouncers. He fell and hit his head on the floor, breaking his neck and causing more injuries to his head. The suspects involved in the brawl are expected to be charged with murder once the postmortem is concluded at Kampala City Mortuary. Jose Chameleone has urged the authorities to speed up investigations.

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No ‘Diaries’ for me, says Pierra

DJ Pierra Makena has dismissed rumours that she is set to join the socialite realty show, Nairobi Diaries, that airs on K24 TV. For the last few days, DJ Pierra has been trending after taking to court one of Nairobi Diaries’ cast, socialite Mishi Dora for failing to apologise for her Instagram insult over fat shaming. Mishi insulted DJ Pierra on Instagram claiming the latter had body shamed her on a Whatsapp group the two are in. DJ Pierra countered that she’s not the person who did it and that the number isn’t hers.This twist of events that led to DJ Pierra filing a case for defamation against Mishi aroused speculations that she is set to join the cast and that the drama was a script to enable her make entry to the show.

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Comedian Murume to unveil first music video

Churchill Show top comedian Jasper Murume is set to officially launch his music career by dropping a video for his first single “Cash Money Baite Murume Yoh”. Murume released the audio in June last year and has been using it as his Churchill Show stage entry signature tune.But after noticing how well it has been received by Churchill Show fans, he has now considered taking his music talent seriously. Speaking to Buzz, Murume says he is already recording his second song.“I knew I could sing but I have never paid much attention to music as I have with comedy. But after the amazing reception of ‘Baite Murume Yoh’ I thought it’d be best if I could also venture into music professionally. To start with, I will be dropping the video for ‘Baite’ song in a few weeks to come. Then I will release my second single ‘What it do, What it does’ afterwards,” he said.Murume will be the third comedian of recent days to go down this path after Obinna who ventured into music in 2015 when he released his first video jam as well as veteran comedian Kajairo who quit doing parody of other artistes’ songs to composing his own, dropping his first ‘MrrDah’ last year.

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Flag 42 artistes release new hits

Multi-talented Kenyan artiste Rosa, who came into the limelight following her amazing rendition of Sauti Sol’s Nishike, has released a new single, Inside, featuring hit maker Naiboi. The jam is an urban pop smash love song that  comprises of Kiswahili, Dholuo and English lyrics showcasing diversity.The jam comes at a time when Rosa’s Flag 42 label mate Jerry Ogallo, an Afro-fusion singer, also has his latest single out, featuring celebrated crooner Nameless, titled Saga. Nameless is currently riding high with his new hit Volyoom. Jerry’s debut single Main Chik also featured a veteran artiste, Bamboo, who has since crossed over into doing gospel music.

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Otile vs T Dat: Jabs still flying on social media

Swahili RnB heartthrob Otile Brown has dismissed his once bossom buddy Timmy T Dat’s claims that the recent brawl where the two exchanged blows, was because of a girl whose identity is yet to be known. The two musicians, who have been receiving massive airplay for their collabo “Wembe” that they have been accused of stealing, turned enemies during Vanessa Mdee’s dinner party earlier in the week. The scuffle erupted after Otile had a received a phone call. When Buzz reached out to Timmy after the fight, he said he wouldn’t wish to talk about it. However, he later “revealed” what their fight was all about, after extending the war to  social media where they have been hurling insults at each other.Moments after Otile called him big mouthed, in one of his very many recent posts directed to Timmy, the latter decided he wouldn’t take it and posted: “Sasa kama mtu wako ako loose kama change si umueke kwa mfuko basi… coins ni rahisi kuloose na unacheza nazo karibu na choo. My G hope ume learn. Kama ni kasupaa.. bring it.” However Otile has come out denying that the fight was over a girl by saying “Am playing it cool but he is out here giving false information. I wish he could say what truly happened hehehe!”