Kileleshwa Member of the County Assembly (MCA) Robert Alai has poured cold water on Nameless’ bid to have a street in South C named after the late legendary rapper E-Sir.
Alai dismissed Nameless saying the idea to have a road named after the late E-Sir was shallow, adding that something better can be done in honour of the late rapper.
In his opinion, Alai said having a social hub for upcoming musicians to nurture talent in memory of E-Sir would work better.
“Of all things you could do for E-Sir, naming a road is what you could think of? You can’t think of fundraising for a social hub which can be digitally enabled and help young musicians or upcoming ones to better their creative skills and properly compose, brand and market? Like these very old men you think of naming a road, some of these suggestions show stagnant thought or growth in the industry,” Alai said.
Podcaster Mwafreeka echoed Alai’s sentiments saying that setting up a studio or library named after E-Sir was a better way of honouring him.
“If we were to name a street after every artist there are very many artistes to name streets after, Daudi Kabaka, Kamaru, The Mushrooms, and many others, we would rather have a studio or library named after E-Sir but not a street,” Mwafreeka said.
Nameless petitioned the Nairobi County Council (NCC) to name a street in South C after the legendary musician who hailed from the middle-class neighbourhood.
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