It’s safe to say that reggae music in Kenya has been marginalized to some extent even though we have awesome talent in that genre, not many radio stations in Kenya plays reggae and local reggae music to be precise and thus we don’t have any exposure in the genre.
Talents like Freeman, Ras Mtapa, Lavosti and Levy Sill just to name but a few artistes are a bunch of massive talents that can take not only Kenyan but East African reggae music to higher heights because of what they can offer if only they would be given a chance to do exactly that. Currently, almost everybody in the country knows of Vybz Kartel, Mavado, Popcaan, Culture and don’t know anything about the Kenyan reggae artistes, that’s just too shameful because we are keen on perpetuating internal acts while we step on our very own talent right here.
We need to change no doubt.
The other day, Kenyan artistes took to the street to demand local stations to play 70% of local music so that at least we get to embrace our music regardless, we have to at least appreciate our own and show support and paramount of all, let’s be true patriots of Kenya and promote our very own music.
Back to reggae
Free Soul Live Reggae Night is debuting today at club Oldivai in Zimmerman with Juma Tutu and BlackStone Band hosting the event, this will be the norm every Thursday at club Oldivai to help promote Kenyan reggae music genre because like any other genre it deserves exposure. The event will be featuring different artistes weekly like Lavosti, Nazizi, Freeman, Ras Mtapa, Levy Sill and Wyre because the aim is to boost consumption of local reggae music.
However this Thursday, artiste Lavosti and Freeman will be performing with Dj Heartical on the decks doing what he does best. It’s important to note that the event will be featuring different djs every week as well so you might have a chance to meet your favorite dj in one of this event.
The event is managed by Free Soul Movement under Kenyan rapper, Nafsi Huru and Juma Tutu in conjunction with BlackStone Band and Kenyan reggae artiste fraternity.
All road leads to Club Oldivai in Zimmerman today, see you there and help in the promotion of Kenyan Music and musicians
