Octopizzo has been in the rap game for over a decade and he has maintained to be relevant over the years, changing with the times but remaining true to self and stuck to his unique style of rapping and still continues representing his hood, Kibera. He was actually one of the few mainstream artistes who kept representing their neighborhood long after they made it through music commercially.
Octopizzo has been almost synonymous to Kibera for years and he has helped make people see Kibera in a new light though all the positive light he has shown.
Thanks to Octopizzo, Kenyan rap scene has been able to change, so much so that hip hop music has been able to be commercialized thus rappers now gets serious pay, thanks to Octopizzo.
With his classic rap record dubbed ‘On Top’ the Kenyan rap game’s future was sealed, ever since then, Kenya hip hop was redefined for the better.
Check out the sickest, illest, powerful and unforgettable lyrics on a Kenyan record to this day below off the first verse on the ‘On Top’ record.
Walidhani wakibai subaru watakuwa wameacha legacy
Octo niko juu ya madawa ni kaa nimekalia pharmacy
Brain iko full ata ujinga hiwezi ulizia vacancy
Unataka kuwa ka mi?come YGB then hang na si
Bado unakunywa cham? eh, zangu ni ma Hennessy
Kuja na attitude tukuingize maira, kamasi
Tunawahemesha tunawachochoa wakitokwa na makamasi
Mafuta ikiisha tutapita na makaa basi
Ukikula chungwa na ndizi mi nitakula nanasi
Niko mbele, wako nyuma ka wafuasi
Reason ni daily maze, me huwachoma ka pasi
Wanakam so slow, ju track iko kasi
Sahi namek doh, jo mtu wangu niko kazi
Mtaa naenda na maziwa ju kwa rap game mi ni mzazi
Cost ya kila kitu imepanda, ebu enda Mombasa mtu wangu uulize bei ya madafu
A few years before he released his hit record ‘On Top’ which brought him up into the mainstream rap, Octopizzo did a street cypher where he proved yet again that he was born to rap and be the one of the few rap greatest on his generation.
Octopizzo shared a snippet of himself spitting some bars back in 2010 off his best selling mixtape ‘S.O.N’ at the time and clearly, he had some bars to spare.
“S.O.N was best Selling Hiphop Mixtape in 2010, been doing numbers before the internet baby!Oh & my 2010 Barz still go harder than any Bars rappers be spitting today.” he wrote in part on social media.
Octopizzo has promised to release the 2010 ‘S.O.N’ mixtape later on this week and we sure can’t wait to stream it once it dropped, you know they say you can never go wrong with a classic and ‘S.O.N’ -which is a synonym to Strugglers Of Nairobi- mixtape is a classical rap project that can’t be forgotten.
Check out the lyrics of the two snippets with the videos that Octopizzo shared on social media that proves was indeed meant to be a rapper from the beginning.
bro wangu anaitwa Jackson
buda wetu anaitwa Samson
lakini guka yetu anaitwa Gibson
so
family yetu ni ya ma S.O.N
yaani Strugglers Of Nairobi
hiyo ndio reason hii nation tunai-build in combi
yaani in combination
Octo manze kwa life yangu
nime-adopt a light
hiyo ndio kwa maana nikishika mic
mi hushine so bright
mpaka ma fans wangu wananiita Esther
ka Passaris
nikipita tao napatiwa heshima mpaka na city council askaris
nimevuta ganja
mpaka white brain cells zangu zote zime-turn red
inamaanisha sina powers za kufight disease
but ukimess na me
ntakuwa at ease kukudiss cheki
nakuacha at ease
hiyo ndio reason ukifeel rhymes zangu
unapay attention
not to mention
nakuanga na ma love potion
so shawty yako asinifuate
ju nitamdara bana mpaka nimuache in tension
aanza kuniuliza funny funny questions
like “Octopizzo what are your intentions?”
nimwambie supu just pay attention
coz am just gonna do a preparation
on how we can support the thing of reproduction
nakuanga ever happy
hiyo ndio reason me hucheka chekanga
mpaka wasee hudhani me ni chizi
lakini zii
ni vile niko na excess adrenaline
hiyo ndio reason ka Dre still na lean kwa hii beat
as if imekuwa produced na me, myself and I
hata ukiuliza Beyonce
atakwambia kwa hii game me ni irreplacable
hiyo ndio reason ntakuwacha ukigo to the left to the left
ka backspace in computer
Octo
hip hop is like a bus and am the conductor
hiyo ndio reason nikishika mic sitakangi kuona ma fans wakiteta
lakini mi hupenda kupewa macomments
ju enyewe kwa hii game they are my only commentators
cheki manze
leo niko kwa booth na beshte yangu anaitwa Dan
mi ni ex-boyfriend wa ex-girlfriend wake
sa mi na D.A.N ni ma X-men
hiyo ndio reason tuko so ill
lyrically tunamatch still
mpaka mapastor ka Pius wakitufeel
watasema hey men
that was hot
hata kuliko 96
wakiniuliza kwanini
nawaambia kwasababu nakuanga so ghetto kuliko 89.5
cheki manze Octo
sipendi beef
coz am allergic to meat
