Otile Brown has come back to Kenya with a strategy he believes will make music from the country compete on the international stage favorably.
Otile wants Kenyan musicians to stop using Swahili language in their songs, claiming that the local language limits musicians from going global.
Speaking at JKIA after touching down in Nairobi, Otile noted that language barrier was one of the main hindrances of Kenyan music not competing favorably with music that is composed in the English language.
“The debate going around that Kenyans are not putting in the work in producing music, people know the truth but they don’t want to talk about it, the truth is, it’s the language the difference between our industry and the Nigerian industry is the language,” Otile said.
He further stated that Kenyan musicians are hardworking and drop good music but nevertheless observed that the use of the Swahili language hinders them from going global.
“Of all generations in the Kenyan music industry, there is no generation of artists that is as hardworking as this generation, you can see the likes of Khaligraph are putting up major constructions and Bahati is also doing big things,” he said.
