Let’s take a trip down memory lane to a time when Kenyan Hip-hop was on another level. When you talk about Kenyan hip-hop, the first artists to come to mind are the likes of E-sir, Abbas, Necessary ...

Over the years Kenyan artists have produced songs that reflect the gospel roots of the holiday, local rhythms, vernacular languages, festive roast nyama choma in the compound, visits to family and ...

This year will go down as when Kenyan artists worked their hardest. Numerous albums were released, hit singles came out from the unlikeliest of quarters, and Nyashinski even showed Kenyan artists they ...

Kenyan musician Idd Aziz has emerged as the most internationally streamed artist from Kenya in the first half of 2025, according to Spotify’s newly released Global Impact List. The list, unveiled on ...

MACHAKOS, Kenya — The lights: neon. The walls: faux red leather. The singers’ voices: autotuned. And the lyrics of the songs they hope will catapult them to stardom: all about the coronavirus. At ...

Toxic Lyrikali is a 20-year-old Kenyan rapper and storyteller who has rapidly risen to fame for his authentic, raw hip-hop style that narrates his lived experiences as a youth in Nairobi’s Eastlands ...

What does Blasto Ooko, Ernest Waomba and Arthur Kemoli have in common? They were easily among Kenya's best music composers, but few people know them, and their fortunes did not reflect the richness of ...

Spotify marks five years in Kenya, revealing massive listener growth driven by algorithmic discovery, local exports, and surging Amapiano streams.

When Danish national Martin Nielsen moved to Kenya to work with a venture capital firm, he quickly switched gears after spotting an opportunity in streaming music and selling downloads. NAIROBI, March ...

Coronavirus infection rates in Kenya are the lowest they have been since the beginning of the pandemic, and life seems back to normal. A new song is capturing that moment. In many parts of the world, ...

In many parts of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is raging, but Kenya in East Africa has so far escaped the worst. Infection rates there are the lowest they've been since the beginning, and life ...