Radio
Most of the radio stations hardly play hip hop, except on specific times and shows.The first ever hip hop radio show was Wakilisha show hosted by Kalamashaka and DJ Mosse the Darkchild who is currently doing business in Tanzania. The Wakilisha Show was aired every Friday on Nation FM. The other show was called "The Joint" hosted by a rapper by the name of "mwafrika" on the station, Y fm, now Hot96. His show gunnered a huge following in a few months but it was taken off air. Mwafrika is back on air though, with a new station, Ghetto Radio, Nairobi. In addition to what has been mentioned above, the show by Mwafrika was stopped for several reasons. His show was strictly targeting consumers/fans who were really interested in what one would call ‘underground hiphop’, specifically one that is hardcore. Despite the fact that his music/show was not associated with women, alcohol and all the bragging that is inevitable by most, especially male, rappers, he did not quite satisfy the taste of the average Kenyan hip hop consumer. Thus did not get enough support for his show not to mention, no one really understood his motives. According to some sources like the one below, it should however still be noted that despite Mwafrika’s Da Joint being stopped, he is still viewed as a huge icon/crucial ingredient to history of Kenyan Hip hop. The radio played an important role in promoting Mwafrika’s mission as it still does with other rappers in today’s Kenya. The radio is also a tool used to reach out to several people in Kenya. In other words, Hip hop is spread to other people in Kenya through use of the radio. According to Rebensdorf Alicia, in her article under the section pertaining to Hip hop, the internet and the capital Nairobi she justifies the view that the radio has and still is a huge catalyst to the growth of Hip hop in Kenya.
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Famous quotes containing the word radio:
“England has the most sordid literary scene I’ve ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy’s writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. They’re all scratching each other’s backs.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what’s happening here. And we learn what’s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“The radio ... goes on early in the morning and is listened to at all hours of the day, until nine, ten and often eleven o’clock in the evening. This is certainly a sign that the grown-ups have infinite patience, but it also means that the power of absorption of their brains is pretty limited, with exceptions, of course—I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. One or two news bulletins would be ample per day! But the old geese, well—I’ve said my piece!”
—Anne Frank (1929–1945)