Notable Artists
There are plenty of artists who are well known in Kenya for their style and methods of Hip Hop. Bamboo, born Simon Kimani grew up in Inglewood, California where he was running with the wrong crowd. As a result of his “naughtiness”, he was sent back to his homeland, Kenya to get his life sorted out. There he continued with hip hop music and realized that he could actually use this music to report the angst and insecurity that many Kenyan youths were going through. Kalamashaka who are hailed as the pioneers of Kenyan hip hop, they are also a part of the founders of the Mau Mau Ukoo Flani collective of musicians, Abbas aka Doobiez, Muki Garang, Walanguzi, Smoggies just to name a few.
Camp Mulla were nominated for Best International Act (Africa) at the 2012 BET Awards. Rapper Mwafrika, who now tours worldwide, partnered with K'naan on the song "The African Way" on K'naan's The Dusty Foot Philosopher album.
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