Kenyan Hip Hop

Description:
Hip hop is a very popular, and still on the rise, genre of music in Kenya. It his been on the rise ever since the early 90's and within the last decade, it has been dominating the top ten charts. Kenyans have been able to fuse hip hop beats with Swahili and another prevalent genre of music, raggae. Hip hop in Kenya is becoming so popular that it is widely recongnized throughout Africa as one of the hottest hip hop scenes in the whole continent. At first, Kenyans thought there was no chance of making money in the hip hop industry; however, bold rebels, such as Jimmi Gathu, Hardstone Ngunjiri, and Poxi Pressure, paved the way for several artists to join the hip hop revolution.
Evaluation:
Before reading this article, I was not sure if Kenya had any sort of the same music that perhaps Americans would listen to, such as hip hop. It surprises me, but makes me happy, to see a country such as Kenya, is making the transition to the musical flavor that is hip hop. It is widely recognized in America and I hope that its popularity increases as more artists in Kenya continue to release good music. This site gives a good overview on the hip hop industry in Kenya and provides many names of artists that anyone should check out.
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