"Unaamka Ukidoz" An exclusive with Ketepa Music | Music & Lifestyle

Yes, that's a beautiful and amazing song [laughter] from Kepper Music. Yes. You're welcome, you enjoyed it. Me like I'm just being honest, I think I need a lot of translation to help me understand what the song meant or what they were saying in the song. I think I'll need a class to understand that. But yes, I just heard the bits are fitting. You dance to the tune, you enjoy the tune. But a little in words, I think I'll need a lot of coaching. Anyways, I'm here with Ketepa Music and I'm gonna give them a chance to say hello to us. I'm gonna start with Bruce Lee. Good morning. Good morning. Say hi to my people. Hey guys, my name is Bruce Lee. One love one heart one destiny. Yeah, amazing MC please. One love one heart one destiny. Dig Misa bro, wake up, you are truly a fool. Oh yeah. Okay. Okay. Please tell us your name. MC. My name is MC Nespa. 41 to be like Nespa. Digin Mass bro. 41 ways. Okay. Number nine. [laughter] All right. Yes. Very welcome and it's amazing to have you in the house. So we will dive straight into the amazing discussion where you started your music. That's the first day, wait a minute. I think this is something I would like to do. This is something I can pursue. So I want you to take us back to that time when you realized that you can do music. We gonna start with you Bruce again. Ah so basically it started when we were in high school. Hmm. In 2019 we were in Naspa, there was one class behind me. I was in front and at our school we had something called 10. We used to do freestyles and I was the MC for those shows. Nespa was one of the best rappers at that time. So he was coming on that show doing freestyles. Ed. So that time was the era of gangsta, a lot of groups were coming up. So he was claiming that someone would make this music and he came to me to help me link him to other groups that he could join so that he could continue his music but I was just MCC and he was very focused and artistic, what did he tell me? We tried to find people but a lot of the people were suitable for him and in the end he came and said to me I saw you I saw you rap I saw you sing let's do this thing together and that's it now let's make music together we linked up eh it will be since that day we have been together from that day until today we are amazing so mc do you write the songs or how do you coordinate now since when you were two is there probably a strength that you have there are old people who will find you with dance. There's someone who raps, there's someone who writes, there's someone who produces beats like that, so as a person, can you tell me your strength in this whole process of making rather than producing this song? Where is your strength specifically? My strength is basically in saying everything, but the idea is that when we have the beat, we will hear it when we have the bru. Ah, the old man will just be fast or quick to write at least the hook fast, that's how we know the direction the song will take, like Iran for example, it was a link from our producer, he's called Devo, big shoutout, ah, so he put a bit in for us while we were in the studio, while we were in the studio, we just recorded it, so there's no format or formula. M is just inspiration and kum. Oh okay. So for you, Bruce Lee, you say you come up with ideas for songs, but most of the time they don't say it like that. You told me you went into the studio, you were given beats, then you found the lyrics, you wrote the song. Is there some other way you guys probably get ideas? An old man might just be walking in nature and then some ideas come through that someone else might see him or see something happen. Idea is coming. So maybe you can tell us if there are other ways or probably some other ways that you guys get ideas. Funny thing, we don't even know where music comes from. Ed. We can do what you said, you could be just walking, you could be chilling with your friends and then you start hearing a tune or you get an idea for a lyric for some words. Ed. So at some point we also say that's why maybe it's talent too. There's just something, some intuition tells you it comes with a tune. I mean, you can hear that tune playing in your mind. Ed. So sometimes when we find things like that, we have to bring our producer on board and explain it to him. Now, you know, when I hear it, I have to translate it into words or into the tune. Ed. Like a kuhamu. So when that thing comes, I'll sit with my producer, I'll sit with Nespa, the desire is there, the tune is in my mind, or I write those lyrics, then we start from there. Now we don't know where those things come from, but even if you ask Nespa or any artist, at some point it just happens naturally, I just sit and breathe, it just comes and goes. Well, this morning we were talking about talent, I think that's part of it because it's not for everyone. I don't expect to be sitting down because the dance is coming, but where did it come from anyway? That's quite interesting. I want to imagine that you guys perform in front of wasi or maybe live, you landed it at some event and you were told so you are going to perform. So I want MC to give us one story that you will not forget, probably something that happened to you either a very good thing that happened to you or a very embarrassing thing that happened to you. If you choose a good thing, Bruce Lee will give us an embarrassing thing. If you choose an embarrassing thing, Bruce Lee will say a good thing. But yes, we want to hear a story from you. Some an experience that you had maybe with a fan. A fan told you to do something weird or did something weird. Yeah. So share the story with us and let's enjoy. Uh yes, first of all, it's true that we have many performances. We actually have an album due to drop in October and we're having a listening party too. So we will plan, we will plan activities, we will plan activities, so ah, what was your question? Something that has ever happened to me either as a good thing or an embarrassing thing. Yeah. Let me say a good thing. Let me say a good thing. Good thing. Brle [laughter] start planning an embarrassing thing. Okay. Ah, our last event was East Coma Beast season 2. There's a fan called Onyile Superman. We were performing that dance called amejiba. We were on stage with Bru. Onyile heard a drum playing like he came out of the room and he got on stage like he was until he was shouting until the mic was crazy that design for the ones from let eh m yes naf it was crazy when we wrote these drums you know we just make them too high they don't even know what you see also hears and the nguri gives it to you it gets you even if you go out obviously you will hear a drum drum So it was just crazy to match a person who loves music that design was top beautiful it's also encouraging to also show you that you guys are doing an amazing thing and you're touching some people out there and it's just not in vain buse I want to think that as a performer or as an artist uk on stage then you sing and there's no old man who loves no one is interested you will be like radar what am I doing? So something like that when where the fun is happy, the fun loves you song, it boosts you which is beautiful. Now let's get to hear the embarrassing moments. So I remember that show was for the young and the cool. There was a certain show we were doing those side gigs. Hmm. So that day, obviously, Nespa and I [clear our throats] often when we go to perform, we spend a lot of time together with the audience, sometimes we watch the show that's going on. Hmm. So that day we arrived and sat with the audience far away, just in front of the place, with only people around, but people still didn't know we were going on stage. Ed. We see that the setup is cool, the sound is cool. So our time came and we were called and went on stage. Hmm. Just by picking up the microphone and starting to sing, everything went well. Oh, now it's a very awkward design. Yeah. Are you wondering what should I continue or what should I do? Everything was fine until we stopped there and then, oh, again, after I started having problems, let's say now that they've sorted out the sound issue, we were n't hearing well. So the audience, obviously, your audience has their sound system, and then we, the artists, have a sound system. Yeah. Eh, so I don't listen to the song well and rely on what others are getting. So you know I sing something different and that means I'm behind, I'm very behind. He was relatively low but ye tulik a challenge that people go through I think and it also needs courage but now there is m something like that it happen here and then they turn off they don't know what to do. you are up there like on the podium people are expecting you to perform or do something but you also confused you do n't know how to handle it what you did singing along in as much as hizidenisi was a good thing because some would not even be able to sing or speak but that's not how you were expecting everything that was there so that is a good way to handle that and most of the times you never know what it was now next time and you will practice in case the steam is lost and then something else Challenges are not always the same. Today it 's the electricity that will be lost, tomorrow it's the sound that will be lost, tomorrow you'll forget the lyrics. Things like this just keep changing and changing. And you need to just grace yourself and be ready for whatever it is that comes. And now the most amazing and awaited session is here. The freestyle. Oh yes, I love love freestyles. So my producer please give us the names the words that we are going to be listening to. Yeah. We want to hear what this freestyle will be like. But by the time he puts it on us, let me read it to you, we have dollar respect, same as the south, and we are worried. You guys have always been doing this together. So if you decide, you will do it together. The words are here. You will do it together. Okay? If you decide to make everyone their own, the flaw is yours. The words are dollar, respect, video, same, south and worried. So let me give you a few seconds to brainstorm. Tell me if you will do it individually or if you will collaborate and do it together. It's up to you. I noticed there are three English words, right ? Then also three Swahili words we will play full time one hua hua we will play one. Okay . They've decided that they're going to do it together. So yeah, enjoy. We're just getting started, aren't we? [clearing throat] Yo, I'm in the US, I'm holding dollars. Then you have to give me respect because mine are fine. We are from the south, there is no worry, I am from the US, I have a dollar at this time, we respect the government of ketepa music, there is clearly a worry, Eliza, you are right [laughter], you laughed at our video about Iran, we have vida mobs and come stay tuned, yeah, huge respect, Y254, you are doing it, we are staying cool with this video. It's okay to be worried, but we're from the south, so there's no need to worry. I heard music in the building big. Have you guys heard that I have been mentioned? Eh so so [laughter] anyways let me clap for you guys. That was amazing [cheers] especially one since you just been given words randomly and they are no bit as well. So you expected to think you expected to plan them yourself come come come up with something and that was beautiful. Now let's get to um some of the things that motivate you buse the fact that mema decide that we can do this let's join hands together and do music at this time we are in 2016 2028 we have come back come 2016 2026 yes and those are years of friendship years of working together and I'm very sure that there are mountains and valleys most of the times the elders come here they say we started when we were rende but this time I am solo or this time i buts together buse I'm very sure you are fighting old man with his ideas you are laughing no this is what is appropriate but here you are still holding it all together so we start with you bru tell us what is it that keeps you going what is it that holds you together as friends as this amazing crew and you've decided that no matter what we are still doing this together. One thing I can say is that when we first started, I really loved music. Nespa loves music very much. So that was the most basic thing, namely to get us to do this thing. You see the second thing is we put the ketepa up and it became too big to overcome us you see overcoming our feelings overcoming the ones eh above we came up with a certain system we put the ketepa up we put these are the things we should talk about we put these are the things we should fight for this is the message we should use to all of our people who listen to us so I suspect that the foundation that we put we said we put the ketepa music but there is Nespa there is me that will be on us there is no activity if we fight the two of us it will not affect eh so I suspect and I know very well that is what has put us together on top people must fight m must be normal people human people someone will get angry what will someone do if you are also a person of kuboega and someone about something small stay angry make you abandon a seven-year project or make sense so that is what pushes us forward every eh I can add it is god and also it is god it is god and it is god and it is god again and it is god wow beautiful this is amazing especially seeing that you've been there for all those years buse I have seen experiences of people maybe m says someone saw green pastures and decided to go with leave us and all that but the fact that you guys have this vision this big dream that is greater than you greater than your feeling greater than sina mood ama sijifeel uh that's a good that's a good way to go now let's get to the challenges most of the times everyone saying in every industry in life everywhere there are challenges we will get along with the difficulties, the old man is hurting the old man is suffering but let's get to here some of the challenges that you've gone through in this industry we starting with you MC yeah some of the challenges that you have faced big challenge kake tapeper tumeface has been management we have had a very good management but saira dan safi and the audio production stuff was also good. We were struggling with producers about recording songs from this studio to this studio to this studio. But thank God we also got a sub producer to work with him we already did one album with him called hazard there is another album we have shoutout those faces those are the challenges we have okay those are yours let's go basically it's [clearing throat] the first one that I have been waiting for And more challenging is a distributor who can make our work easier distributor up since we started we have had distributors every now and then we try some distributor hm we see streams that count but we don't see it in dollars we don't see it so distribution has become a problem in Kenya companies of the past and they don't pay and according to streams you get ah another very big problem was the producers ah producers also you know everyone has what they think you can go up the art we can't say we have tomorrow let's sing about this camera you see you will only be what I said intuition you claim to express yourself some design you get a producer tells you ah ah you shouldn't do this or you shouldn't do this. So there are limits and producers are afraid to go with full-fledged art, art, art, there's no authenticity, and you know that Keteper music is big on authenticity, right? You don't want to be a copy cut. Yeah. So those are the challenges we've been facing, but we've found a producer we can work with. Finally. Yeah. Right. Amazing. Uh what is the drive behind your music? We wanted to talk about hobbies this morning and you said, and you also said, at times people listen to music when you write your songs and you produce and you perform them live. What is that message that you want to pass to the audience? I listened to your song, do you want to feel it? What message do you want to convey? I'll start with your MC. Ah basically I'm telling you, I'm telling you, even Bruise, I'm into Tepo's songs, even if you hear Tepo's songs, it's appropriate for that song. If you hear it, you're excited. You find it's not a song that's just a waste of time, we've been drained of human design. Maybe you have your own ideas or your own things, just keep going. You'll hear the same thing. So the music you hear also has a lot of design that's appropriate for giving you that energy and that motivation. So that's why our lyric writing is very authentic. We can't start talking about Lovington and we're on the street. Can you find me? Yeah. So what is there is what we are telling you right now and that is what we are trying to deliver and that is why we are here to reach many other people. Oh, amazing. Do you have anything to add on that? Um, he's had enough of these. Amazing. Uh if you have a question to them, they're going to be giving us the platform. You can find them online and you can reach out to them. But above all, subscribe to the songs, like, share, listen to the songs and say they have an album that they're going to be releasing. So follow up a bit the moment they release the album you are there to be among the first people to get their songs. You saw what we were doing when we started, we got to listen to the song. It's amazing and they're going to be telling us where we can find the songs online. So yes, make sure that you follow them, make sure that you like, share and enjoy. They said they want you to be arrested. Hey, you're just stressed, you're tired, it's okay. But they want when you listen to their songs you get excited. So yes, if you want to be excited, make sure that you get to find their songs. Bruce, talk to someone that um is out there watching, someone [clearing throat] that feels like giving up, someone that feels like man, life is a little bit impossible, I have arrived, I say, I say from and actually most of the people that are watching as a young people. I can say one thing, if you feel it's getting difficult because you're almost there, just keep going, it's difficult, but keep going if you feel you're really tired, just breathe, calm down, breathe and keep going. Sometimes, for some people, it takes 50 years. For some people it takes 2 years, for others it takes two months. Don't compare yourself just believe in yourself you can do whatever you want to do better don't stop doing it and if you're afraid to start that's where the problem is you should start that's where the thing should be done so yeah step up wake up ka umedose yeah amazing mc advice you give to someone that is watching [clearing throat] god first and wake up we are umedose increase work to eat sorry but that's just consistency that is eh you don't have to do it you can't start today and stop tomorrow it's a mess yeah so I've heard you say a wife like you don't want people to sleep or what is really good what is the meaning behind wake up ka umedose ah ketepo kwa unaskianga ngoma za ketepa music we have ma eh we have ma our things only ours we throw them we have bugudu bugudu wake up one love one heart one destiny there is so it's only them wake up kaumedzi if you hear that w I'm basically wake up dose it was we should put on mbok eh every old man that is let's just send ourselves that is the design that we have sat in the morning eh we have arrived we have woken up k you got me you got me you got me you got me you got me you got me yeah so really I stole that wake up like you got me [laughter] yeah but it has been amazing so um i see time is far much gone but I can't wait to go home or the one they leave to tell you that dem is bad even these give them to say hello or to the one I was sitting here watching me say hi to me So this is your chance say hi to as many people as sent you mab probably told you you're going somewhere make sure you said hi to me so yeah let's start with you brle it's a chance big shoutout to deviso there and cool boys family at large we love you I'm going to tea my sister on the street 41 default big shoutout and a man on the street really yeah Okay you're with someone new to say hello. Okay, if you go and ask me, don't say, "Oh, he didn't even give us a chance, guys." My hands are clean yes I have already given them the chance to say hello to you. This has been amazing and beautiful a little before closing. I can tell you something about the album. Yeah. Oh we have an album as I said it's going to be released in October it's called government of Ketepa fully go ful It has no I don't know if it has trucks but it has several trucks eh we have a listening party we have a feature artist from noma basically the media government of ketepa it was at this time there is one I don't know what the government is so if you hear Iran there is what you hear when it starts we say government Ketapa so not also we are in the media we are with our government let's just do something we demand a producer we are with him we demand videographers [music] basically it's a whole yeah a whole government we are trying to wow amazing so make sure that you just wait like this I told you the moment it just becomes a release like this you should be there and also stay when it's released I will tell you well guys I told you and we are back and we will bring you Shai release so that we hype these people to go and get to your songs. So maybe you can tell us where we can find you online. You will say uh YouTube Ketepa Music, Instagram government of Ketepa, Facebook government of Ketepa, DSPS, Spotify everywhere ketepa music, personal Instagram 41 ways to be like Nespa. Bruce_41. Yeah. Okay . Amazing. Yes. Thank you so much for coming. It has been amazing and beautiful. What was that hashtag again? You're welcome . Amaka [laughter] is long. Make sure you wake up as usual. So for me, I am done for the day. I'm going to step out a bit and let James John come and ascend his throne of sports. Yes. That's a bit of a segment that I'm leaving to Alex, hold on. I'm stuck with music so he's stuck with the sports segment. I have been your host for the day Eliza Kimani it has been amazing and beautiful here at Y in the morning on Y254 channel. You're going to find us on all social media platforms at Y254 channel. Make sure you stay tuned. Wait for JMO to come and tell him what's going on in the sports government. Let's say governor sports comes and says whatever it is that is going on there. You're going to find me on all my social media platforms at Eliza Kimani. See you next week. We must know this, we can't fly, we can't long, we must know, we must come without wings, we close [sing] it 's a plane and a grinder is a runway, when they see us they run away, they know we're with the papaana, put it on the table, I can't, the table is obvious, I can, of course, I can, I must be myself, I want, he demands others, he demands himself.