Sarabi Kenya’s Afro-fusion band is a revolutionary Afro-fusion band hailing from Nairobi, Kenya. Known for their electrifying performances and socially conscious lyrics. Sarabi blends traditional East African rhythms with contemporary influences to create a powerful and unique sound. Since their formation in 2005, they have built a reputation as one of the most dynamic live bands in Africa. Using their music to address social, political, and economic issues that resonate with audiences worldwide.
Rahaf Mohammed is an Asylum seeker andLiberal-feminist from Saudi Arabia. She made international headlines when she fled Saudi Arabia for Australia. On January 5, 2019, she was detained by Thai police while transiting through Bangkok airport from Kuwait to Australia.
Pat Sajak is a famous American game presenter, Dj, Actor, and television personality. He is well known for hosting Wheel of Fortune, an American television show, since 1981. Sajak has been nominated 19 times for the Daytime. Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for his work on Wheel. He set a Guinness World Record for the episode recorded on March 28 and broadcast on May 8 (two days before the 7,000th episode of the primetime edition).
Amapiano is a subgenre of house music and lifestyle that first appeared in South Africa in 2012. It is a fusion of deep house, jazz, lounge, and disco music that is characterized by synths, airy pads, and broad percussive basslines. It is characterized by high-pitched piano melodies, Kwaito basslines, and slow-tempo South African house rhythms. from the 1990s onwards, DiBacardi percussion came from another regional house sub-genre.
Master KG.
The originality of Amapiano
There is a lot of confusion and debate surrounding the genre’s origins. With various accounts of the musical styles in the Johannesburg townships of Soweto, Alexandra, Vosloorus, and Katlehong. However, the genre gained popularity in Katlehong, a township east of Johannesburg. Some claim the genre originated in Pretoria due to its resemblance to Bacardi. Although there are many songs that closely resemble disco music, it is impossible to definitively identify the person(s) who created the popular genre.
The key components of the genre are the collective use of repetitive piano chords in succession and resemble piano sounds from the Disco music era. Which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s and featured artists like the band Splash with hit songs like “Peacock,” “God of Mercy,” and “Glad,” to name a few, as well as the recently popular “log drum,” which has been created by Mdu aka TRP. Kabza De Small, a pioneer of Amapiano.
List of Amapiano Dj’s and producers
The most exciting South African producers currently carrying the torch for amapiano are highlighted in the list below. It is important to keep in mind that there is an undeniable gender imbalance on the production side of the sound within its country of origin, despite the fact that many female vocalists are pushing the amapiano scene to new heights (as listed by the author of this piece in a feature for Pan African Music).
Grand Canyon National Park, located in Arizona. Has a large portion of the enormous Grand Canyon. Whose layered bands of red rock reveal millions of years of geological history. The Yavapai Observation Station, Mary Colter’s Lookout Studio, and her Desert View Watchtower are a few viewpoints. A popular spot is Lipan Point. Which offers expansive views of the canyon and Colorado River, particularly at sunrise and sunset.
Olwenya Maina was a Kenyan award-winning actor, voice artist, and director. His most famous performance was as “Oti” in the popular Kenyan film “Nairobi Half-Life”. He received numerous nominations, including best supporting actor in the AMAA (African Movie Academy Awards) in 2013. He was featured in the Sarabi band music Video Sheria.
Tabitha Karanja is a Kenyan entrepreneur, businesswoman, and industrialist. She is the first successful woman to beat the odds and start a brewery. She is the founder and current CEO of Keroche Breweries.
Stromae (real Name Paul Van Haver). Is a Belgian singer-songwriter, rapper, and musician. Popularly known for the hit songs papaoutai,Alors on danse. His music style is influenced by rap electronic music, fused with Congolese rhumba and Cuban.
Paul Van Haver (Stromae).
Stromae Biography
In the year 2000, he started as Opmaestro. A rapper who later changed his stage name to “Stromae.” Which means maestro. He formed “Suspicion” a duo rap group with rapper “J.E.D.I.” at the age of 18 years old. Van Haver was film student at the Institut national de radioélectricité et cinématographie. In 2007 he ventured into a full-time music career. Recording an Ep Juste un cerveau.
He began his career as a young trainee at NRJ. A Brussels-based music radio station. Music Manager Vincent Verbelen liked Stromae’s first track “Alors on Danse”. That he decided to premiere it on NRJ. Alors on Danse became a hit song in Belgium, France, and Europe.
Mosaert held a fashion presentation at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris to celebrate the publication of its latest collection, “Capsule n°5”, as well as the release of Stromae’s first new single in over five years, “Défiler.”
Birth name
Paul Van Haver
Born
12 March 1985 (age 36) Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Genre
-Hip hop -House electronic -Electropop -New beat -Eurodance
Occupation(s)
–Musician –Rapper –Singer -Songwriter
Instruments
-Keyboard -Synthesizer -Drums -Vocals
Years Active
2000-present
Labels
–Mosaert -B1 -Vertigo –Mercury -Universal -Republic -Casablanca –Island France –Columbia
Stromae was born on 12 March 1985 (age 36 years) in Etterbeek, Belgium. He stands at a height approximately 1.91 m.
Stromae’s Family
Stromae was born on 12 March 1985. To a Belgian Flemish mother, Miranda Van Haver, and a Rwandese father Pierre Rutare. His mother raised him and his siblings after his father. A distinguished architect was murdered while visiting his relatives in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.
He is married to Coralie Barbier and they have one kid.
Stromae Net Worth
Stromae’s Net Worth is estimated to be between $ 5million and $ 7million.
Lynn Ngugi is a Kenyan Content creator, Talk show Host, and producer. In 2021, she was selected to the BBC’s list of the 100 most influential women.She hosts celebrities, street children, pastors to the very need, on her YouTube channel.
Lynn wins the humanitarian Award.
Ngugi is a graduate of the East Africa School of Mass Studies, where she pursued an associate program in Broadcast Journalism. From 2011 to 2014, she worked as a producer at Kiwo Films. Lynn joined TUKO Media in 2017 as a video producer. She was able to broaden and refine her skill set by working with various media forms. She worked in content development before being promoted to the position of producer at the journalism firm. Her career at TUKO has been on an upward trend for the past four years.
Lynn was born in the 80s’, she is in her 30s’. Her birth date is unknown. Lynn grew up in Huruma, Nairobi Kenya.
Real Names
Lynn Nyambura Ngugi
Age
30s’
Nationality
Kenyan
Born
1980s’
Parents
Father Mr. Ngugi and Mother Margret Ngina
Education
Associate Degree Mass Communication/ Broadcast Journalism
Employer
Lynn Ngugi Network
Children
one daughter
Lynn Ngugi Family
Ngugi was born to a single mother, Margret Ngina. Her mother was a shoe hawker in Gikomba, and her wealthy father Mr. Ngugi. Her parents divorced when she was young. She has 3 siblings.
Lynn has a lovely daughter, but she hasn’t revealed where the baby’s father is.
Tuko Media Lynn
She worked with Tuko for 4years as producer, content developer, host of Tuko talks and video producer. In 2021, she announced her departure from the digital news platform Tuko.
Ja’Siah Young is an American Actor. Notable for starring in Netflix’s critically acclaimed superhero drama Raising Dion. In 2015, he began acting in the TV series “Billy on the Street.” Also, he played a role in the Thriller Drama film Nicole and O.J. As Justin Simpson directed by Joshua Newton.
