Gospel newcomer, Jim Jimmy talks to Mulika Entertainment.

Gospel newcomer, Jim Jimmy talks to Mulika Entertainment.

Gospel artiste opens up about life, 

    Ministry and the latest gospel sagas. 

The gospel fraternity in Kenya and the region of late has been marred by lots controversies, scandals and allegations ranging from pastors being caught pants down, to marriage break ups among other not so good news especially for people who are believed to have seen the light. Well, that’s another story for another day. Today we are focusing on our first ever interview in our platform.

This platform has been established to recognize and expose new/fresh talent of budding musicians, poets and fashion designers as well. We are looking forward to interviewing anyone who is willing to be part and parcel of this. We need your unwavering support in this.

Well to start off, MULIKA ENTERTAINMENT writer Fred Nzomo caught up with a Kahawa based gospel artiste and after a couple of hours compiled the following interview for you. The artiste talks about his ministry, the challenges and the latest scandals surrounding the gospel industry. Read and enjoy.

Jim Jimmy

Jim Jimmy

Fred:                              So what’s your stage name?

Jim Jimmy:                   Jim jimmy

Fred:                              Tell us about jim jimmy? who is jim jimmy?

Jim Jimmy:                   Jim jimmy is an upcoming gospel musician.

Fred:                              So where does jimmy come from and where is he based today?

Jim Jimmy:                   I come from muranga...mugoiri...but currently am in Nairobi, kahawa

Fred:                              When and when did you start your music career?

Jim Jimmy:                   I started sing last year..at the age of 22...at kusini....records

Fred:                              How has it been ever since you started singing?

Jim Jimmy:                   Singing is not that easy..a lot of challenges...like .lack of money .piracy.....among others  but God has been on my side.

Fred:                              Bearing in mind what is happening today, what’s your take on the current trends in the gospel industry? Is the gospel in Kenya taking or in the right direction?

Jim Jimmy:                   In the country. Gospel has changed....if God grants someone favor...he. or she can go far...we have seen our gospel musician going far...eg willy paul, eshter wahome,angela chimbalonza among many

Fred:                              You are a gospel artiste, which kind or music/genre do you do?

Jim Jimmy:                   Worship n a bit of lingala

 

Gospel artiste Jim Jimmy on stage.

Fred:                              There has been a lot of debate on social media about the genre or style of music Kenyan gospel artistes are using like lingala,ragga,etc, whats your take/input on this?

Jim Jimmy:                   It depends on someones’ calling .people have different calling...some people can do lingala others bongo...we are talented differently

Fred:                              Given a chance to respond to those people who claim that the new breed of Gospel musicians in Kenya is after money and not necessary preaching the gospel, what would you tell them?

Jim Jimmy:                   People should stop judging others ...like seriously music is very tough..n In order to make money u pass through a lot of challenges n temptations......before judging us think twice hehe

Fred:                              You saw when bahati was attacked by the media for allegedly sagging in one of his performances, what can you say on dress code for artistes especially when performing?

Jim Jimmy:                   Actually I don’t interfere with peoples life...he is matured and he knows what right n wrong......but we should be good example to those people who are watching us.

Fred:                              You are a fresh artiste, where do you want to see yourself in the next 5 years?

Jim Jimmy:                   I would like to be an international artiste by then.

Fred:                              Given a chance to advice your fellow budding gospel, what would you tell them?

Jim Jimmy:                   They should put God in everything...n their dreams will come true

Fred:                              Anyone in your life?

Jim Jimmy:                   ezn?

Fred:                              What would you wish to tell your fans?

Jim Jimmy:                   Mafans nawatreasure sana..n I have a surprise for u this year....nawapenda sana.

Fred:                             Any other partying shot?

Jim Jimmy:                   By the way I have new track coming soon...a dance hall one

Watch/listen to his new song WIMBO HUU here .

WE FROM MULIKA FAMILY WISH HIM ALL THE VERY BEST IN HIS ENDEVOURS.

BIG UP MZAZI WILLY M TUVA by Ben Wangila.

BIG UP MZAZI WILLY M TUVA

Willy M Tuva

 Ruling the airwaves as a presenter, supporting local talent.

                                        by Ben Wangila

We all know him, as the charismatic, eloquent and  undoubtedly outgoing MAMBO MSETO presenter on Radio citizen. Mambo Mseto is a popular Radio show that airs from 1 to 4 pm from Monday to Friday on one of the most popular radio stations owned by the royal media services company. The shows success is attributed to this one man who for now is one of the biggest Radio presenters in east Africa and a multi award winner who has been supporting Kenyan and E.A musicians.
 Mzazi has stood out among dozens of presenters as one of the few Radio presenters who believe in our homegrown music and our musicians as well. He has been supporting our east African homegrown talents, a move that has seen him brand himself,  as  mlezi wa vipaji. He has invested his believe in our artistes and that can be confirmed through what he does in his show. And true to this, everyone in east Africa can confirm that he is indeed mlezi wa vipaji. 

WILLY LIVE IN STUDIO

 

WILLY WITH AN AWARD

In one of his new ventures, willy M Tuva has  led to the establishment of MSETO CAMPUS TOUR that discovers and nurtures young musicians. A good example is Dogo Biggie, a young Kenyan uprising bongo artiste. Apart from dogo biggie, Willy has discovered and nurtured a lot of talent, both in Kenya and the east African community at large. In his show mambo mseto, willy hosts both the little known artistes and the already established musicians without discrimination for interviews.
With the ample support of DJ FLASH they have kept the E.A on the world map of music.
Keep up Mzazi for believing in kulea vipaji vyetu.

From MULIKA ENTERTAINMENT FAMILY, we wish him all the best and advise him to always keep it up.  

Writer. Ben wangila

Editor. Fred Nzomo

WHY ARE NIGERIAN MUSICIANS DOING COLLABOS WITH EAST AFRICAN BIG ARTISTS? Mulika Entertainment Writer Benjamin Wangila finally drops the bombshell. Find out how!

WHY ARE NIGERIAN MUSICIANS DOING 

COLLABOS WITH EAST AFRICAN BIG ARTISTS?

"We are tired of dancing to remixes give us new
songs"

  "Kenyan artists should stop being used
to market others at their own expense."

Off late most Nigerian artists are after collabo's with big hitting artists
in EA. Is it because our music industry has grown and perhaps gone beyond east africa? Or because
Nigerians have their own interests??  The later seems to be. Why am I saying so? This is because  most collabos done are remixes of big hitting songs e.g. DAVIDO did a remix with DIAMOND  on NUMBER ONE, IYANYA did  a remix  with SAUTI SOUL  for the  SURA YAKO hit song, then he did with jaguar on ONE
CENTIMETER. These Nigerians seek collabos on hitting songs and doing remixes
but not doing a new song. Why can’t they remix their big hit songs with E.A artists?
e.g. Davido remixing AYE with Diamond or Iyanya doing a remix of his big hit
with Sauti Soul or Jaguar??. This is a marketing strategy for the Nigerians
to hit in E.A  because in their own backyard they are already known and
already marketable .

 Ben argues,

The collabos are doing Nigerians more good than our E.A musicians, Jaguar can attest  to this as Iyanya duped him. The two who never moved even a centimeter away when doing the collabo are now kilometers away and Jaguar is no more picking Iyanya's phone calls. Before ONE CENTIMETRE remix was
released  the two musicians agreed the song to be released on the same date and day in their various countries but Iyanya never released the song in Naija as it was agreed. This shows how Nigerian musicians use their E.A counterparts to market themselves in E.A and Africa as a whole. If really Nigerians mean good with these, collabos why can’t they do a new song where they give their ideas and make a hitting song as one and market it as a unit? Let them emulate the Caribbean artist like Demarco ft Redsan they gave us Badder than Most, Wyre/Cecil with She Say Dat, last but not least Wyre/Alaine Nakupenda Pia. We are tired of dancing to remixes give us new
songs as collabo's ogah oooh more so Kenyan artists should stop being used
to market others at their own expense.
They call me
BABAYAO DA SPECIAL 1

Writer. Benjamin Wangila
Editor.  Fred Nzomo

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