JUA CALI HEADLINES AT MEJJA’S HOMEGROUND IN NYERI

Jua Cali

The King of Genge, Jua Cali was in Nyeri over the weekend for the Sprite Urban Expression. The event was hosted at the St Mary’s High school opposite to Majengo Slum in Nyeri town - where rapper Mejja has lived all his life.
Impressed was he with the massive talent in the area. Jua Cali said, “I am stunned by Joseph Waithaka’s performance. He is Calif Records material. I am glad to see that Nyeri young men have taken the footsteps of Mejja.”
The Bidii Yangu hitmaker put up a performance besides one of the new acts from Nyeri Joseph Waithaka a.k.a Wafiti.
Wafiti who won the freestyle battle promised, like Mejja, he will put Nyeri in the musical map. “I am not going to let down my town in the finals. I am encouraging the youth in Nyeri and other towns to showcase their talent without any fear since it can be a ladder to success in their lives.”


Friends of Jordan (FOJ) Alex Munye, does a layup during the finals of the 2010 Sprite Slam Nyeri tournament

In the Graffiti category Patrick Rukwaro emerged the winner. The regional winners will meet in Nairobi for the National finals both in Freestyle and Graffiti competitions. The top freestyle act wins a recording contract for a single at Calif Records.


Patrick Rukwaro putting final touches on his graffiti

CELEBS JOIN IN TALENT SEARCH

Five celebrities have come together to support a new talent search to be hosted at Tankard Club Friday August 13 evening.
Calif Record’s Mejja, Kiss TV’s DNG, DJ Tanya and celebrity law enforcers Alphamatone and Qwachez will be performing at the Dagoretti Talent Search.
“This is an initiative that will help showcase the rich array of talent present in Dagoretti and when I heard about it I thought it’s a good way to give something back to the community, “ DNG told Hot Secrets.
Kenya’s number one hypeman also confirmed that the two winners of the talent search will be awarded a recording contract with singer Pilipili’s record label Chilli Inc and Jomino Entertainment. “We will be looking to award either a rapper and a singer or a female or male act depending on the talented that we encounter on the night,” he said.

FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP SEASON IS HERE!

On the wave of the recently announced Coca-Cola promotion, Nairobi Bottlers Ltd engaged their staff and delighted them with a lucky draw for a pair of all-expenses-paid trips to the 2010 FIFA world Cup this morning at the Bottling plant in Embakasi. Josphat Ijegi Mavunde, a hardworking Production Line Electronic Bottle inspector and soccer fan who had just finished the night shift, won the coveted prize.
Nairobi Bottlers Ltd is kicking off the 2010 World Cup Football Season with their consumers at a Family football funfair at Nyayo Stadium this Saturday 27 March 2010 that will be the passport to South Africa for 10 lucky winners.

There are 10 all-expenses-paid trips to the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be won plus lots of other exciting prizes at the event this Saturday. The trips to South Africa will be won by FIVE winners who will get to pick a person of their choice to travel with to the World Cup game.
The odds are very good for fans who will attend the event. To win they simply have to be there; Its an event to enjoy with friends and family with performances by Jua Cali, Nonini, Daddy Owen, Mejja, Ala Hola, Jimw@t, Cutta C, Kendi, Linet, Raudy and the MOB DJs.
The World Cup is arguably the biggest experiential platform in the world and it is befitting that the kick off of the consumer engagement by Nairobi Bottlers Ltd is an experiential immersion that will have fans actively enjoying their day out and the various prizes available.

MEJJA SCRAPED FROM GERMAN TOUR FOR LACK OF PASSPORT

Mejja was scheduled for a one off show in Germany but that won’t be happening because of lack of proper travelling documents.
He was supposed to tour with Tanzanian singer Ray C for a December 5 concert in Hamburg then head back home for the Christmas holidays.
Our source close to the German promoter says, “After distributing flyers and posters and buying tickets for Ray C and Mejja concert, it has now turned out that Mejja does not even have a passport,” adding “It is the second time he keeping people waiting in Germany because of the same issue.”
The rapper’s handlers deny the allegations. “That is not the case. His travel plans and schedule to Germany conflicted with his December tour plans here in Kenya,” the Chief Operations Officer of Calif Entertainment Africa, Thomas Mahondo continued, “On the 5th he had already been booked for a show at Havana in Mombassa. And our goal as Calif is to make sure the artiste first builds a strong home base before he promotes himself abroad,” Thomas concluded.
In light of this the German promoters say they are looking to replace him with another artiste.

JIMI KIBAKI DROPS ARTISTES’ SLOGAN

Jimi Kibaki’s youth movement dubbed Simama Kenya Youth Initiative (SKYI) has dropped the used of the msucial slogan ‘Roundi Hii Si Mchezo’.
This came shortly after Kenyan newpaper The Star featured the ownership row between the President’s son Jimi and artistes Madtraxx, Mejja and Jimwatt.
What cut was, Jimi’s movement that was unveiled on June 1 in Kitui District carried the slogan; Roundi Hii Si Mchezo. However, the acts whose song is also titled as such clamed they were not consulted.
A source close to the musicians says they did not give Jimi the go ahead to use the song’s title as a slogan.
Anyho, a while back The Standard reported that the movement is now using the slogan, ‘Roundii Hii Hakuna Mchezo’.
Mmmmmmh, Shaking my head.