Hustlers Family The Kenyan Bongo Crew With a Flick In Tanzania Movies

Hustlers Family Crew L to R, Wycliffe Mwita (DXL), Chacha Mwita (Chacha Kongo), John Chacha (Mnati),Joseph Mosiabi (Junior Michapo).

Hustlers Family a crew of two brothers and their cousins from Kuria area in Migori County have rocked the music scene with bongo songs.

The brothers John Chacha (Mnati) and Joseph Mosiabi (Junior Michapo) started the crew started the crew in April 2005 but due to education they have been struggling to pick up and incorporated their two cousin Chacha Mwita (Chacha Kongo) and Wycliffe Mwita (DXL).

All of the crew members made a break through after acting in a bongo movie Mtambo Wa Pesa Bandia part 1 & 2 produced by Tivoli Studios in Mwanza, Tanzania after the producer was interested after they released their latest video album Yatima.

In the movie Chacha Kongo acted as a spy selling espionage from a company, Mnati acted as Superintendent of Police, equivalent to OCS in Kenya while DXL and Junior Michapo acted as thugs.

“We were approached by the producer after producing our latest video album and were performing in Musoma and Mwanza in Tanzania to act in the movie and after it had a mild review we acted in part 2 last year,” Mnati says.

Mnati who is the oldest of the crew members said he started singing in 2005 and has released three songs so far Alice when his lover he had educated to college left him, I Wanna Love You and Yatima which talks about orphan children in the society.

The rest started singing between 2001-2010 when they were still in school and only took music and the crew serious in 2010 when Chacha Kongo was the last o finished high school.

“After 2010 we took music seriously and have managed to have shows in Migori, Kisii, Trans Mara, Kilgoris, Isebania and in Tanzania,” DXL said.

In the video album Chacha Kongo has a song Maria and Mama, DXL has Anis Nipe Majibu while Junior Michapo has Vera.

The album has been produced by ‘Sifa Films’ production based in Nairobi

The crew say that music has been a major source of income to the family and has brought fame to the family which has been a major boost in their business as they run a popular pub called Mnati in Kehancha town.

“We have managed to get good audience in town we perform where we get about 30,000-50,000 for performance which helped in producing our songs,” Mnati says.

He added that as the only singing group from Kuria and their Bongo genre of music they’ll break into the national scene and plan to land more movie roles in Tanzania.

Manuel Odeny © 2013

Music Review: Bermuda Affair by UjoC

Album: Bermuda Affair

Singer: UjoC

Tracks: 10

Reviewer: Manuel Odeny

UjoC, real name Eugene Charles Otieno, has released his ten track album; Bermuda Affair.

UjoC, a Maseno University third year student released his first album featuring dancehall music with his personal label Gate Crashers Records.

The third year varsity student opted for personal production to cut cost of hiring a producer and hopes to brand his label nationally.

In the album UjoC has featured other musicians in six songs. Notable is Kisumu City K-Lo in “no apologies” among other singers like Rider, Chiness and Lafam Dawg.

The singer is talented and uses the Jamaican slangs and beats laced with Kenyan touch in easy rap flow. “She Luv Dat” UjoC keeps with the high pace dancehall beat with quick rap to soothe and drag the listener to the dance floor.

Music Review: Carter 4 by Lil Wayne

The hottest 2010 Lil’ Wayne’s album leaked, yet top be released!!Album: Lil Wayne Carter 4

Singer: Lil Wayne

Leaked: At Focus Mixtapes

The Young money rapper album yet to be released this year has been leaked as a mixtape on the internet. The leak comes when Lil’ Wayne official site is yet to announce the release date.

The twenty three track album is leaked by www.focusmixtapes.com. It follows the June 19, 2008 release of Tha Carter III which topped the American billboard with two platinum accredited.

The last album had hits like A Milli, Lollipop feat. Static, Got money feat. T-Pain and Usher’s, Love In This Club, Part II

The album incorporates gangsta rap, rock and Rnb. The song Money In Da Bank feat cocaine bishop is a gangsta while rock lovers will enjoy the rapper keeping pace with Katt Delina in track 10 “unstoppable”.

In Things That You Do feat. Lloyd and Young Keno, an Rnb session, Wayne gives his soothing raspy rap against the soft Rnb beats as with Speechless feat Razah.

The songs that may Rock 2010 are Lil’ Wayne feat Jay-Z and Smitty I ball, the easy rap flow feat. Eminem in Weezy who and remix to You Turn Me On feat Keri Hilson and Jarmanie Duprie

Though Lil Wayne has remixed with big names like Fat Joe, Jay-z, Lloyd, Jermaine Duprie, Dre, Pharrell and Eminem(with sensational Red who and Weezy who). The rapper has done singles: Filthy, Call of duty, and how are you doing

To boast new rappers of Young Money Entertainment, Cater 4 has released for Cocaine Bishop, Jers and Jay Bezel and casino songs: too much in da line 2, talking reckless and money in da bank.

Lil’ Wayne’s Carter 4 Album has the variety on rock, raggeaton, gangsta rap and crunk making it an album for the collection especially for rap lovers.