In Summary
•Singer Bahati reacts to Tanzanian music’s dominance over Kenyan music
•Bahati is appealing for togetherness in elevating the Kenyan sound
Taking to his Instagram, Bahati maintained that the Tanzanians had managed to stamp their authority on not only streaming platforms but also on Radio and TVs.
According to Bahati, looking at the Kenyan top trending songs, one would be mistaken to being in Dar es salaam due to the high number of song’s by the Tanzanians.
“We might try to ignore but tumeacha jirani analala hadi na bibi zetu… From YouTube,Boomplay, itunes to our Radio &Tvs…#1 to #10 Trending ni Tanzania I almost thought I was in Dar es salaam” He stated partly
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The mambo ya mhesh singer added that the outplay by Tanzanians offered valuable lessons for reclaiming our lost glory.
And by that,he appealed for togetherness noting that no Kenyan artist is capable of taking the local sound global.
“We need to pick a lesson from thissss…This is the time for Kenyan Musicians to stop thinking you can make it alone and simply come together…No Solo Kenyan Artist Can Take Our Sound Global On Their Own That’s a Fact” Explained Bahati
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Failure to this, Bahati affirmed that Kenyan artist’s will still play second fiddle in their homeground whatsoever.
Taking a look at the boomplay top 10 trending songs in Kenya for the month of June, there’s only one song from Kenya, Kaskie Vibaya by Fathermoh and Ssaru at position
Nigerians are placed at position 8 with,Cough by Kizz Daniel.
The rest are from Tanzania with Jay Melody having the highest tally of 4 song’s.
Bahati was also taken aback by the recent collaborations coming from Tanzania which has so far broke the internet.
From Enjoy by Diamond and Jux to Sumu by Alikiba and Marioo among others is a true testament that the Tanzanians are putting in commendable work.
Are Kenyan artists capable of edging out Tanzanians from their territory?
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