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As we near the Valentines season, Team Psycho drop their anticipated video Mine Mine. The song is already on YouTube and all music platforms. The gang is a three man group incredibly talented and committed at what they do. Coming from Kangemi, their goal is to uplift their society. They are slowly achieving this through offering corporate social responsibility. They are giving back to the society through charity by offering food and basic needs to the less fortunate. The gang, before, was involved in dangerous and illegal activities before discovering that they could sing. They decided to do good rather than steal and participate in malicious acts. Their first hit song was Kata Tenje that introduced them to a new fanbase. The gang prides in having loyal fans who support their music and projects. Mine Mine features Nuclear, an upcoming gengetone and dancehall artist. The song is already trending on YouTube, check it out.

Kenyan singing trio Odi Wa Murang’a has officially released a new gengetone album dubbed ‘Black Ama Regular’, which is his biggest project 2022 so far.The seven-track album which features ‘Black Ama Regular’ as its cover track, also comes with other club bangers that include; ‘Hatukuelewi, ’Ripport\’, ’SIM2’, ‘Kastory Flani\’, ‘Sina Idea’ ft Fathermoh and Swat Matire, ‘Black Ama Regular,’ and ‘Nitakusema’ ft Boondock Gangs, Mejja and King Kora. ‘Black Ama Regular’ is a magnificent compilation of club bangers from the Odi Wa Murang’a music kitchen that is bound to leave their fans spoilt for choice because of the thrilling jams it comes with.The Odi Wa Murang’a ‘Black Ama Regular’ album has since been treated to a massive reception from genge tone fans.Thanks to his captivating vibes, Odi Wa Murang’a and the Boondocks Gang won themselves the title ‘masters of the new genre Gengetone’ after releasing their hit song ‘Rieng’, which turned out to be a club banger. Odi Wa Murang’a thereafter released other club bangers like; ‘Kichwa Mbaya’, ‘Sad Generation’, ‘Kinyanbiz ft States,’Diana’ ft Boondocks Gang, among others.

Budding teenage dance group, the Zari Dancers Africa, have released the official video for their ‘Kelewa’ song, which is doing rounds on airwaves the continent.The ‘Kelewa’ video which was superbly choreographed by the Zari Dancers Africa, is currently one of the biggest projects by the Zari Dancers Africa, who are a dancing group signed to Black Market Records. https://youtu.be/4kksso_-sD4 Although they are currently trending with ‘Kelewa’, the Zari Dancers have done several projects with a number of big-name artistes in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and other countries. For instance, the Zari Dancers in 2021 featured in several songs released under Black Market Records that include: ‘Bambi’ (Mbuzi Gang), ‘This Boy’ (Angella Katatumba), \’Ukam\’ by Boondocks Gang ft Mbuzi Gang and ‘Call Me’ by Junior Gentle.Some of the big-name Ugandan artistes they have worked with include; David Lutalo (Onsanula), Daxx Kartel (Omupangisa), Aziz Azion, Mesach Semakula (Onkuba), Pastor Wilson Bugembe, Gravity Omutujju, Fik Fameica (Muko), among others.

Popular Kenyan genge tone artistes Odi Wa Murang’a has dropped ‘Hatukuelewi’, which features Exray Taniua and Boutross.‘Hatukuelewi’ is a pure club banger that results from the great team work between Odi Wa Murang’a, Exray Taniua and Boutross, who are exceptionally talented artistes. Officially signed to Black Market Records, Odi Wa Murang’a is a member of Boondocks Gang that has always blessed us with awesome gengetone music and teaming up with Exray Taniua and Boutross will propel his solo music career to greater heights, because the two are equally successful artistes with a huge following across the continent.

Popular Kenyan genge tone artistes Odi Wa Murang’a has dropped ‘Hatukuelewi’, which features Exray Taniua and Boutross.‘Hatukuelewi’ is a pure club banger that results from the great team work between Odi Wa Murang’a, Exray Taniua and Boutross, who are exceptionally talented artistes. Officially signed to Black Market Records, Odi Wa Murang’a is a member of Boondocks Gang that has always blessed us with awesome gengetone music and teaming up with Exray Taniua and Boutross will propel his solo music career to greater heights, because the two are equally successful artistes with a huge following across the continent.

Budding Kenyan trap queen Ivy Lygue has outed a new Extended Play (EP) dubbed ‘Big Moves’!Ivy Lygue’s new EP ‘Big Moves’ comes with 4 hip-hop club bangers blended with a bit of powerful vibes. The album has ‘Big Moves’ as the cover track, although it also features other dope jams like ‘Bad Bitch’ featuring EQue, ‘Talkin About’ and ‘Trap Queen’.The project ‘Big Moves’, audaciously ushers Ivy Lygue into the East African music industry and hip-hop realm to be specific, because her songs appeal to a very large audience that reaches beyond Kenyan borders. Specializing in the hip-hop genre, which mainly appeals to the elite and uptown music fans, is bound to make Ivy Lygue, who is signed to Black Market Records, a household name in the near future.

Celebrated musician and producer Daddy Andre, who pries his business under the tag name ‘Andre On The Beat’, is literally giving other Ugandan music producers sleepless nights, thanks to his genius when it comes to producing great music.Although there are several producers in Uganda, Daddy Andre majestically stands out from the rest, because of versality and exceptional talent because he can write songs, sing, choreograph, direct and produce both audios and music videos.Real name Andrew Ojambo, Daddy Andre, who is signed under Black Market Records, has worked on a number of great projects for big name Ugandan artistes like Nina Roz, Angella Katatumba, Spice Diana, Sheebah Karungi, among others. Surprisingly, unlike most producers who have attended music schools, Andre proudly says he never went to any institution to study music production but taught himself the skills he possesses which have since made him a maestro in the music industry.He cut his teeth with ‘Be With You’ of Gift of Kaddo and Becky 256 followed, after which he produced other great projects like ‘Bamusakata’ by Sheebah, Makanika by John Blaq, \’My Miss, Sikuleka\’ by Allan Toniks, \’Billboard, Kipande\’ by Nina Roz to mention a fewBesides producing, Daddy Andre has also worked on great projects that include; ‘You and Me’ with Lydia Jazmine, ‘Now’ with Spice Diana, ‘Kyoyoya’ with John Blaq, Prince Omar, ‘Ku Kyokya’.He also worked on many several songs most of which have since become hits and they include; ‘Tugende Mu Church’, ‘Omwana Wabandi’, ‘Tobelabila’ ft Angella Katatumba, ‘Sikikukweka’ ‘Omuwala’ ft Bruno K, ‘Baby Papa’ with Karole Kasita, ‘Take You Home’, ‘I Miss You’, ‘Andele’ with Nina Roz, ‘More and More’, among others. Daddy Andre has also won a number of awards as a producer and songwriter for example; Buzz Teeniz Beat Maker Of The Year 2019, Zzina Best Producer and Best Songwriter 2020, Zzina Best Producer and Best Songwriter 2021 to mention but a few. Daddy Andre has also got international nominations as an outstanding artist, producer and songwriter in a number of awards like African Entertainment Awards (USA), MTV MAMA Awards 2021. Await for more outstanding projects from the multi-talented artist, producer and songwriter.

After a long wait, hip-hop stars Hid 16th (Tarley) and Boyzee have finally released a video for their new song ‘Burn Up’ and the ‘Burn Up’ video is a feature track off their new album ‘Burn Up’. https://youtu.be/n3jn34Jq2XM Hid 16th (Tarley) and Boyzee give fans their whole in the ‘Burn Up’, which is a blend of love, dancehall and Afro-pop vibes.Besides YouTube, the ‘Burn Up’ video is also streaming on Spotify, iTunes and other digital streaming platforms.With ‘Burn Up’ Hid 161th (Tarley) and Boyzee have definitely proved to all haters and doubters that they a force to reckon with in the music industry when it comes to doing great music. However, although they have so far released ‘Burn Up’, HID61th and Boyzee are working on releasing videos for the other tracks on their new album that was released via Black Market Records which include; ‘Bum Bum’, ‘My Woman’, ‘Commando’ and ‘Nobody’.

Sensational Ugandan vocalist Kenneth Mugabi is slated to stage a massive love fete on this year’s Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2022, dubbed ‘Special Valentine.’We have learnt that the fete which will be held at National Theatre, will see Kenneth Mugabi thrill lovers with a special performance of all his love songs.Bound to be a once-in-a-lifetime moment, Mugabi, who is popularly known for his soothing ballads, has vowed to give the audience his whole.Sponsored by Black Market Records, the Uganda National Cultural Council (UNCC), and others, Mugabi’s Valentine Special will see him perform all the love songs off his new album ‘People of the Land’, which he released a few days ago and other songs loved by his fans. https://youtu.be/TJyEBiUtTUE Commenting about the show, Mugabi told our reporters that; “People should expect to experience the Mugabi they have never experienced before. Since this is going to be a special day for lovers, the audience should come ready to indulge in a love-filled ambience.”Kenneth Mugabi is an award winning Afro-soul artist from Uganda, who recently scooped the Janzi Award for Best Vocalist of the year.He is inspired by stories of our daily life in relation to the past, present and the future.He recently won the Hipipo Best Soul Song 2019 award for his sensational song ‘Nkwegomba’, off his highly acclaimed Album titled ‘Ugandan’, released on August 29th, 2019.The ‘Ugandan’ album is his second studio album following his debut album ‘Kibunomu’ with songs like ‘Naki’, ‘Nambi’ and ‘Kibunomu’.

Talented American rapper Baby Radar, who was formerly known by his stage name Chulo Mac, is enjoying the limelight in America, thanks to his skills in the Hip-hop genre.Baby Radar’s latest album ‘Green Eyed Bandit’, which features jams like ‘Inhale’, ‘You Gots To Chill’, ‘It’s My Thing’, ‘You’re My Customer’, ‘So Wat Cha Saying’, ‘You Got The Bozack’ and others, is a massive project that currently is performing well on all digital music streaming platforms and airwaves around the globe. https://youtu.be/MGlZpwGY-0Q Besides ‘Inhale’ however, Baby Radar, who is signed under Black Market Records, has outed several other successful projects like; ‘Da Navy’, ‘Problem Child’, ‘Hol On’, ’40 Barns’, ‘Real’, ‘Trip’, ‘Blowin’, ‘Know What It is’, ‘Uncharted’, ‘Line Switch’, to mention but a few.Born Answer Williams, on January 20th, the artiste who is now known as Baby Radar following his transition from Chulo Mac, has been making music since he was six years old.He started out with his elder brothers but eventually took time off to focus on playing baseball and football.During his hiatus from music, his elder brother YAYA released an album “Gwapp Boii Certified” on Black Market Records which had a song that features Bay Area rapper Nef the Pharaoh.“He did a song with Nef and that was when he started seeing it pick up”, states Baby Radar adding; “I was like Yea, I have to get back into this.”He put his energy back into his craft to create his latest album “Green Eyed Bandit”, which has been released via Black Market Records. Music runs in his family and his father Radar Mozzy recently toured with Sacramento rap star Mozzy.Baby Radar has a multipurpose style that takes influences from different genres of music that he has been inspired by.“My style goes all places, it all depends on what I\’m feeling at the moment,” Baby Radar says.He adds that; “I just don’t listen to rap, I listen to a little country, R&B and all of that.”Baby Radar lists his father as one of his biggest influences and has patterned his style after that same energy.“There’s no artiste bigger than my Dad”, he says, adding; “I was at the mall and people were asking me if I’m Baby Radar.”Experiences like that have kept him motivated to reach the next level with his music. His flow, style and signature green eyes make his star quality stand out. He has been able to accomplish some incredible achievements with his music and at the same time balance sports and school.“For regular kids, on weekends they might be at parties or at people\’s houses,” says Baby Radar, “On weekends that\’s my grind time, I\’m in the studio, there\’s a time and a place for everything and I like balancing it,” he adds.Some of his keys to success are staying consistent, staying active with his fans, and always working hard.“Watch me work”, he says, noting that; “I want everything, I\’m doing this for my family.”

Ivy Lygue legally identified as Ivy Wangari Gikuma is Kenya\’s youngest proclaimed trap queen and the freshest Signee of Black Market Records Africa. She was born in Nakuru and later moved to Ruaka to pursue her first level of education at City Primary School. While at Hero\’s High School, she discovered her passion for music and began writing rhymes. Her greatest inspiration came from listening to Nasty C\’s songs and watching his videos. She recorded her first track while in form two and has since worked with Tanzania\’s artist Nello on a new track. Her latest project is her debut album titled \’Big Moves\’ recorded and to be released in 2022,February. The album is an introductory course to the game and talks about her life and goals. Ivy is only nineteen and probably amongst the youngest rappers in Kenya and Africa at large. The Kenyan music industry has been growing drastically with the women taking the lead and owning the game. Ivy Lygue is no exception.

Ivy Lygue legally identified as Ivy Wangari Gikuma is Kenya\’s youngest proclaimed trap queen and the freshest Signee of Black Market Records Africa. She was born in Nakuru and later moved to Ruaka to pursue her first level of education at City Primary School. While at Hero\’s High School, she discovered her passion for music and began writing rhymes. Her greatest inspiration came from listening to Nasty C\’s songs and watching his videos. She recorded her first track while in form two and has since worked with Tanzania\’s artist Nello on a new track. Her latest project is her debut album titled \’Big Moves\’ recorded and to be released in 2022,February. The album is an introductory course to the game and talks about her life and goals. Ivy is only nineteen and probably amongst the youngest rappers in Kenya and Africa at large. The Kenyan music industry has been growing drastically with the women taking the lead and owning the game. Ivy Lygue is no exception.