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Top Kenyan Hip Hop Artist Octopizzo

Kenyan hip hop Star Octopizzo takes us on a creative journey around his childhood home of Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum - a place where he continues to find inspiration

Octopizzo is one of the biggest names in Kenyan hip hop, whose music continues to be inspired by his childhood growing up in Africa’s biggest slum. He takes the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Anthony Irungu on a night-time journey around Kibera, on the outskirts of Nairobi, as he explores the sights, sounds and people who influence his songs including his latest single Nu Afrika .
Octopizzo raps in the street slang of Sheng, but in a big new endeavour, his latest album has a jazz feel to it, a homage to the music his late father used to love. We also follow Octopizzo into his recording session as he departs from rap and sings on one of his songs for the very first time.

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27 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 May 2017 21:32GMT

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