After
a successful event with Brooklyn, NY hip hop artist Yasiin Bey (Mosdef) in his
first East African showcase, Nairobi Rapsody is back this Thursday (4th
June) with Tanzania’s hip hop wordsmith - FID Q.
Welcome
to Ebony Lounge from 10:00 p.m. (Thursday 4th June) for an exclusive
night with Coke Studio Africa season 3 artist: FID Q of the hit Bongo Hip
Hop. He will be in Nairobi, Kenya hosting a Listening Party of his upcoming
third album Kitaaolojia (Streetology) for the first time. The
album is set for release in July.
Kitaaolojia album is about
what’s happening on the streets and inspires the youth to be in control of
their lives. It features 10 songs including Ielewe Mitaa, Neno
featuring Lord Eyez, Sihitaji Marafiki featuring Yvonne Mwale from
Zambia, Siri ya Mchezo featuring Juma Nature, Bendera ya Chuma
with Ben Pol and Bongo Hip Hop with the producer P Funk Majani. FID Q
has also worked with BET Nominated Kenyan group Sauti Sol in a song that will
feature in Kitaaolojia album.
“The
first album Vina Mwanzo Kati na Mwisho was about FID Q’s prose and
writing. Propaganda was a political album. Now Kitaaolojia edutaines.
It highlights FID Q’s motive to help youth and the young people from the street
to make sense of their lives,” said a statement from his management.
Welcome
to a chilled-out affair with the FID Q nicknamed “The Swahili Kid” by New York
hip hop artist Fat Joe. Gates open at 8:00 p.m. Entrance Free. Good vibes. FID
Q will also play some of his past songs from the other albums. He will be
joined on the decks by Kenya’s DJ Finalkut.
EDITOR’S
NOTES
Farid
Kubanda, best known as FID Q is a Tanzanian musician whose genre of music is
Bongo Flava. He is this year part of 28 African stars chosen to feature in Coke
Studio Africa and is set to collaborate with an artist from Uganda in a mash-up
style. With his appearance on Coke Studio Africa, a massive following at home,
and a new album ready for release; Fid Q is set for a grand introduction to the
rest of Africa this year.
NAIROBI
HIP HOP RAPSODY
Founded
by Kenyan Hip Hop entrepreneurs: Buddha Blaze and Rashid Jibril; Nairobi Hip
Hop Rapsody is a musical showcase to put Nairobi city on the map of global hip
hop and promote Kenyan hip hop as the home of classic hip hop in East Africa.
The event’s mission is to bring hip hop culture and artists closer to the fans
in Nairobi. It’s become the only event associated with showcasing of global hip
hop talent in Kenya.
For media relations:
Anyiko Owoko (Publicist)
+254 721 368 983
Follow the lead up to this epic event:
#NairobiRapsody
@NairobiHipHop
@FidQ
@CheusiDawaTV
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