Archive for June, 2013
Kakitu – S.O.C
:: SOC – KAKITU { @SocKenya }::
A swahili Slang meaning loose change (money). The song is a fusion of bangara and hiphop with its inspiration coming from Acts 3:6
“silver and gold I have not but What I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ , rise up and walk! ”
SOC – Kakitu { @SocKenya }
Kelele Takatifu And Christ Cycoz – Rise And Shine
Kelele Takatifu And Christ Cycoz
Rise And Shine is a prayer asking God to take full control in our lives. The prayer expounds more on the reason as to why we’d rather not rise or shine in any way if Christ is not the head of our Mission.
Artist: Kelele Takatifu And Christ Cycoz
Song: Rise And Shine
Meet MR SAM
In his early child hood, Like other kids in Makongeni, phase 8, a settlement in Kenya, Samson Mchalongo also known as Mr. Sam went through the usual ghetto hardships which sometimes included hunger, skin diseases, physical abuse, and missing out on child hood education. Mr. Sam sought solace from music when the going got to be tough.
Mr sam and his friends would go to an open-air market place and start dancing to music that always played in languages they couldn’t understand but they enjoyed it anyway. He said in a resent interview, “We then realized that people were paying an unusual attention towards our passionate dance and eventually, they started tossing coins on the ground for us to continue. They loved our dance but I loved the music.”
At the age of seven, even without a slight Idea of what church or worship is, Mr. Sam had joined a local church choir, which accepted him not for his musical talent but his passion towards music. A lot about God was planted in Mr. Sam at this time. By the time Mr. Sam was fifteen, he begun to sneak out to local clubs using fake IDs and unregistered vehicles. Tupac Amaru Shaku, Buster Rhymes, Aaliyah, and Mc. Light were his idols. Mr. Sam found himself in Club rap competitions and eventually in a high school music group called Xhale which did all sought of music just for fun.
After high school, Mr. Sam became more attracted towards living a better and positive life and inspiring others through music. It is after moving to North Carolina, in the United States, that Mr. Sam found peace in Christ and decided to live and work for Him. Two or so years after accepting Christ, Mr. Sam woke up one morning and realized that he had a heavy burden that was a mixture of pain, love, anger, music, stories, and talents that had to be let out!
“My eyes opened and my fears left. God started transforming all my mess to a message. My friends and I decided to form a dance group called ‘The Musters’, meaning, ‘a gathering of young men with an agenda to fight for salvation.’” Mr. Sam spoke. The group started meeting for bible studies and hosting events like the REFILL and the GX. Eventually, they started singing and establishing their own music studio, Jikoni Productions that produced some of Mr. Sam’s albums including, Mwana Mpotevu, After The Rain, and Shine Your Light.
Mr. Sam is currently in North Carolina working on his fourth Album and his first Book and both share the same name ‘Metamorphosis’. The album and book does not speak of growth and change but demonstrates it. Readers and listeners will not see Mr. Sam as a butterfly unless they are aware of his past. The book explains that God can live in you and therefore your metamorphosis can only begin to take place from within you once you accept God in your life. If you don’t find Mr. Sam on stage, you will find him busy working for Refill to empower and help transform young minds.
LIGHTS ON BY MR SAM
AFTER THE RAIN BY MR SAM
Mr Sam ft Kiki – Mwana Mpotevu
Ambassada – TAKE ME
10% of all sales from AMBASSADA’s projects and merchandise go to THE AMBASSADA FOUNDATION to support kids and women. (TAKE ME TOUR COMING SOON)…
TAKE ME
Head 2 Head Dance Battle
Platinum Dance group were the overall Head 2 Head dance batlle in Kenya in the year 2015, December 18th