“I STARTED OFF BY RAPPING GOSPEL HIP HOP IN CHURCH” – KING KEV

by Black Barbie May 20, 2020 · GRINDS / Interviews

His musical mavericks began in church. He has grown to call the shots in the rap game. We catch up with him to explore his scope of success.

1:Who is king Kev, tell us a bit about yourself

I am a rapper, an actor and a business mogul.

2:When did your passion for music begin?

I started rapping while I was still a kid. Started off rapping Gospel hip hop in church with my peer.

3:Among your songs,which one did you enjoy writing

I have a song called Hummingbird which generally describes my journey.

4:Which among your songs is your favorite
I would still go with Hummingbird.

5:Which Kenyan artist would you wish to do a collabo

Nyashinski
I love his style of music and I think he can really put me on.

6:How has Covid-19 affected you as an artist

No shows no nothing we just surviving, it’s crazy.

7:Which pick up line have you ever used and worked well

About the pick up line I do it real tell you wassup and tell you how I feel, we don’t do pick up lines that’s G trend.

8:What else do you do apart from singing

I am a procurement executive at Kemri graduated in 2017.

9:Gengetone wave is predicted to disappear as fast as it came,what is your take?

About Gengetond my take is this songs are destroying the next generation and creating a bad name for us artists because everyone thinks that Gengetone is Kenyan based… I want the Gengetone artist to look outside the picture and make real music to reach all.