HAVING BEEN DIAMOND PLATNUMZ’S BACK UP SINGER FOR YEARS, LAVA LAVA IS NOW STEPPING OUT ON HIS OWN AS A SOLO ARTISTE UNDER WASAFI RECORDS.
WHEN DID YOU DISCOVER THAT YOU COULD SING?
I used to sing in the hood. People noticed and told me to join competitions but I never took the advice seriously. One day I was seated by the roadside singing when an old man who’d passed me came back and asked if I was the one who’d been singing. I said no. He told me that he would never allow his children to pursue music but thought that I should because I sounded good. But things were hard. I went for voice training with a friend but when he took me to a studio no words came out. The managers weren’t helpful either and didn’t want me back. I was persistent, though, and I learned.
HOW DID YOU MEET DIAMOND?
An old friend who’d been Diamond’s dancer called me and said that there was an opening at WasafiRecords. I thought he was joking so I dilly dallied, but he was persistent. I went and met with the heads of WasafiRecords and here I am today.
HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH DIAMOND AND HAVING HIM AS A BOSS?
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Relationship Goals
WE ALL HAVE THAT ONE CELEBRITY COUPLE THAT WE LOVE BECAUSE THEY LOOK GOOD TOGETHER AND ARE WINNING AT LIFE. HERE ARE SIX AFRICAN CELEBRITY COUPLES THAT WE ADMIRE.
Unshackled
SISTERS ERICA AND TINA CAMPBELL WHO FORM THE GOSPEL DUO MARY MARY WERE IN TOWN RECENTLY AND SPOKE TO DRUM ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF SINGING TOGETHER, GOING SOLO AND THEIR LONGEVITY IN THE INDUSTRY.
Taking The Spotlight
HAVING BEEN DIAMOND PLATNUMZ’S BACK UP SINGER FOR YEARS, LAVA LAVA IS NOW STEPPING OUT ON HIS OWN AS A SOLO ARTISTE UNDER WASAFI RECORDS.
The Wondrous Woman
GAL GADOT, 32, IS EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT HER TO BE IN HER LATEST MOVIE, WONDER WOMAN. HERE ARE A FEW TIDBITS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HER.
For The Love Of Film
MWANIKI MAGERIA IS AN MC, AN EVENTS ORGANISER AND A FILM DISTRIBUTOR WHO’S ABOUT TO ADD ANOTHER NOTCH ON HIS BELT. DRUM CAUGHT UP WITH THE FOUNDER OF KALASHA AWARDS AND TALKED MATTERS FILM, FAMILY AND THE FUTURE.
Know Your Beer
JEAN WANDIMI GIVES YOU A CRASH COURSE THAT WILL MOVE YOU FROM AMATEUR TO BEER CONNOISSEUR IN A JIFFY.
Right At Home
NASEEM OMAR, FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NASIMI INTERIORS, TOOK THE BOLD STEP OF CHANGING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF FURNITURE SHOWROOMS IN KENYA, AND IT IS PAYING OFF.
The Spicw Girl
MELLOW-VOICED SONGSTRESS AND CHERIE HITMAKER LYDIA JAZMINE WAS CATAPULTED TO INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM AFTER HER PERFORMANCE ON COKE STUDIO AFRICA LAST YEAR. THE SEXY 25-YEAR-OLD UGANDAN RNB SINGER TALKS TO US ABOUT STAKING HER CLAIM TO FAME.
The Classic Man
NIGERIAN AMERICAN ARTISTE JIDENNA THEODORE MOBISSON IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE SOUND AND HIS IMPECCABLE SENSE OF STYLE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE 32 YEAR OLD WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF A CLASSIC MAN.
Sugar, Spice And Everything In Between
CHEF ALFRED MULAVI’S CAREER IS ON THE UP AND UP. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AND TALKED LATEST TRENDS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY, MENU DEVELOPMENT, PET PEEVES AND SO MUCH MORE.
