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Why new age artistes are singing in vernacular

A collage of Octopizzo, King Kaka and Khaligraph Jones.

Singing in vernacular was almost always left to Benga artistes, but not anymore.

Then 125 featuring Mike Rua released 'How We Do', a fusion of modern-day hip hop with native Kikuyu folk music also showed us how diverse one can get.

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