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DK Kwenye Beat and I were framed: Hope Kid

Hope Kid.
  • In late January, gospel artistes Hope Kid and DK Kwenye Beat were accused of being sexual predators, with their colleagues taking sides and some brands pulling the plug on the two
  • Much more was happening under the radar and as Hope Kid reveals, a NDA was signed in the final stage of the row

‘DK Kwenye Heat’ and ‘Herpes Kid’ were trending memes, with KOT making fun of the episode that had started with Xtian Ndela’s big exposé. A young lady, confirmed by Pulse to be a 23-year old vixen, had come out anonymously to accuse the two, especially DK Kwenye Beat, of having raped and infected her with an STI. She went on TV and she kept divulging more, including revelations that the ordeal left her contemplating suicide.

“I can tell it to you with a straight face that we were framed,” Hope Kid, seated across me in a café along Kindaruma Road, tells me.

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