Mike Mutooni: I laugh at anyone who thinks I'm broke

How is university life taking you? It's boring, but I just want to complete my degree so I have a foundation. I'm studying for a Bachelors in Business Administration. I've realised that despite all the experience I have had in marketing, it's still hard to get a promotion without papers.

So you want to get a regular job? Not really. I have been doing some social media marketing work here and there, but I'm a businessman. I run a transportation business called Prestige Limo and I have co-founded a media company called Headsp_ce Afrika.

Speaking about transporation, a story blew up early this year that the rain has beaten you hard and you have downgraded from being a one-time successful band manager to a taxi guy (Uber driver). What is that about? The first time I heard about the article, a friend of mine said he saw something online about me working with Uber and he congratulated me on being a businessman. I didn't think much about it until later when my relatives abroad started calling me to ask if I was OK or if I was suffering.

I then went online to check what the article was about, and found out it was all negative stuff. They made it look like I was suffering, which is not the truth.

So what's the real story? I'm an Uber rider partner. What that simply means, is I own cars – five of them – under my company – Prestige Limo Ltd. I have then hired drivers.

I do social media marketing for a number of brands, but on the weekends, I Uber (drive people around). Kenyans always want to make things look bad. What's wrong if I make a little extra cash on the side?

Okay. So what is Headsp_ce Afrika all about? Me and two other guys have teamed up to manage creatives – from artists, to musicians. We have so far shot a musician's music video.

I'm also working on my rapping project. Many people don't know I can rap. I'm doing the final touches to the track. But I've been having a little challenge coming up with a chorus. It's not easy. I have respect for everyone who can write a chorus. Even that guy who came up with gangnam style. It's not easy.

Take us back to your Camp Mulla days. How did you end up managing them and why did the group break up? I used to see two members – Shappa man and Taio Tripper – do freestyle rap for fun at clubs. One day, I approached them and told them they should do it professionally. The two then teamed up with Marcus – whose mum Suzanne Gachukia became executive producer – and Karun, the female in the group.

The group had its time in the spotlight, but there were some rumours that despite the high-quality videos and gigs it had, the group wasn't making money. Is that true? There was money. It's just that we had an investor, so they took a percentage, and the rest we decided to plough back to the brand so when we needed to shoot a video, we didn't have to look for cash.

Why did the group break up? Members wanted to pursue different interests. Some went abroad, others went into different fields.

Any chance of a reunion? No.

Any final words? Kenyans should stop looking down on certain jobs. In the US, a job is a job. The most important thing is that it pays the bill. For people to look down on me because I drive for Uber is not right.