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Junior Rebel: Watching someone get killed made me swear to help change Kawangware

Benson Amakabila Makokha, known by his fans as Junior Rebel "Jay R", is an ever-evolving artist with numerous ways of expressing his creativity. The ability to watch and learn from others around him has made him something of a Jack-of-all-trades.

Having written poetry, and music mainly but not limited to dancehall, working on movie sets, training young artists on how to use music and art for activism and also being featured in a Kenyan TV series, Jay R has always had the urge to express himself through all channels available.

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