STRAIGHT SHOOTING NAVIO SIGNED TO MUSIC LABEL

Ugandan rapper Navio has been signed to music label that has an A-list clientele. Talent 256 headed by Aly Alibhai signed the seventh act to their fold. The controversial rapper who called Kenyan celebrities ‘pretentious’ said that the move was a step towards achieving his goals in his music career. The Rukus rapper who was in the country last years during the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA)

Rwandan genocide songs cost Sh1.4m

Four top notch East African musicians last week joined Rwandans to sing ‘Genocide Never Again’ as Rwanda commemorated 15 years since the 1994 genocide that claimed the lives of one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus over just 100 days.Kenya’s Nameless, Burundi’s Kidum, Tanzania’s TID and Uganda’s Blu*3, were invited to spread the message of hope to the genocide survivors through songs composed by