Showing posts with label Camp mulla. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camp mulla. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2012

AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE MONTH JUN 2012: CAMP MULLA


Camp Mulla is a Kenyan award-winning Hip-Hop group signed to Sub-Sahara Records originating from and based in Nairobi, Kenya. Camp Mulla was established mid June 2010 and had their first public appearance early 2011 and by the 2012 Chaguo La Teeniez Awards held on 20 April 2012, Camp Mulla won the awards for “Teeniez’ Group or Collabo” and “Teeniez’ Nu Artist”.

The group is made of Taio Tripper, Young Kass, Karun, their producer – K’Cous and their hype man, Mikey Touchi.


Taio Tripper (real name Mathew Wakhungu) is a Co-Founder and quite the cocky rapper, known for his innovative compositions, it’s no surprise that he’s the group’s main songwriter.


Miss Karun (real name Karun Mungai) is the first lady and the radiant singer of the group. Her high vocal range makes her a force to reckon with and her pitch is flawless.


Young Kass (real name Benoit Kanema) is also a Co-Founder and profound rapper. With a raspy, unique and more than catchy voice, he steals the crowd’s attention and, with his entertaining punch lines and wordplay, hits the jackpot. His personality is incorporated into his rhymes, eluding confidence and swag.


K’Cous (real name Marcus Kibuksoya) is the multi talented producer of the group. He definitely takes a lot of credit for the group’s current and upcoming success. The seriousness he puts into his work clearly reflects on to the impressive tracks he has produced.


Mikey Touchi (real name Michael Mutooni) is the group’s hype man and the group looks up to him as their keystone social-media connector.


All the members have completed their high school education and will soon join university. They started their music dream all at young ages and cannot remember a day that they were not doing music.

Their first single “Party Don’t Stop” whose video was directed by Nigeria’s very own Clarence Peters launched them into the lime light playing in all major music channels around Africa and the globe.


They call their musical style “2-5-Flow” or “254Low” (pronounced two five flow), which is a pun of Kenya’s calling code +254. It is an infusion of Hip-Hop and R&B with a sense that has Kenya written all over it. And, with their debut album “Funky Town” slated for this summer, I can imagine how many people can’t wait to get their hands on it.


Camp Mulla is definitely a force to reckon within the industry as they ooze their own freshly made brew of swag and coolness that we can feel all across the African continent. So, The crew at Channel O went over to get the scoop on Camp Mulla - how the group came together, how to speak a little Namibian lingo, who their favorite African artists are and so much more.




I sincerely hope to hear more from them soon and can’t wait for “Funky Town” to drop or for them to come perform here in Nigeria. But, for now, here’s their hit single “Addicted” and it’s music video, directed by Clarence Peters.

Play Camp Mulla – Addicted


Also, here are some videos of their other hit singles “Party Don’t Stop” directed by Clarence Peters, “Fresh All Day” directed by Andrew Macharia and “Hold It Down” (254Low Tribute) also directed by Clarence Peters.




Credits: Camp Mulla | ChannelO | misterdeejaypresents

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wizkid, Ice Prince, Camp Mulla & Sarkodie Get Nominated For Best International Act – Africa in the 2012 BET Awards

It’s that time of year again. And, as the buzz for the Billboard Music Awards slowly dwindles, the official nominations for the 2012 BET Awards are now in.

Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming and Specials, BET Networks, alongside DJ Khaled, Diggy Simmons, Mindless Behavior, A$AP Rocky, Astro and Melanie Fiona hosted a press conference yesterday May 22nd, 2012 where he made the announcements.

The 2012 BET Awards is slated to air live on July 1st, 2012 from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. And, this year’s host is no other than the highest grossing actor of all time, the beloved Samuel L. Jackson. With performances from Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj confirmed and the A-List of celebrities slated to attend, this year’s show is going to be nothing short of a breath-taking star-studded event.


As usual, Africa wasn’t left out of the mix, inherently nor was Nigeria, with the Best International Act – Africa category spawning two cream-of-the-crop Nigerian exports – EME/Konvict Muzik Recording artist, Wizkid and the Chocolate City Hip-Hop star, Ice Prince.


Other African acts in the category include Ghana’s fast-spitting lyrical assassin and Azonto Ambassador, Sarkodie; the inventors of 254Low, Kenya’s Hip-Hop Group, Camp Mulla; the South African Afro-Soul sensation soon to make an US cross-over, Lira; and the Francophone Rapper Extraordinaire, Mali’s Mokobe.





Even though, Nigeria has a good chance of winning this award with our high calibre exports – Wizkid and Ice Prince – nominated, we cannot underestimate the level of the other artists in the category. Will Naija bring it home? We can only wait in tense anticipation to find out, as well as wish all nominees the best of luck.


Other notable feats include Kanye West‘s 7 nominations, Beyonce‘s 6 and Jay-Z‘s five nominations; it seems the Roc Family have it in for BET this year. Also, the “Turn Up The Music” crooner, Chris Brown, who walked away with four awards last year out of his six nominations, is nominated for three against top industry heavy weights like Usher, Trey Songz, Miguel and Bruno Mars.


With so much at stake in each category, the 2012 BET Awards is no doubt going to be a thrilling, suspense-filled event and while we patiently, though anxiously, wait for July to come.

FULL NOMINEES LIST

Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna


Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Trey Songz
Usher


Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy


Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Trina
Brianna Perry


Best Group
Bad Meets Evil
Diddy-Dirty Money
Maybach Music Group
Mindless Behavior
The Throne


Best New Artist
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean
Diggy
Future
Meek Mill


Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ J. Cole – “Party””
Big Sean f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – “Marvin & Chardonnay”
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto”
The Throne f/ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”


Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “Countdown”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Ni**as in Paris”
Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Otis”
Usher – “Climax”


Video Director of the Year
Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Brown and Godfrey Tabarez
Kanye West
Hype Williams


Best Gospel
Yolanda Adams
Kim Burrell
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Trin-I-Tee 5:7


YoungStars Award
Astro
Diggy
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith


Viewers’ Choice Award
Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto”
Beyoncé – “Love onTop”
Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
Mindless Behavior – “Hello”
The Throne f/ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”


Centric Award
Common
Estelle
Robert Glasper
Robin Thicke
Tyrese


Best International Act: U.K.
Estelle
Labrinth
Emeli Sande
Sway
Wretch 32


Best International Act: Africa
Camp Mulla (Kenya)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
Lira (South Africa)
Mokobe (Mali)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wizkid (Nigeria)


Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Viola Davis
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana


Best Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Idris Elba
Kevin Hart
Denzel Washington


Best Movie
Good Deeds
Jumping the Broom
Laugh at My Pain
Red Tails
The Help


Sportswoman of the Year
Skylar Diggins
Candace Parker
Brittney Griner
Serena Williams
Venus Williams


Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant


Source: BET.com

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Davido,Camp mulla,Aemo E'Face To Open 2012 BigBrother





Fast rising music sensation Davido has been listed as one of the performers of BigBrother africa opening ceremony.
Other artists listed to perform are kenyan hip-hop group camp mulla and Malawian born South African raised artist Aemo E'Face.
The three artists will join the show headliner Rapper J.cole .The seventh season of Big Brother africa tagged star game will commence May 6,2012. This is the first time entrants are pairing up to compete and brand new cash prize will be USD 300 000.

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