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In the Studio: Top Kenyan  Hip Hop Artist Octopizzo

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Episode 14: Kenyan Rapper Octopizzo

16/05/2017 GMT

Top Kenyan  Hip Hop Artist Octopizzo

BBC World Service - In the Studio, Top Kenyan  Hip Hop Artist Octopizzo

How Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum, inspires his music

Kenyan hip hop Star Octopizzo takes us on a creative journey around his childhood home of Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum - a place where he continues to find inspiration

Octopizzo is one of the biggest names in Kenyan hip hop, whose music continues to be inspired by his childhood growing up in Africa’s biggest slum. He takes the BBC’s Anthony Irungu  on a night-time journey around  Kibera, on the outskirts of Nairobi, as he explores the sights, sounds and people who influence his songs including his latest single Nu Afrika . 
Octopizzo raps in the street slang of Sheng,  but in a big new endeavour, his latest album has a jazz feel to it,  a homage to the music  his late father used to love. We also follow Octopizzo into his recording session as he departs from rap and sings on one of his songs for the very first time.

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