Famous Kenyan DJ Pinye’s name has been a topic of discussion after his remarks about some Kenyan music, the disc jockey has turned 48 years old today.
While celebrating his birthday, DJ Pinye shared a powerful message on his Instagram and apologized to those in the music industry who were feel he took part to derailing their music career.
“On my bdays, I usually reflect on alot of things about my life. Today, am thinking about my impact. My impact on other people’s lives specifically those in the music industry.”he wrote.
He has expressed feelings of regret to those who thought he was derailing their music career. But he is not sorry for the values and standards he set in the music game, because he knows the influence he has created over the years.
DJ Pinye is a pioneer in the music industry and despite the few bad stories, there are a few good ones too. He gave artistes a platform where they could share their music that would be played to the public.
The worst story out there has been that DJ Pinye has denied a lot of artistes opportunities while others say he has let them down. DNA released a whole song dissing him and many called the song ‘nursery song’.
Recently, in an interview DJ Pinye said that back in the day, he didn’t play Khaligraph and DNA’s songs, but over the past few years, their music has really changed.
He went on to say that he cannot play Ethic’s hit song Lamba Lolo and Position, urging DJs not to play mediocre music.