The scent and smoke of Marijuana seemed to dominate the Nobody can stop reggae concert more than the featured artist music Richie Spice. The Earth a Run Red hit-maker delivered an enthralling performance to a seriously ‘high’ crowd at the KICC grounds in Nairobi.
The concert seemingly unfolded to resemble a weed part as the audience lit up the night with red hot ends of marijuana stubs, taking turns to share and puff puff pass the herb as they danced to the reggae tunes.
It was one of those rare occasions when it is ‘okay’ to publicly smoke weed in this city without risking arrest.
Weed smoking aside, the event started sluggishly, probably due to the fact that there were no other acts performing on the night, save for the main guest artiste.
And when the man himself, Richie Spice, got his performance started with a Rastafarian prayer, the ravers scrambled record the spectacle on their cellphones.
The 47-year-old, who hasn’t released a new album in the last seven years, got the crowd worked up with hit tracks such as Earth a Run Red, Gideon Boot, Righteous Youth, Ghetto Girl, King and Queen and of course Marijuana.
In a thrilling performance, which lasted more than three hours, Richie Spice also performed his latest single Beautiful Life from his upcoming album set to be released in July this year.
Despite the ticket prices being a little bot prohibitive, the event attracted a good crowd including celebrities such as Citizen TV news anchor Lilian Muli, Starehe MP Jaguar, DJ Stylez and Gidi Gidi Maji Maji.