The realization of playing 80% of Kenyan music is slowly coming to reality all thanks to the sensational Gengetone genre.
Gengetone has so far become Kenya’s second national anthem with both youngsters and old folks dancing to the newly found Kenyan sound.
Although it’s currently the biggest tune, the sensational song has divided Kenyans online, those in support of it say, the song has promoted employment while those against it say the music is promoting immorality.
One online user, who happens to be Gengetone fan, said that Gengetone saved us from colonization ya Nigerian songs, they simply revived our Kenyanhood……sio kuimba Joro na huelewi any! while Ras weekly added that, Don’t criticize other people’s hustle when you can’t provide alternative employment yourself. Gengetone may not be your cup of tea but it has employed folks and the way our country is right now, it is one of the best things to come out in a while
Ayieko, who is in support of said, Gengetone has changed unemployed ghetto youths to employed youths, infact gengetone is more promising than bision 2030.
Kenny Aluta, who is against it said that, Gengetone needs to evolve if it is to last. Currently, all gengetone songs are about sex, ass, and weed, while another one said, Gengetone artists should use their music to depict evils in the society but they’re so myopic & they’re just a bunch nincompoops who think every music should rhyme with sexual content for them to thrive! ..Think, Mobilize your content, Focus Zombies!😐#Gengetone
Papa Jimes , who accuses the artists of using vulgar language said,#Gengetone is sexual connotations in a music , They use Sheng language to hide the string of strong vulgarity in the songs. I rarely listen to them on my phone 📲 but if I get them elsewhere,Sina budi but sit my ass up and listen to the music .
Here are some of the reactions
Gengetone saved us from colonization ya Nigerian songs, they simply revived our Kenyanhood……sio kuimba Joro na huelewi any! #Gengetone
— Papa Himuselefu !!! (@Bulumacleo) January 13, 2020
Don’t criticize other people’s hustle when you can’t provide alternative employment yourself. Gengetone may not be your cup of tea but it has employed folks and the way our country is right now, it is one of the best things to come out in a while#Gengetone
— Cornel (@Konemoheavy) January 13, 2020
#Gengetone won’t end anytime soon! If any event organizer has 5 gengetone artists in any event, Kenyans will still fill the event. Besides, their numbers on YouTube don’t lie!
— Charles Wahinya™🇰🇪 (@Charleswahinya_) January 13, 2020
Kenyans have been listening to nasty shit from Jamaicans for like a decade but now want to play holier than thou when their fellow Kenyans produce similar content.??? Pretence!#Gengetone
— RasWeekly News (@Ras_wawesh) January 13, 2020
#Gengetone has changed unemployed ghetto youths to employed youths, infact gengetone is more promising than bision 2030
— Rafiki_ke 🇰🇪 (@fidel_Ke) January 13, 2020
Gengetone artists should use their music to depict evils in the society but they’re so myopic & they’re just a bunch nincompoops who think every music should rhyme with sexual content for them to thrive! ..Think, Mobilize your content, Focus Zombies!😐#Gengetone
— Opiyo Polycarp™ (@opiyok97) January 13, 2020
#Gengetone is sexual connotations in a music ,They use Sheng language to hide the string of strong vulgarity in the songs. I rarely listen to them on my phone 📲 but if I get them elsewhere,Sina budi but sit my ass up and listen to the music .
— KabarakFinest001 (@KabarakFinest01) January 13, 2020
#Gengetone kot just imagine a gengetone music without the mentioning of women,sex,drugs that’s all you get to here nothing new.Hii gengetone sioni mahali inaenda.
— Victor (@VictorO26920581) January 13, 2020
#Gengetone needs to evolve if it is to last. Currently all gengetone songs are about sex, ass and weed
— JoMufasa (@JomoEdwin) January 13, 2020
#gengetone
We can’t listen to same topic daily after one week we will get bored.These music videos u can’t even watch in public very disgusting it will drag our youth to mediocrity.think of long term things that will be appreciated globally.there are many topics beside sex ,drugs— Mockingbird bird 💃 (@_mockiingbird_) January 12, 2020
#Gengetone was good in Kiswahili but they spoiled it in sheng, the song always promotes smoking of weed, sex and sheng language. What a trash!!!
— Caleb Sonkoro (@calebsonkoro) January 13, 2020
#Gengetone is sexual connotations in a music ,They use Sheng language to hide the string of strong vulgarity in the songs. I rarely listen to them on my phone 📲 but if I get them elsewhere,Sina budi but sit my ass up and listen to the music .
— KabarakFinest001 (@KabarakFinest01) January 13, 2020