East African Music Festival
May 20, 2005
What never happened during the East African Music Festival at Speke Resort, Munyonyo last Saturday! As it stands, Firebase’s Bobi Wine won’t be ending his feuds soon. He punched the miniature artiste, Ronnie Banton as the latter left the stage.
What never happened during the East African Music Festival at Speke Resort, Munyonyo last Saturday! As it stands, Firebase’s Bobi Wine won’t be ending his feuds soon. He punched the miniature artiste, Ronnie Banton as the latter left the stage. Ronnie Banton, who claimed to have lost his Bling Bling worth $7,000 in the melee, must have pulled first trigger when he ‘dissed’ Wine’s Fire Base crew in one of his songs. An infuriated Wine, with the patience of an eagle pounced. One jab on the jaw saw Banton sprawled on the ground. Bleeding from the nose and spotting a bruised and inflated cheek, Banton rushed to the stage and ‘reported’ to the audience.
Ironically Bobi Wine pinned the fracas on Jose Chameleone who he says paid Banton to shout indecipherable Jamaican patios dissing Fire Base crew rather than sing. “I’m going to buy all of you sharp panga’s to finish off these mother f***ers,†an inebriated Bobi Wine swore between gritted teeth to fellow firebase crew members as Kenyan and Tanzanian artistes looked on in bewilderment.
And then there was the fracas between Junior Pliers and X-Ray’s Zazu (left). Many might assume Junior Pliers and Zazu are only linked by their hit Mupenzi that sees them gyrate erotically on stage, but as it stands there could be more to it than meets the eye. Though both have vehemently denied they are going out, Junior Pliers actions suggested otherwise. He punched a high and randy back up artiste of Tanzania’s Bushoke whom he found kissing Zazu backstage at 12:20am. Zazu occasionally applied lip-gloss, which the guy kissed off and the emanating coos from the kiss showed they were enjoying every bit of the action. Like an incensed buffalo, Pliers raged and frothed before flooring the guilty guy with one jab. He only had time to pick himself up and flee into darkness. Only the intervention Kenya’s Red San stopped Pliers from meting out a similar punishment on Zazu.
Meanwhile, Tanzania’s Dudu Baya paid the price of wanting to perform last. After rejecting pleas to perform earlier, the Tanzanian artiste vehemently refused, vowing to sing last. And he did but 3:30am was a trifle too late. After belting out four songs, Dudu Baya was stranded for about twenty minutes with no transport means available. He was later saved by Bebe Cool.
Then there was Butcherman (right). While he might not be earning a fortune from his songs, Butcherman is getting a fortune, vending ganja backstage among artistes. With the demand for weed high, Butcherman, ironically dressed in a school uniform of Zana SS, innocently accosted the artistes, especially the Kenyan and Tanzanian artistes with his wares. They all purchased the weed, which was going for sh1,000 a stick. Running out of stock Butcherman ‘borrowed’ more from fellow Firebase artiste Jaja Na nah and they sold big. A scout who attempted to purchase the weed, was immediately rebuffed, Mwana ggwe togalya, totumalira budde (you don’t smoke weed don’t waste our time) he was told.
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Ironically Bobi Wine pinned the fracas on Jose Chameleone who he says paid Banton to shout indecipherable Jamaican patios dissing Fire Base crew rather than sing. “I’m going to buy all of you sharp panga’s to finish off these mother f***ers,†an inebriated Bobi Wine swore between gritted teeth to fellow firebase crew members as Kenyan and Tanzanian artistes looked on in bewilderment.
And then there was the fracas between Junior Pliers and X-Ray’s Zazu (left). Many might assume Junior Pliers and Zazu are only linked by their hit Mupenzi that sees them gyrate erotically on stage, but as it stands there could be more to it than meets the eye. Though both have vehemently denied they are going out, Junior Pliers actions suggested otherwise. He punched a high and randy back up artiste of Tanzania’s Bushoke whom he found kissing Zazu backstage at 12:20am. Zazu occasionally applied lip-gloss, which the guy kissed off and the emanating coos from the kiss showed they were enjoying every bit of the action. Like an incensed buffalo, Pliers raged and frothed before flooring the guilty guy with one jab. He only had time to pick himself up and flee into darkness. Only the intervention Kenya’s Red San stopped Pliers from meting out a similar punishment on Zazu.
Meanwhile, Tanzania’s Dudu Baya paid the price of wanting to perform last. After rejecting pleas to perform earlier, the Tanzanian artiste vehemently refused, vowing to sing last. And he did but 3:30am was a trifle too late. After belting out four songs, Dudu Baya was stranded for about twenty minutes with no transport means available. He was later saved by Bebe Cool.
Then there was Butcherman (right). While he might not be earning a fortune from his songs, Butcherman is getting a fortune, vending ganja backstage among artistes. With the demand for weed high, Butcherman, ironically dressed in a school uniform of Zana SS, innocently accosted the artistes, especially the Kenyan and Tanzanian artistes with his wares. They all purchased the weed, which was going for sh1,000 a stick. Running out of stock Butcherman ‘borrowed’ more from fellow Firebase artiste Jaja Na nah and they sold big. A scout who attempted to purchase the weed, was immediately rebuffed, Mwana ggwe togalya, totumalira budde (you don’t smoke weed don’t waste our time) he was told.
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