East African urban music is a popular music genre of the three countries customarily grouped as "East Africa": Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. The genre is basically an offshoot of western popular music, particularly hip hop and funk, somewhat influenced by more traditional African music. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's many regions, nations and Ethnic groups Although there is no distinctly pan-African Kapuka, genge, and bongo flava are some of the sub-genres which have arisen in this style.
Description and history
The three countries involved in this genre share a common colonial history and close cultural and linguistic relationships. See Colony and Colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism Especially since the 1960s popular musicians have shared their talents across the borders of the three nations and helped move the music of the area from traditional to benga/rumba and now Afro-urban music. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969
Musicians of the early 1990s, including Tedd Josiah (Kenya), P-Funk (Tanzania) and Steve Jean (Uganda), began to combine western influences with the area's more traditional popular music. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Local radio stations were at first reluctant to experiment with this new music, until privately operated FM stations began to appear and needed new material to establish a market niche. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A niche market is a focused targetable portion (subset of a market By 2000 urban music groups like X-plastaz (Tanzania) and Kalamashaka (Kenya) had developed local followings and were beginning to tour abroad.
Production houses specializing in the genre — such as Ogopa Djs, Swahili Entertainment Africa, Samawati, Home Boyz and Bongo Records — have emerged. Problems with financing and technical infrastructure have hampered development, and the industry generally lacks executives well-versed in the music business. The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Infrastructure typically refers to the technical structures that support a society such as Roads Water supply, Wastewater, Power grids The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big Some groups like Ukoo Flani Mau Mau, a slum-based hip hop organization with members from Kenya and Tanzania founded by the group Kalamashaka, have attempted to further development of the industry with the help of Foundation UpToYouToo.
In 2004 the Kilio Cha Haki, A Cry for Justice compilation appeared, featuring Rha Goddess, a performing artist and socio-political activist based in New York. Rha Goddess is a Hip-hop artist and playwright in her 30s who has coined the term "Floetry" and independently released a solo effort entitled "Soulah Vibe" in the year This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change The City of New York Swahili Entertainment Inc. and Nomadic Wax Records combined in late 2004 to start the distribution and publishing of East African urban music. Other companies like Bab Kubwa and Project 254 Records are also working to develop and expand the market for this music. This uprise of this music can be well seen in the documentary HIP HOP Colony.
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