2000

The year 2000 marked the dawn of Kenya's urban music revolution, as Ogopa DJs and Blu Zebra Records began transforming Nairobi's soundscape. Benga veterans shared airwaves with a new wave of kapuka and hip-hop artists singing in Swahili and Sheng, with Nameless, Hardstone, Kalamashaka, and Necessary Noize pioneering a distinctly Kenyan pop identity.