PRESS RELEASE: NAIROBI RAPSODY PRESENTS EXCLUSIVE FID Q ALBUM LISTENING PARTY (June 4th)

After a successful event with Brooklyn, NY hip hop artist Yasiin Bey (Mosdef) in his first East African showcase, Nairobi Rapsody is back this Thursday (4^th June) with Tanzania’s hip hop wordsmith -  FID Q.
Welcome to Ebony Lounge from 10:00 p.m. (Thursday 4^th June) for an exclusive night with Coke Studio Africa season 3 artist: FID Q of the hit Bongo Hip Hop. He will be in Nairobi, Kenya hosting a Listening Party of his upcoming third album Kitaaolojia (Streetology) for the first time. The album is set for release in July.
Kitaaolojia album is about what’s happening on the streets and inspires the youth to be in control of their lives. It features 10 songs including Ielewe Mitaa, Neno featuring Lord Eyez, Sihitaji Marafiki featuring Yvonne Mwale from Zambia, Siri ya Mchezo featuring Juma Nature, Bendera ya Chuma with Ben Pol and Bongo Hip Hop with the producer P Funk Majani. FID Q has also worked with BET Nominated Kenyan group Sauti Sol in a song that will feature in Kitaaolojia album.

“The first album Vina Mwanzo Kati na Mwisho was about FID Q’s prose and writing. Propaganda was a political album.  Now Kitaaolojia edutaines. It highlights FID Q’s motive to help youth and the young people from the street to make sense of their lives,” said a statement from his management.

Welcome to a chilled-out affair with the FID Q nicknamed “The Swahili Kid” by New York hip hop artist Fat Joe. Gates open at 8:00 p.m. Entrance Free. Good vibes. FID Q will also play some of his past songs from the other albums. He will be joined on the decks by Kenya’s DJ Finalkut.

EDITOR’S NOTES

Farid Kubanda, best known as FID Q is a Tanzanian musician whose genre of music is Bongo Flava. He is this year part of 28 African stars chosen to feature in Coke Studio Africa and is set to collaborate with an artist from Uganda in a mash-up style. With his appearance on Coke Studio Africa, a massive following at home, and a new album ready for release; Fid Q is set for a grand introduction to the rest of Africa this year. 

NAIROBI HIP HOP RAPSODY

Founded by Kenyan Hip Hop entrepreneurs: Buddha Blaze and Rashid Jibril; Nairobi Hip Hop Rapsody is a musical showcase to put Nairobi city on the map of global hip hop and promote Kenyan hip hop as the home of classic hip hop in East Africa. The event’s mission is to bring hip hop culture and artists closer to the fans in Nairobi. It’s become the only event associated with showcasing of global hip hop talent in Kenya.