HUYU NDO WITNESS DIVA WA SWAHILI HIP HOP 

WITNESS

Witness Fred Mwaijaga (Amezaliwa Tar. 15 Novemba, 1982) Ni Msanii Wa Hip Hop Narapa Kutoka Nchini Tanzania. Anafahamika Sana Kwa Jina Lake La Kisanii Kama Witness "Au" Bad Jiah. Pia, Anafahamika Zaidi Kwa Kuwa Mmoja Kati Ya Washindi Wa Shindano La Coca Cola Pop Stars Na Mmoja Wa Waanzilishi Wa Kundi La Muziki Wa Hip Hop Maarufu Kama Wakilisha. Anavuma Kwa Baadhi Ya Vibao Vyake Kadhaa Alivyofanya Na Kundi, Pamoja Na Vya Peke Yake. Vibao Hivyo Ni Pamoja Na: Hoi, Kiswanglish,Kichekesho Na Zero.
Witness, Alisoma Katika Shule Ya Msingi Ya Oysterbay Ya Jijini Dar Es Salaam, Vilevile Shule Ya Sekondari Ya Jitegemee Ambapo Ndipo Alipomazia. Pia, Alishafanya Kazi Na Mashirika Ya Kimataifa Kama Vile Unicef Na Alikuwa Akifanya Mikutano Inayohusiana Na Masuala Ya Vijana.
Pia, Alishawahi Kuwa Mnenguaji Wa Ngoma Za Asili Wa ISHI, Shirika La Maendeleo Ya Vijana Tanzania.


HAKUNA TENA BEEF KATI YA OPRAH NA 50 CENT 

50 Cent and Oprah have reconciled their differences, and 50 will appear on Oprah's show "The Next Chapter" this Sunday.

50 Cent has finally made peace with Oprah. Although he dissed Oprah in the past, the rapper connected with the interviewer recently for an interview that will appear on Oprah's OWN Network for the program Oprah visited Fif's grandmother's house and where they had "Great conversation about rap culture, fatherhood, love, and life." Oprah continued, "He describes himself as two people—Curtis and 50 Cent—I was fascinated to hear his description of them both. Really glad I did it. Really liked him."You can watch a preview of the episode, which airs at 9 P.M. this Sunday, below. Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson also makes an appearance.


RAPA A$AP APORWA SAA YA DOLLA 15,000 NA KURUDISHIWA..... KUKAA KITAA KUNAMATA..!!


A$AP Rocky has been doing some shows in Europe, and at his most recent show overseas, his extremely expensive watch was stolen and later returned to him.
While A$AP Rocky was performing overseas, his $15,000 watch was stolen from him during his set.
He was performing at England's Camden Electric Ballroom and during his interaction with the crowd, someone from the crowd managed to get his watch. Luckily, fans in the crowd were able to identify the culprit and snatch it back before he got away, all the while causing commotion in the crowd.In the video below you can see what happened, as the lights turn on in the venue Rocky says, "We not gon’ end our show just ’cause somebody took a $15,000 watch. Fuck it, man," right before the watch was returned.


LUPE ADONDOSHA ALBUM MPYA 



Lupe Fiasco's upcoming album gets a release date: it'll hit stores and the internet on September 25th.
Lupe Fiasco took to his Facebook page to reveal that his album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 is dropping September 25th.
The first single off the album, "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" is out now.

GZA's "The Liquid Swords" Box Set To Release, Includes Chess Set, Instrumentals

Get On Down Records adds RZA instrumentals, detailed liner notes and a chess set to GZA's 1995 classic.
On July 24, Get On Down Records will collaborate with Wu-Tang Clan's GZA and Geffen Records to release a deluxe 2CD box set of the emcee's sophomore album, Liquid Swords. The November, 1995 album's re-issue will include a bonus disc of the album's instrumentals, almost entirely produced by RZA. Also included are liner notes penned by the emcee, and a chess set pulling from much of the album's lyrical influence.
Liquid Swords featured the single "Cold World," and was a mainstream introduction to Killah Priest. In recent years, GZA has alluded to releasing a sequel to his first and only Top 10 album.
Previously, Get On Down has partnered in vinyl and CD deluxe reissues of Ironman and Supreme Clientele by Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah.


 DJ Premier ATOA ONYO KWA WALE WANAO IBA MITINDO YAKE (DJ Premieracknowledges the criticism Statik Selektah and The Alchemist have received on sounding like him, says that he probably will not be on Nas' "Life Is Good," but the album is coming.)
DJ Premier is more than willing to offer encouragement to today’s up and comers taking the genre into new directions. The Hip Hop sonic pioneer is beyond chastising the younger crowd, which isn’t to say that he doesn’t love hearing his own influence every now and then. Every Rap fan seems to know the story of this Texas-born producer who gave the New York sound its signature grit in the early 1990s. The man often referred to as "Primo" is a legend of course, but he feels no need in stating the obvious to promote his already-unwavering position. Instead, he looks toward the future, remaining true to himself, his craft and his love for the culture.


HipHopDX recently had the chance to sit with the Gang Starr legend before the Red Bull EmSee National Finals in Atlanta. He spoke about “Premier-isms,” his Sirius situation, and a possible name for the collaborative album with Nas.


HipHopDX: Your style has been immortalized in the culture as "The Primo Sound." Was there ever any added pressure from yourself to remain affixed to the sound you started with?


DJ Premier: Yeah well, I’ve always just felt like: make what you like to hear or what you like to buy and that’s really what it is. I like buying the type of music that I make, which is not to say that I’m riding my own dick or nothing like that but it’s just the sound that I make reminds me of what I used to buy prior to having a record deal. Stetsosonic, MC Shan, [Big Daddy] Kane, Kool G Rap, Eric B. & Rakim, Run-DMC, Public Enemy… Even underground people like U.T.F.O., Full Force, The Real Roxanne, really every Roxanne, all 100 of the Roxannes... [Laughs]


I wanted a record that sounded like “the city,” like if you looked at them and at the album cover, and you heard the music and closed your eyes, it sounded like New York. It’s not like that now, but I don’t wanna see that part go away, because that’s what paid me and got me a house and got me cars and got me to help people that need to borrow $8,000 and I just said, "Oh yeah, I got it. Here." That allowed me to do it, so the last thing I’ma do is stray away from that. The younger generation, I have no problem with what they’re doing because they have a style that they’re into, let them have that. But our lane shouldn’t go unrecognized because our lane opened doors for them to do what they do.


DX: There are a lot of producers who’ve clearly been inspired by you. Some people do pretty well at recreating that Primo vibe, but not quite… [laughs]


DJ Premier: There’s a lot of triers, yeah [Laughs].


DX: So you agree.


DJ Premier: Oh, yeah. Yeah. There’s a few. There’s a few.


DX: Can you name some?


DJ Premier: A lot of people reference Statik Selektah who’s a good friend of mine, mainly on the scratching side, not on the beat side, he definitely has paved his own lane on production style. Even in the earlier Alchemist days when he was sort of veering away from the Soul Assassins style, of how [DJ] Muggs and all of them put their thing together, I could hear Premier-isms in that but again he’s another friend of mine that I hang out with and we go listen to each other’s beats over at the house and be like, "Oh, that’s dope," and not like, "Oh man, that sounds like me." It’s all healthy competition and at the end of the day we’re all in it to stay on top of our craft and it’s also flattering.

I don’t look at it as biting or stealing. You just hear little things and go, "Ahhh… That reminds me of my little snare or my drumroll." It’s not taken in any other way but flattery and on top of that, they keep me on my toes. I was over at Alchemist’s house the day he played“We Gon’ Make It” beat [that was eventually used by Ras Kass and later Jadakiss]. He made it for Nas and I was like, "Yo, Nas gonna kill that." Nas didn’t like the track. I was like, "Damn!" Then he said like, “I’ma give it to Jadakiss.” I was like, ‘I hope [The L.O.X.] kill it." Jadakiss and Styles [P]… Whew… And that’s one of their biggest records, to this day, when it comes on. So you know, it was like, if Nas doesn’t kill it, it’s gotta be somebody else that handles it on that level and that’s a record that comes on to this day and everybody’s like, “That’s my jam.” But we all borrow from each other. Me, 9th Wonder, all of us, we all borrow from each other and we all get on the phone or text each other like, "Yo. You heard that new joint? Oh my God." Or I’ll hit ‘em like, "I hate you, 9th." Or I’ll call DJ Scratch like, "Oh, I hate you." And they know I hate you means I love the shit out of you  because you’re so dope you know.