For the entire last week, the coming of Kenyan group
Necessary Noize was almost limited to the East African carnival. Rumor had it
that the duo of Nazizi Hirji and Wyre would join Bebe Cool as the East African
Bashment Crew but still, we all thought it would only last for as long as the
concert performance.
How wrong we were?
Now, you can cast all doubt because, according to reliable
information from the Gagamel desk, Bebe Cool is teaming up with his partners in
crime to produce new music.
In a chit chat with the trio at Serena Hotel, they promised
to revive the group responsible for taking East African music to the
continental pinnacle.
“EABC has never gone, we only took a break and now we are
back”, confessed Nazizi.
The group is already working on new music and if anything is
to go by, a couple of songs are only waiting for a release date.
“We’ve been working closely together for the past months”,
says Wyre.
Some of the new music has been produced in Kenya under
Wyre’s Love Child records. It’s the same
label that’s working on Necessary Noize’s new album.
The Bashment Crew is the only East African group with
members from at least two of the east African community (EAC) member countries.
“It’s the only African group with three very established
artistes with one common love for Reggae”, says Bebe cool.
In 2004, Ugandan artiste Bebe Cool took a gamble by inviting
his Kenyan friends for one of his shows, at about that time, their hit Kenyan
boy Kenyan girl was running East African airwaves.
The result was a collaboration on their Africa unite, the
song took them as far as three Kora award nominations and a compilation of the
song on Radio German’s Top African songs of 2005.
The Bashment union quickly cemented the positions of Nazizi
and Wyre on the Ugandan market.
As the EABC, they churned out hits like, Gime more, This
tune, Combination, Kube, Boomshakatak and everyone’s favourite, Fire anthem.
However, after an amazing run, which included a PAM award
for Song of the Year, Kisima award for Best Group, MTV Mama Nomination for Best
Group and two Channel O awards for Best Video direction and the overall Best
African Video in 2007. The group halted working together to mainly focus on
their family duties.
Today Wyre is a dad of a three year old and a nominee for
the upcoming Reggae World music awards, Nazizi too is a mother and her debut
international album with Jamaica’s geree is doing well in both England and the
United states.
The trio spent the better part of Saturday doing Radio and
TV interviews before heading to club Venom where they celebrated Nazizi’s
birthday.
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