Bad Boy Rapper, Tony Slay, Speaks on Swearing in his Latest Music.

 

Photo source: @tony_slay254 instagram handle

Over the past 10 years that I've known Tony, he never used a single curse word in any of his songs. Even while going about his daily activities, he never swore. He is known to be the type of rapper who can go hard on a beat without being vulgar by any means. Even in a response diss track that he put out ealier this year titled, The Best Kenyan Rapper, he never swore.

As a great fan and close friend to Slay, I wanted to inquire from him why he suddenly started swearing. Infact his upcoming single off the highly awaited album, 'Don't Die Young', is called F*ck 2020. 

As usual I got him on Facetime and this is what he had to say about it; "I wanted to make music without ever swearing forever but at some point, I just couldn't find some better words to express a given feeling or emotion that I would like to express and I could end up throwing in a swear word which would sound so good. I don't just throw the words everywhere to try and look cool or to try and impress a given group of people. No. I only swear when it's necessary."

       Photo source: @tony_slay254 instagram handle

 I went a head to inquire why he never cursed in his previous records and here is his response, "Everyone was doing it and I just wanted to stand out. I was also way young and I wanted to make records that matched my age. I made a promise to my mom not to do until I'm at least 20 and I kept it. But it ain't no big deal, I grew up writing lyrics without any swear word and I'm used to it. So you're gonna get lot's of clean records in the coming days.

The Rapper who is a darling to many in his hometown is a huge inspiration to a lot of young kids who saw him rise from a simple village kid to a responsible, wise and intelligent young man. Tony has been donating shoes to kids in his hometown saying he understands the pain of walking barefoot to school and back home everyday since he once had to go through that. 

At just the age of 22, Slay has helped his mom put up a huge house a few kilometers from his hometown. When I inquired about this he said, "I was a sick kid growing up. I was on and off the hospital. I've been diagnosed with almost every curable disease. I would contract malaria like six times in a year. I had to go through a couple of surgeries and non-ending medication. My mom used all her savings to keep me a live. She couldn't get to live her dreams simply because her son was more important. I just wanna give back the thanks. I wouldn't be living my dream if my mom ain't living hers to. I moved to a cheaper apartment, gave up a lot of stuff just to help her build her dream home. When she's done, then I'll get back to investing more in myself."

It's clear Slay is headed for greatness giving how much work and effort he puts into his work. The guy works as a ghostwriter, producer, rapper/singer, cinematographer and scriptwriter. It can never get better than that.

Watch out for his upcoming single this coming sunday

                                        Photo source: @tony_slay254 instagram handle

"I was depressed for almost a year," Says Tony Slay.

 Do you remember that young boy who came out of nowhere in 2014 and became The BBC Young Musician of the Year? If no, just to remind you, Anthony O. Aslay, alias Tony Slay; a shy young boy who always put on a happy smiley face is the kid who crawled between the legs of all the favourite contestants. You know him for playing with words, maintaining rhyme-schemes, deep lyrics, Orchestra hiphop beats and of course an ever smiling face, just to mention a few.

Source: Instagram. A photo of Tony Slay performing live

The multi-talented rapper representing the small town of Malaba, Kenya, looked like he had the brightest future ahead but just disappeared mysteriously. It was well understood that he had a lot of school work to deal with but he just vanished. He went silent for the longest then popped up again for sometime and disappeared. The next time I checked on him, he had relocated to Germany. 

Despite all the ups and downs that Tony Slay had to endure, the people in his home town consider him a legend. Kids look up to him and he even donated 50 pairs of shoes to kids in his hometown. Tony achieved a lot at a very young age and has always been keen to change the narratives and break the barriers. He has always been campaigning against the messed up cycles in a lot of African families. He has also been asking young people to break the cycles and try taking other paths that are more reasonable.

I got hold of Tony ealier today via facetime and he opened up to me about a lot of stuff that he has had to endure at a very young age. He also explained to me how some of the decisions he made led to him getting into depression.

Top 5 most loved youngsters in Kenya as per 2016

This is always one of my favourite columns to write.
Last year saw Kenyans vote for their favourite youngsters with 18youngsters in the Nomination list.
Most of the youngsters are Loved because of their personalities and character.
Let me stop beating around the bush and give you the list
I know you are very anxious.
Here we go :


5. Masterpiece

He is Loved because of his cute voice and face. He is really hot!!!




4. Trevor Gitonga

He is a really cute guy. Loved by many for his acting roles of a lover boy in The TV series Leo.

3. Dogo Biggie

Dogo isn't really that cute but he's loved because he's a fighter. He fought and made it from Poverty.

2. Kamau Mbaya

He has very many followers because he's cute but more so his funny character makes him very popular among teenagers


1. Tony Slay

Tony Slay the man of the people is what they call him.
Every girl would wish to have him. He is a really cute guy. He is down to earth. Helping people is his hobby. He says he is a game changer, a real world changer. His humility makes people love him very much. Every female  teenager would wish to have him.

Youngster Tony Slay seems to finally have found his other side

Tony Slay who is arguably the best Youngstar in Kenya seems to have found a gee who is said to be a foreigner. Sources close to the youngstar have told us that despite the 16yr old being very secretive, they managed to access the messages in his phone & realised that the youngstar must be dating a white girl of German Routes. When we called Tony Slay to confirm this, all he said was, "That's my private life. Ask me anything concerning my music & I will answer you gladly.

Tony Slay had been recently said to be dating young African-American Rapper Britney Paige which was later found to be false. He has also been related with stories concerning vocalist Zalak Nikitta, Aheizer Ashbel and Madison Claire of whom Tony denied.

On the stories concerning the German girl who is said to be studying in Naivasha girls, there is some truth since Tony has always been dating foreigners & the two were also spotted together in Kapsabet & Kisumu during the music Festivals last year.

New Comer Izo Izo poses a big threat to Bungoma Hip Hop industry

After completing his high school course, Obonyo whose stage name is Izo Izo has come with a bang releasing a high quality hiphop song produced at Wavelab Studios in Kanduyi.
Many people thought that Izo Izo was mentally challenged but thats not the case. The new comer has suprised many with his American accent that he learnt at Braeburn Academy.
Izo Izo has promised bigger things for his fans in 2016

Tony Slay happy about his Bad Boy Video

Here is an exciting move in the Bad Boy Video

"Am extremely happy about my Bad Boy Video since it has gotten enough airplay," Said Tony Slay excitedly. "I have no pressure since my new video is about to come out and it will be better than BAD BOY. I didn't have enough money to make a classic video for Bad Boy but now I promise my next work will be mad!" Declared the fast rising youngstar. watch his bad boy video here