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.
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