KENYA: ‘WHO IS QUEEN?’ The Top 10 Femcees in Kenya Right Now (PART 1) #WomenInMusicAfrica

While the ‘Who is King’ debate continues to remain unresolved, I find it not only disrespectful but also shameful to imagine that no one ever thought of the flip side of the coin, ‘Who is Queen?’

Because let’s face it the industry has grown to accommodate more and more women and we have some pretty tough femcees in Kenya, some of them more talented than even their male counterparts. If you find yourself pissed off by this statement just remember the truth always hurts.

After hours of debates and deliberations, we’ve come up with our very own list of the top 10 femcees in the country. Mind you it was no easy task as there are several talented female rappers out there.

We take into consideration rap skills; wordplay and delivery, but most of all what makes the artist the complete femcee deserved of the title ‘Queen’.

So without further-a-do let us begin.

10. Pizo Dizo

From the way she raps, down to her rhymes one would say she’s the reincarnation of the late Lady S, one of the meanest Kenyans femcees to get behind the mic, and when I say mean I mean mean.

What she does is almost like a reverse love song. In most of her songs just like Lady S she bashes men, and going by some of her lines… “Ata mandazi surwa hauwezi nubuyia…Kujiskia asali na Motorola 113”, yep I would not like to be in the receiving end of those punchlines, coz they really hurt.

But I digress. Pizo Dizo is no doubt a very talented rapper who knows very well how to play with words and how to deliver them in the right way.

However on the flip side, the style of music that she does (Genge rap) I find to be way past it’s time, she needs to modernize if she’s going to stay relevant.

But on pure wordplay she has to be one of the best for me and that is why she starts the list at number 10.

9. Dee

Dee is a little known female Gospel rapper, which in this industry is such a rare combination. And though Dee may not constantly be on airplay like most of the femcees that appear on this list there’s no denying that she’s quite a gifted talent.

She became especially popular after her song Wannabe featuring Holy Dave in which she showed that she could write as well as deliver like any other femcee, Gospel or not.

Her only downside is that she lacks enough content to get her name out there and stay on constant airplay and for that reason she can be easily forgettable.

However despite that she still remains a big talent and I feel if she had more work out she would be a formidable opponent.

8. Njeri

With her first track she managed to do one thing that very few rappers (even her male counterparts) can manage and that is make a modern hit rap song that was in 90 percent in a local dialect.

That’s right I’m talking about her breakout song Nduta which was on constant replay on most radio stations and managed to catch many off guard by how infectious it was.

Immediately people were comparing her to Biashara hit maker Stella Mwangi, so much so that the veteran femcee decided to take her under her wing.

They even have a song out together dubbed Miti Ni Dawa which like her first song is a mix of both Kikuyu and English a difficult combination to make work but because the two are gifted in both delivery and word play worked quite well.

She’s only number 8 for me because she has yet to get enough content out there, but one can tell she has a bright future in Hiphop.

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