"People can't be forced to listen to a certain song. Music feeds your ears. A bad song can't be liked by anyone, "The 32-year-old singer of "Sitya Loss" was on Spark TV on Thursday to talk about how Nigerian shows are getting more attention in Kampala.
"There is a reason why people like a song. You can't get people to do what you want with music. So, even if an artist gets a lot of attention and becomes well-known, people will still like their music in different ways." Kenzo thinks there should be a reason for bringing an artist to perform in a certain country. "I've been to Mali, Benin, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Colombia, among other places. How did I get to all of these places? how? "he stressed. "Sometimes artists are loved everywhere in the world."
But the "Tweyagale" singer was worried about two things when it came to bringing in foreign performers: the return of money that would help Ugandans and less attention being paid to local talent.
"Anything that is too much is bad. Though I wouldn't mind if Nigerians came to perform here. It's okay. But if it's done too much, it goes bad... There are pros and cons. Most of the time, though, we have to let the water flow "he said.
"But the truth is that we need to get our people to help each other. I urge Ugandans to support local talent. If you do, you'll benefit, too, because people who go to shows keep the money in the community. But when foreign artists take the money away, we don't get much out of it "he went on. "But I can't stop them from coming because they have to. We need to be moved. We just shouldn't do it too often."
Alex Muhangi, who owns the Comedy Store and has hired both local and foreign artists to perform at his events, recently talked about the same issue. He said that local promoters don't favor Nigerian artists on purpose, which hurts the growth of homegrown talent.
"The same is true for local musicians... I've learned that Ugandans like good music "In an interview, Muhangi, who is a comedian and a singer of slang, said. "They'll go where there's good music... As you've seen, even Nigerian musicians who were here but didn't make good music had concerts that didn't do well, but the big ones drew a lot of people." GodsFavour Chidozie, also known as Fave, Kizz Daniel, Tiwa Savage, Akunle Gold, also known as AG, Ayra Starr, and Fire Boy are all Nigerian singers who have recently played in Uganda.