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Jeff Mwangemi alias Crucial mundu
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Fyatu
#1 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 1:28:58 PM
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Just thought it was good to recognize Jeff Mwangemi a.k.a crucial mundu for the good work he has done huko V.O.K/KBC radio/Idhaa ya taifa.

This highly underrated radio personality single handedly( i stand to be corrected) pioneered the reggae culture in Kenya. I know some kauzi's(bad boys/sisters) of yesteryears might argue that Papa Lefty, sister lucy, papa bingy should also be recognized, but Jeff in his own unique way taught Kenyans reggae music. He is still around/alive and i have deemed it fit to recognize this unsung Kenyan hero while he is still alive through a wazua thread. Jeff mimi kama @fyatu nakutambua. Wewe ni shujaa wa Kenya.
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FRM2011
#2 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 1:49:47 PM
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Fyatu wrote:
Just thought it was good to recognize Jeff Mwangemi a.k.a crucial mundu for the good work he has done huko V.O.K/KBC radio/Idhaa ya taifa.

This highly underrated radio personality single handedly( i stand to be corrected) pioneered the reggae culture in Kenya. I know some kauzi's(bad boys/sisters) of yesteryears might argue that Papa Lefty, sister lucy, papa bingy should also be recognized, but Jeff in his own unique way taught Kenyans reggae music. He is still around/alive and i have deemed it fit to recognize this unsung Kenyan hero while he is still alive through a wazua thread. Jeff mimi kama @fyatu nakutambua. Wewe ni shujaa wa Kenya.


Thursdays 8-9am and a repeat on Monday 2-3pm. Jeff was king.

He once made a mistake of stopping in Karatina town around 1995. There was a stampede as everyone was trying to get a glimpse of the man himself. Cops had to help him get in his car.

Usisahau papa Charlie. King lion sounds. Everyone had a cassette tape of these guys.

Currently reggae has gone mainstream. Even upmarket pubs play reggae music.

I haven't managed to outgrow reggae. Every weekday evening am on either ghetto radio or hot 96. Saturday it's milele FM.

On YouTube demakufu, kalonje and DJ lyta have amazing roots mixes.

In his small way, Jeff started a music revolution that will outlive him many years to come.
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harrydre
#3 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:10:09 PM
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I heard he used to call himself rasta and every fan grew some, just to later realize he was bald.
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AlphDoti
#4 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:26:42 PM
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He was an icon. I remember.

Even with my age, my younger brother used to come for my double-speaker radio cassette which I obliged. He used to keep a note book full of lyrics of favorite songs played by Jeff Mwangemi!
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kayhara
#5 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:34:10 PM
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Is he sill around some other veterans I would like to know where they went to
1-John Karani
2-Ali salimanga
3-Elina chiveka
4-Elizabeth Obege

Ali salimanga was notorious for keeping listeners hanging on whether a goal had been scored during radio football broadcasts repeating MSIKILIZAJI 20 times before letting us know if there was a score.
Also reading the salaams on idhaa ya taifa with shabiks like Lama bin Lama, Sura mbaya kiango Momanyi.
Okay I have stopped.
To Each His Own
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Taurrus
#6 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:57:53 PM
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harrydre wrote:
I heard he used to call himself rasta and every fan grew some, just to later realize he was bald.

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Much Know
#7 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 3:14:24 PM
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He had quite an original style, he once had a show, poh poh poh! That all youth kutoka mashambani hadi mijini would tune in, we used to sometimes skip class sometimes to listen, no regrets, especially if it was a biology class!
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kangi
#8 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 5:25:14 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
Fyatu wrote:
Just thought it was good to recognize Jeff Mwangemi a.k.a crucial mundu for the good work he has done huko V.O.K/KBC radio/Idhaa ya taifa.

This highly underrated radio personality single handedly( i stand to be corrected) pioneered the reggae culture in Kenya. I know some kauzi's(bad boys/sisters) of yesteryears might argue that Papa Lefty, sister lucy, papa bingy should also be recognized, but Jeff in his own unique way taught Kenyans reggae music. He is still around/alive and i have deemed it fit to recognize this unsung Kenyan hero while he is still alive through a wazua thread. Jeff mimi kama @fyatu nakutambua. Wewe ni shujaa wa Kenya.


Thursdays 8-9am and a repeat on Monday 2-3pm. Jeff was king.

He once made a mistake of stopping in Karatina town around 1995. There was a stampede as everyone was trying to get a glimpse of the man himself. Cops had to help him get in his car.

Usisahau papa Charlie. King lion sounds. Everyone had a cassette tape of these guys.

Currently reggae has gone mainstream. Even upmarket pubs play reggae music.

I haven't managed to outgrow reggae. Every weekday evening am on either ghetto radio or hot 96. Saturday it's milele FM.

On YouTube demakufu, kalonje and DJ lyta have amazing roots mixes.

In his small way, Jeff started a music revolution that will outlive him many years to come.

Say that again...... it actually belongs to the TBT section. Remember the nganyas of Dandora..Eliza Kid ilikuwa imeweza back in the days.

I find it surprising that the Wailing Souls and I Jahman Levi are also appreciated by the current generations.
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kangi
#9 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 5:27:05 PM
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The man himself still does his works on KBC Swahili Service during weekday afternoons when Parliament is on recess. He still rocks/reggaes.
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harrydre
#10 Posted : Wednesday, October 04, 2017 5:44:05 PM
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he used to end the show in style! damn I miss those days as a little young boy. John Karani was another great, some show around 4pm, Fred Obachi Machokaa and his Music Time. There was another guy too who had a great Hip Hop show in the afternoons on Metro FM lol...Station had just launched. I can't recall his name but the background beat to his show was EPMD's "Da Joint".

i.am.back!!!!
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