In a previous article, we shared how beef is good for the music business. You can check out that article here. With the current beef between Buruklyn Boyz and Toxic Lyrikali being the most exciting thing in Kenyan Hip Hop right now, we felt that it was important to highlight and remind others just why beef is good for the music business. Prior to their beef with Toxic, many people […]
In the words of Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, also known as Toxic King, “you do what you can when you are popping”. And right now, there is nobody more popping than Toxic Lyrikali in Kenya’s Hip Hop scene. It’s very difficult to create a hit song; for some, it takes years, while others get lucky and have one hit song, only to be unable to replicate it. A hit is a […]
Despite gaining her independence in 1962, Unfortunately Uganda is still not free. Uganda’s current president, Yoweri Museveni, has been in power since 1986, and it is hard to tell when the last free and fair election happened in Uganda. For those in the opposition, an attempt to run for president against President Museveni is like a death wish. Opposition leaders like Dr. Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi have nearly lost […]
With only one year left to Kenya’s next general election and no formidable opposition candidate to unseat the incumbent, we believe that Winnie Odinga is the only candidate who would give William Ruto a run for his money. Winnie Odinga is the daughter of former prime minister and opposition leader, Raila Odinga, who passed away in 2025. But Winnie is not just Raila’s daughter. Winnie Odinga is a Political Science […]
Have you ever wondered why everyone and their mum start a podcast? The other day, my mother asked me that very question. The answer is simple, and it is not because of the internet. The reason that literally anyone can start a podcast is that, unlike many other businesses or hobbies, there are no barriers to entry. You do not need fancy equipment or a podcast studio to start a […]
On Monday, December 29, 2025, Radio 254 identified a cybersecurity incident affecting our website, www.254.radio. During this incident, users accessing the site via Google Chrome were shown a fraudulent prompt disguised as an advertisement, which attempted to trick users into running a command that could have installed malicious software. This attempt was unsuccessful, and no users interacted with or were affected by the fake prompt. On January 6, 2026, the attackers […]
After a brief hiatus, the Unkut Hip Hop Awards are back in 2025. Founded by former Homeboyz Radio presenter, Ruby V. The Unkut Hip Hop awards offers a platform to artists and creatives in the Kenyan hip hop scene, giving them their flowers for a job well done. This year’s edition features some notable names as panelists, including veteran podcaster Ado Veli, who is the founder of The AdoVeli Podcast, […]
Come April 2026, Carnivore Grounds will transform into a living stage for seven nights as Nyashinski, unveils Showman, The Residency — a bold, intimate, and deeply theatrical reimagining of what a live music experience can be in East Africa. This is not just a simple concert series. It is Kenya’s first true music-theatre residency: a seven-show run spread across nine days, where the artist plants roots in one venue, perfects […]
Three days ago, Shakira Wafula, one of the most recognizable younger faces inside David Maraga’s campaign secretariat, announced her resignation. Her statement cited “diverging paths on key values, priorities, and decisions.” It was brief, diplomatic, and carefully worded. But online, the reaction was immediate and intense. Within hours, speculation emerged that the public letter was a stripped-down version of a more detailed one said to reference misconduct allegations against a […]
The selection this week arrives with a strangely cohesive collage of Nairobi soundscapes—tracks that, on the surface, share nothing beyond a release date, yet together map the tensions, experiments and emotional fissures shaping the city’s pop culture today. Unspoken Salaton, long known for his rugged gengetone instincts, surprises with a subversive arbantone production crafted for a gospel legend, bending the genre’s edges without ever betraying its pulse. Iyanii, the ever-consistent […]
