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Boomba music
Stylistic origins
Hip hop, reggae, traditional African music
Cultural origins
1990s Nairobi, Kenya
Typical instruments
Rapping, vocals, keyboard, sampler
Derivative forms
Kenyan hip hop
Subgenres
Vegatone, Kapuka rap
Regional scenes
Kenya
Boomba music, also referred to as kapuka (due to the beat pattern; not to be confused with kapuka rap), is a form of hip pop music popular in Kenya. It incorporates hip hop, reggae and African traditional musical styles. The lyrics are in Swahili, Sheng or local dialects.[1] It is associated with the Ogopa Deejays and is believed to have originated in the late 1990s with artists such as Redsan, Bebe Cool and Chameleone. It went on to dominate East African airwaves (especially Kenya and Uganda) after the release of the Ogopa Deejays' first album in 2001, which included artists such as the late E-Sir, Nameless, Mr. Lenny, Amani, Mr. Googz and Vinnie Banton amongst others.
The over-saturation of playlists with this music style caused some to criticise it, including the artists K-South who had a hit titled "Kapuka This, Kapuka That". This[clarification needed] also led to other styles such as genge music being formed by producer Clemo to diversify the market. Despite the critics the music continues to be very popular in Kenya although more so now in Uganda. Of late, "genge" has also come to refer more generally to boomba and "kapuka" music.
^Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn; Fonseca, Anthony J. (2019). Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California, US: ABC-CLIO. p. 1997. ISBN 978-0-313-35758-9.
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