Sometime in 2018, a new musical style, Gengetone, captured the attention of Kenya’s entertainment industry, holding its own against the tide of Afrobeats, Bongo and Amapiano sweeping through the country.
Up until 2021, the sound was a talking point, both critics and fanatics had a field day analysing it, now, however, there is a pervasive view that Gengetone is dead, or not, depending on who you speak to.
Some quarters have argued that a lack of proper business structures around the musicians fronting this genre led to its…
