EAST AFRICA NEWS

Here are the nominees for the 2015 Groove Awards. To vote, SMS the word "GROOVE" followed by the nominees code to 811. CODE     MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 1a.          Bahati 1b.          Hopekid 1c.          L-JayMaasai 1d.          Pitson 1e.          PastorAnthony Musembi 1f.           WillyPaul                 CODE     FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2a.          EuniceNjeri 2b.          EvelyneWanjiru 2c.          JanetOtieno 2d.          Lady Bee 2e.          Loise Kim 2f.           Size 8                 CODE     GROUP OF THE YEAR 3a.          Adawnage 3b.          ChristCycoz 3c.          KeleleTakatifu 3d.          S.O.C 3e.          SamawatiBand 3f.           VKP                 CODE     NEW ARTIST/NEWGROUP OF THE YEAR 4a.          Camp David 4b.          Falenzy 4c.          FidelAtondola 4d.          FlorenceAndenyi 4e.          GodsonJawabu 4f.           InnocentPersons 4g.          Recapp 4h.          RuthMatete 4i             Saint

Willy Paul Will today (17th April) release the controversial Mapenzi Video . The video has been done by Mind Vision International/Nelson Tiger and Audio by Teddy B. The song will be released a few days after Bahati , another Kenyan gospel big wig raised a claim through his Facebook account that Willy Paul had stolen some of his works and Mapenzi happened to be on the list. The video has been done surprisingly fast , with a space of only two weeks separating Vigelegele and Mapenzi . Catch the launch live  at 2200hrs  on #The trend hosted By larry Madowo of NTV kenya.

Kenyan Gospel Kid Bahati (Kelvin Bahati) has accused his fellow gospel artist Willy Paul of stealing some of his music work, listing  two songs # Mapenzi and the yet to be released # Maria . Through a bitter Facebook post, Bahati says he has been patient long enough and time had come for him to publicly tell the # TamTam hit maker enough is enough. "I recorded a Song with producer TEDDY B you went listened and undercover you recorded the Same Song, same Message, Same Producer even shamelessly same TITLE :: ‪#‎ MAPENZI‬ ." Things turned more shocking when Bahati revealed that Willy is already aware of his(Bahatis) next unreleased Song  dubbed Maria and he(willy) has already made a version similar to that  named #SALIMA which he has planned to release before Bahati releases his. "Now you going to every Producer who has my UN-RELEASED songs bribing them you get my Songs that KENYA has not even heard and then rushing to release them.. Already you have stolen