Apex Kenyan Rappers & Artists To Watch Out For The Rest Of 2023

By Presta, 24 July 2023

I’m back with my favorite listicle, where I list top musical rap acts to watch out for.

“I had done a part one in January, so it’s only right I finish the least, well my list is purely based on an artist’s growth both in craft and by numbers , which means to some it May look the same but with more achievements, so without further Ado allow me to present the list to you..”

— Prestablogs,

Elvis Nyaruri.

The swagnificent artist needs no further introduction for he has been buzzing from 2021 when he came through with a full county album.

The album was unique in the sense that it was an international project that embellished its own local culture and heritage.

In 2023 Elvis has bounced back , this time with an international collaboration Last Night featuring South African rapper Ngufweez and boy the summer is his as the buzz to the has been growing day by day .

Bmixx Ke.

He is undoubtedly the next big thing in rap and believe you me not it’s not a cliche.

Bmixx is one rapper who understands every assignment given to him , this guy delivers than Amazon.

The Throne has been his latest assignment, one that he began in 2019 but praise the Lord cause he went Ham on this album .

The numbers are out there for everyone to see , and he is expected to jump into 100,000 streams by this year, a fete few can confidently manifest.

Dreekz
The artist / rapper is one artist who has been pushing the charity begins at home narrative .

Despite being thousand’s of kilometers away from his motherland , Dreekz has been claiming and flying the Kenyan flag internationally.

Dreekz is among the few breed of artists from the UK who include Pink Pantheress who haven’t been ashamed of putting on their country.

On May Dreekz released the visuals to Down For Me and the representation of Kenya in the video was so heavy that the song has ended up getting airplay on stations such as BBC , Radio Jambo, Radio Maisha , KuTv, PPPTV , MO radio among others.

Thus it is right that we Kenyans celebrate our prophet at home.

Shekina Karen.

She is one of Kenya’s Top mcees , who has been taking the throne by actions instead of clout chasing , which nowadays has become a norm.

In one year Shekina’s collaborative projects have clocked in an estimated 4,000,000 views.

The talented femcee has broadened her net and is now focusing on taking over the continental rap scene and has jumped on a highly anticipated Like That remix featuring Nigerian rapper Kushy Kush.

The track is slated for release soon .

Jey Trevor.
It would be hard to continue with this list without including one of Kenya’s fastest rising poet and spoken word artist.

Jey Trevor released his much anticipated album The last glow and the numbers have been growing as many people have been catching up to the message .

It is a message that has been trying to spread for over three years ever since he debuted with his first album Trevolution.

Mode Yule G

He is among a rappers who are openly proud of their kamba roots .and has been flying his home county of Makueni on all his projects , on a nationwide level.

The Dance Avec Moi hit maker has been busy as a bee stinging fans with projects after projects.Just this year he released a brand new album Mode Extraodinare to much pomp and glamour.

Furthermore the rapper has revealed incoming projects which include with the county government of Makueni, a new Ep dubbed Saba Bora among others.

Did I mention one of Kenyan biggest podcaster Andrew Kibe has acknowledged his unique talent after he slayed a rap challenge on his segment.