The Most Hated Legend in the Industry (Dj Pinye's Controversial Rise)
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Dive into the riveting journey of DJ Pinye, the controversial figure who shaped Kenya's music landscape.
From his humble beginnings in the '90s Nairobi club scene to becoming the kingmaker of Kenyan music.
Explore the controversies, the rise of Kenyan artists, and the lasting impact of Pinye's choices. Discover the stories behind iconic songs, record labels, and The Beat TV show.
Is DJ Pinye a hero or villain in the Kenyan music scene? Uncover the truth in this revealing video. #PlayKenyanMusic #DJPinye #videoessay
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Main Sources:
/ @ikonini
/ @cta101
/ @nrgtvke
/ @crapudo
/ @ogopadeejays
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:50 The Pioneer DJ
01:54 Controversial Collaborations
03:20 Pinye's Radio Gamble
04:45 Record Label Influence
05:20 The Birth of The Beat
05:56 Career-Defining Moments
07:20 2018 Controversy
08:52 Kenyan Music Movement
As an elder in the Industry, there are so many inaccurate details in this video....too many to name. Anyway, if any artist calls Pinye a gatekeeper, because he would not play their video on The Beat (and subsequently blame their lack of progress in their music career because if this) did not have a good music strategy in the first place. How can artists place so much weight of their career on one TV show. Weird!!! Anywho, this is just my simple opinion. What do I know about artist management?? Pinye will always be a G.O.A.T
David Muriithi... you know your memories and experiences will forever beat my research! I have had some comments point out some inaccuracies and... all I can say is I'm working on fact checking better in the future!
Also, the video seeks to air both perspectives rather than negate the fact that Pinye is a legend 😅
Anyway, as a fan, I appreciate that you took the time to check out my work :)
All good bro. He just buried his father 2 weeks ago. I am also very protective over my friends@@Gatuash
As an elder in the industry, you feel artists are supposed to create their own shows and platforms in the tvs and radios. You are so clever.
I think you should refrain from commenting if you do not truly understand DJ Pinye's character. He deserves the position, the status, and the opinion that the MAJORITY currently holds about him.
@@Gatuash My Guy, Pinye was a Fool. He thought he could control the Music industry but I guess time & God had other plans.
I've grown up in Pinye's time and I agree with him fully. There was a lot of crap music in Kenya and if you researched, you'll notice most of it never went past our borders. Pinye is a legend and a pioneer of all the things you have spoken about. Give him his flowers at least because he had a right to not agree with everyone too. Kenyans love being lied to and told sweet things instead of the hard truths.
Dj Pinye was a gate keeper of kenyan music for the longest time
Nop he lets so many talented young men and ladies down
Mizizi was their before the beat..this guy killed music
Keep doing what you're doing. You're onto something really good.
That's the plan!
Pinye is G.O.A.T, watu nao lazima walie.
i think i would credit Mizizi show on Kbc of having introduced the new genre of local artists to kenya audiences as the first tv show.
Agreed
I concur
True. The beat came in later when Mizizi was already playing Kalamashaka, Niki, Nazizi and the rest. We should also appreciate Muzic Time with Fred Obachi Machoka😂. I don't know why they are like it was the first to support Kenyan music.
Very true we used to run to the DH in our high school days to watch that. Pinye just stole that idea and is overrated I don’t like him too he could have become bigger but he had some issues that prevented him from becoming
Very well researched, precise and nicely delivered.
The gatekeeping during this era was evil! Kenya was way ahead of other nations in Africa musically but because of the Kenyan self hate and Moi'sm, cronyism and conflict of interest. How do you produce a show on national Tv and manage some of those in your catalogue? We are still feeling the effects more than 2 decades later. Guys like Khali took another 10 years to be where they at, something they could have achieved in 2 or 3 years, but Mungu ni nani, they have seen even bigger success now?
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True. They were pushing a particular trend and artistes from particular hoods. If you are keen you, you will notice that the first musicians to hit were upper middle class types from formerly leafy estates like Langata, South C and South B.
Even the first radio and TV presenters, DJs and Producers were from these hoods so the cartel was huge cartel.
@@SuperiorNatoDoctrine You are on point, those were the hoods to live in if you wanted to pursue a music career. He'd play guys from such areas or those who could afford to pay for play, or be those that were unstoppable so had no choice but to play. Some guys don't understand that NTV was the biggest TV station at the moment and so it was easy for a music show on that channel to be most influential (rem also "The Storm"?). KBC had an unbiased show, "Mizizi", but being on a lethargic state tv wouldn't make it that powerful. Musicians depended mostly on TV and radio then, music management and business knowledge was a new thing. Thank God for internet, most musicians wouldn't exist, both great and weak.
I support DJ actions. I will play what I like and for people I like . In Arts there is no perfect criteria
Seen Dj Styles,Dj dru early 2004 on capital fm under The code red band djs saluteeeeeeeeeee.
Uu chali akwende na uko….he will die with no recognition… people will remember him for nothing apart from killing the industry.And its a very sad place to end..He needs to come out and apologize for the dreams he killed.
Dj pinye was on another level! He had sight vision and skills to scout and mix heavy hits! Nowadays our djs are the most useless clueless and repeating tracks regularly even our clubs stinks nothing new just the same old shit! Pinye brought competition to another level we dont even have any dj currently who can compete in international level! The industry stinks
True dat! I remember his Friday night live with the ScratchAHolics!!
@@machariamaina7852 dope
Sometimes it's fans who lead someone to repeat songs
@@ricoroyalthedjkenya923As a dj its important to surprise funs with new hits that can leave people speechless regardless of their diversity you have to be able to scout talents and recognise hidden talents ! Dont play what everybody is playing do your research
Huyu ndio Mafi kubwa zaidi in Kenyan music history
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I AGREE
DJ Pinye was a force to be reckoned with, respect, Give credit where its due.💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
He was an idiot. An Idi amin of the Kenyan music industry. It's buffoons like this that messed up the growth of many artists
Wow🎶my brother Hardstone still a true legend. God made🙏🏾🎶
I love this Gatuati. Well research and excellently delivered.
Glad you like it!
Nothing is permanent with or without pinye the industry is still going on time yake ndio imeisha akapumzike
Yes Pinye is great but he did aloot of gatekeeping
Tedd Josaih is a legend..
Given that there were few TV and radio stations in the 90s and early 2000,it was easy for DJs enjoying a big deal in monopoly and biased controlling the music they had to play depending on whom they liked and who could bribe them to air their music on media.These was a very dark era for Kenyan music and that also killed ambitions of many upcoming musicians who could not afford the expenses and exploitation by wicked DJs on media industry those days.
You can't be good in everyone's story...Pinye will always be a legend
But you can be fair.
Nice walk down the memory lane. The voice over is also good.
Pinye really Killed the Kenyan, music imagine back in the 2000s Kenya was ahead of almost all African nations in Urban Contemporary music,
Amazing video
Awesome Vid Bro!! 💪🏾🔥
The edit is clean & the research is top notch 👌🏾
Hate Pinye or love him. He made musicians record quality music.
What has the current DJ's done? Play Bongo & Nigerian music.
On point..tufukuswii😂
Pinye is a legend .
Great videa as always 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Thank you 🙌
Nice take on this. Keep on keepin on. God Bless 🙏🏻
I love the quality of this documentary, nimelearn alot 💯
This is a very good narration. Keep it up.
Awesome work..big up
Thank you! Cheers!
this is amazingly done, from the research, to the script, to the video.. the audio you could work on it a bit kidogo cause iko na bass mob, but it's not a matter of concern though, good work Gatuati
DJ Pinye is the best DJ ever in Kenya.
Joeee Mfalme 😎
Good job. Earnes yourself a subscriber. Btw is that Kirigo Ngarua in 4:23?
Pinye really killed Kenyan music
I'd like to hear one of your sets. I bet you are as mediocre as many other DJs we have in the industry nowadays!
@@casinocopywriter mediocre who is rich than a serious person like you poor in the village
Lol, Club Jungle was literally in the jungle. It was at City Park, Parklands not the CBD.
he is a legend. respect that. he did what was imaginable
Respect u say.. 😅😅😢😢
He was a gatekeeper
How madem wanadance kwa ngoma ya esir wako 40 years now . Joh time hukimbia
How long has this channel existed surely? Dude you're going far!
I was so disappointed in him bana na vile nimekua fan yake since 1997 ...if it was not the internet we probably would not have ever seen khaligraph Jones and who knows who next... Additionally someone like Bishop wa Calif records ni kama alikua shot down whilst on his way up..
Basically, this is such a great hip hop documentary, with a wrong face cover for the great talent. Cheers Nairobi ✌️😊
The day I find him, I'll end up on the news. Pinye ni jamaa mwingine mjinga na mpetty
😂
Kazi safiiiii hii!!
Asante.
Pinye ni Mafi sana. For lack of a better word.
well edited video
DJ Pinye was right.
Hehehehehe. Ati lamba lolo ama pekejeng. Btw, where did those tuboys go to? The truth of the matter, Pinye lived in the UK for many years. He started off from the UK and knew something about QUALITY that many people here don't understand. Everything he tried out was a success, which is a clear message that he was doing it right.
Gatekeepin master
Dope content bruv
Earned a subscriber. More of same please.
Not hated he still did alot to change the music industry.
I liked the advert at the barber shop "dj pinye anayake,je?una yako?"
Are you Ongori Reports?💞
Haha... No
But since we are at this topic, would an Ongori/Gatuati collab video interest you?
So basically, this guy is the late Luge of Tanzania 😅. I think revolution is a huge weight for one Man to shoulder. Many scapegoats will be sacrificed knowing or unknowingly on the process. This was great story though. Here reppin TZ 🇹🇿
Octopizzo Made me hate Pinye😂
By far the best youtube docu i have seen so for
By far the best comment I have read so far! 🔥
He might be the hated DJ by Gen - Z but we love him we old skool guys... He started from Club Jungle n Zigzag mix from Tapes n LPS.. Hawa wa siku hizi Bure kabisa.
Mimi ni millennial na sipendi pinye. Aliharibu career za wasee wengi na alistop career za wasee wengine zaidi wenye wangefanya industry yetu ikue great.
@@itsTheTruthTeller Thanks for the truth.
It's mostly the old skool guys that have beef with him.
Hawa Djs wa sikuhizi hakuna kitu wanajua. Make a mistake and hire them for a gig, hakuna kitu wanafanya. Their usual money business of playing the same set you hear in a mathree, club, TV, Radio station....Hakuna kitu. I'd only say the likes of Kalonje, Grauchi, and KayTrixx have my respect.
Say what you may, Pinye is still one ofthe best Djs out of 254
this is a nice production
Thanks. Support like this motivates me to work on improving it even more!
@@Gatuash welcome
He hated Khali but currently thats the best rapper in Africa, shame on PINYE
That's an opinion. And a very ridiculous one at that😂😂😂😂
Bro u smokin C R A C K....which africa is u talking about
Define best rapper
Umebambika na 'flow' but that does not qualify him as even close to/among the best rappers.. Am not sure you really understand what rap is.
You should have used the original Metro FM logo. Not the reggae rebrand.
Dj Pinye ni matako, that is all.
hatari faya!
STANDARD IS THE WORD
Haha! I love Pinye so much and know many people who love him too.
I never missed the beat 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gatekeeping position was dissolved, the internet democratized access to entertainment, DNA has a song called Kapinye,if you check the details you'll understand why
Top content👏🏿👏🏿🔥🔥
Means a lot coming from you!
@@Gatuash I was working on a DJ Pinye's video when I stumbled upon yours. I loved everything about it - the research, voiceover, editing, everything. It's top-notch content. I appreciate that there are many of us in this space now, creating similar content, and everyone is producing high-quality work👏🏿
Fug it I hate gate keepers with passion
Dj Pinye killed the Kenyan music industry due to his misplaced arrogance & an evil hate for Kenyan musicians!
Pinye hakunà mtu hapa....zero respect for him...unajifanya gatekeeper kama nani? Wacha watu waseme ama wata banjuka tu
Dj Pinye revolutionized the Kenyan music industry. At the time, SA, Nigeria and TZ music video quality was top notch and he urged artists to improve on the content of their music and invest in high quality music videos to compete on an international scale and get more remuneration by corporate sponsors. So Kenyan artists could get paid better for gigs and actually make a living from music.
True to his word, he transformed the Kenyan industry. Artists are competing on an international scale, being paid their worth by corporate sponsors and making a living from music. As a trendsetter and barrier breaker going against the grain Pinye deserves his flowers. He’s the GOAT.
Pinye did to kenyan music what moi did to the country...both corrupt..both useless and both were tyrannical misfits and destroyed everything they touched...honestly he is a GOAT
Kulikua na music time na mizizi way before the beat...
Pinye was somehow right that's why diamond anafagia east Africa mzima
I don't know if he's the or another DJ whom I can't recall where many artists such as OG Khaligraf Jones and Mejja really complained that he almost killed many talents.
Jamaa shenzi Sana tunapigwa na wazae wetu huku, alaf tukipanda anakazia
Wrong, Jungle WAS NOT IN THE CBD! It was inside city park at bowling green. He played there using the name DJ Chuani.
Jungle club @city Park ...not ncbd....
Proof that no amount of research can beat memory 😅... Thanks for the update!
Where is Dj Adrian at.. just asking
The problem is most musicians are school dropouts or failures. Therefore, when Dj Pinye aliweka standards, it's difficult for most to achieve and end up complaining instead of working hard. If you are complaining about Dj Pinye, it means you do not appreciate hard work.
But Kenyan OGs like complaining too much, There were other platforms other than just NTV, Kaligraph didn't complain then he is here now. Whenever people fail to achieve success they rub their failure on other people
djPunny
Ako na maringo
Pinyee was just playing his own personal album
Kaligraf is way good then octopuzii
DJ PINYE LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dj Pinye is one of the best Gay djs ..He doesn't like people knowing he is gay.
Eff the gatekeepers, hii ujinga wamekata kuwacha
They refused to play My Brother Hardstone ‚s music coz he refused the pay💰
Absolutely not true
That must have sucked...
Alikataa kumcheza kwa which platform?... The Beat or radio?
I was Hardstones first manager. Kindly stop lying!
I think we should hear @fridahvogel8620 's full accusations before dismissing them...
Watu utoa wapi kiburi? How can you have more pride than Uhuru a whole former president and you are a DJ at 52 🥴 To say mejja does not meet your standards is crazy.
Pinye once said: "jUsT beCauSE yOU haVe A mILLion vIeWs yOu tHiNK YoU aRe SucCessfUl?"
Sadly u were born last year....He is 52...just as u will be in the next 51yrs
Silly chap
Click bait!
Mbwa ww.
Pinye ni mbwa ya mtu.
Pinye is now old, irrelevant and broke a.f. While the guys he rolled with wako rich, mbwa iliomba kazi NRG radio.
one of the best Gay Dj ..He keeps it in the closet.
Do your research, Dj Pinye wasn't the first to launch music tv show in Kenya....check your history
Music Time with Fred Obachi Machoka
Not sure how I missed this 🤦♂️
Thanks for the correction
Music Time, Mizizi, Burudani all on KBC; Warehouse on NTV; Rapem, Kasskass, Rastrut, Jam-a-delic and Rythmix all on KTN - the list is endless. Nevertheless, it's true, the Beat was something of a gamechanger. Great video Gatuati.
Mizizi was the game changer! Pinye aint shiet. Then there was top 7 @ 7 pale Capital
History ndio hii
1.Warogi Wawili - Mpaka Saa Ngapi(ua-cam.com/video/V-ErC9NoP0E/v-deo.html&start_radio=1)
2.Nikki (Sheilla Mwanyigah)Feat. Kalamashaka - Mapenzi Tele(ua-cam.com/video/nd05uLxQUOQ/v-deo.html)
3.Kalamashaka Feat. Nikki (Sheilla Mwanyigah)- Songa Hapa (ua-cam.com/video/TFkZZJOjCUc/v-deo.html)
4.Nazizi nataka kuwa rapper(ua-cam.com/video/IG4s0X-WQr0/v-deo.html)
5.K-FORCE FT NYARUACH & EMMANUEL JAL - EGOBE(ua-cam.com/video/oUhwYl1QuxM/v-deo.html)
6.Nannoma - Kila saa(ua-cam.com/video/2S2yxhUNMSw/v-deo.html)
the most evil dj and gate keeper...tribalistic...thief..and chocked the industry...
Woi msamehee,
I agree
That guy is shiite na io uzee yake haijamsaidia
hizo vipuli giving sodomy vibes