2K IS AN ADDICT.BUT NOT THAT KIND OF ADDICT.2K IS ADDICTED TO MUSIC.HE EATS, SLEEPS, LIVES MUSIC.HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF MUSIC.EVEN FROM A YOUNG AGE HE FOUND IT EASY TO MEMORIZE LYRICS AND COMMERCIALS ON TV.AS AN 80'S BABY, HE CAME UP WITH INTERNATIONAL HIP-HOP AND RAP FIRST.HE GRAVITATED MORE TO THE ARTISTS THAT WERE SHINING AT THE TIME-2PAC,BIGGIE,NAS,JAY-Z AND BONE-THUGS & HARMONY.BY THE TIME HIP-HOP PICKED UP IN KENYA,IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE WOULD GRAVITATE TO THAT-HENCE THE LOVE FOR KALAMASHAKA,POXY PRESHA(RIP) AND K-SOUTH FLAVA.ALL WHO REPRESENTED EASTLANDS LIKE HE NOW DOES.UP UNTIL THEN,HE WAS STILL A FAN.IT WAS NOT UNTIL HE HEARD E-SIR AND WATCHED HIM PERFORM ON STAGE AT THE CARNIVORE THAT HE REALIZED HE HAD TO TAKE HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC FURTHER.HE STARTED WRITING IN 2000 WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT DID NOT PERFORM AS MANY CURRENT ARTISTS DID.MANY ARTISTS WERE DISCOVERED DURING HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS AND SUCH.BUT HE CHOSE TO KEEP WRITING AND PERFECTING HIS CRAFT.BY THE TIME GENGE AND KAPUKA CAME INTO THE SCENE, HE HAD ALREADY WRITTEN A COUPLE OF TRACKS.AT THIS TIME,SOME OF THE BEST MC'S HAD PASSED AWAY AND ONLY A COUPLE OF ARTISTS WERE DOING "REAL HIP-HOP".OTHER ARTISTS WERE JUST SATISFIED WITH MAKING MEDIOCRE SONGS AND BEING ONE HIT WONDERS.ALSO THE INDUSTRY WAS SATISFIED WITH ARTISTS STICKING TO ONLY ONE STYLE OF MUSIC.REAL HIP-HOP AND RAP WAS CLASSIFIED AS "KENYAN ARTISTS COPYING AMERICAN RAPPERS" AND NOT AS KENYAN RAPPERS THEMSELVES-EVEN THOUGH THEY RAPPED IN SWAHILI AND OVER THOROUGH BEATS.WITH ALL THESE FACTS AGAINST HIM, HOWEVER, HIP-HOP WAS ALWAYS HIS FIRST LOVE.SO WHEN HE STARTED RECORDING, IT WAS EASY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T RUSHED AND DID HIS OWN STYLE.IN 2005, HE STARTED RECORDING AND PUT TOGETHER 100%-THE MIXTAPE WITH 12 TRACKS......SOME OF THE TRACKS WHICH ARE ON MYSPACE.THE QUALITY WASN'T THE BEST BECAUSE HE DID ALL THE WORK HIMSELF ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER.HE DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF A STUDIO BUT WORKED WITH WHAT HE HAD.THE FANS ALSO SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT AND THAT IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.IN LATE 2007, 2K REACHED OUT TO FRIEND,ARTIST AND PRODUCER ,T-Z(myspace.com/tzhustler)IN ORDER TO SECURE SOME STUDIO TIME SO AS TO RECORD MUSIC FOR HIS NEW MIXTAPE.T-Z LISTENED TO SOME OF 2K'S CUTS AND LIKED WHAT HE HEARD ALTHOUGH HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS VERY LOW QUALITY.HE OFFERED TO WORK WITH 2K AND EVEN OFFERED HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN T-Z'S NEWLY FORMED GROUP,THE I-C BOYZ(myspace.com/newicboyz).IN EARLY 2008, 2K RECORDED HIS FIRST SONG IN 2 YEARS.IT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE I-C BOYZ AND 2K WAS FEATURED IN A VERSE.IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER WORKED WITH REAL STUDIO EQUIPMENT AND NEEDLESS TO SAY....IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL PROCESS.IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME HE EVER RAPPED IN ENGLISH AND THAT WAS A CHALLENGE BY ITSELF.SO WITH T-Z ON THE BOARDS AND AP ON THE HOOK....."MAMA AFRICA" WAS BORN-AN ODE TO THEIR BELOVED MOTHERLAND.AND SO AS TO WIDEN ITS APPEAL,THE SONG WAS DONE IN BOTH FRENCH AND ENGLISH.THIS CAME AT A CRUCIAL TIME FOR 2K ESPECIALLY WITH THE WIDESPREAD POST ELECTION VIOLENCE THAT HAD ENGULFED HIS ONCE PEACEFUL COUNTRY,KENYA. BY THE END OF 2008, 2K RELEASED HIS SOPHOMORE PROJECT TITLED "2KVIII" - 2KVIII BEING A SYNONYM FOR DESCRIBING THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CANNOT RECALL 2008 WITHOUT SEEING 2K'S IMPACT ON IT - HENCE 2KVIII. IT RECIEVED A MUCH BETTER RECEPTION THAN HIS 1ST MIXTAPE AND GARNERED 2K A STEADY FOLLOWING OF FAITHFUL FANS.

2009 HAS SEEN 2K GO EVEN HARDER THAN EVER. DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF "2KVIII", 2K'S 3RD MIXTAPES IS SLATED TO BE EVEN HOTTER SEEING AS IT HAS FOUND HIM IN HIS COMFORT ZONE. IN ONLY 2 MONTHS, 2K HAS ALREADY RELEASED THE 1ST PART OF HIS NEW MIXTAPE. "BACK IN THE MMIX PART 1" IS ALREADY GETTING HEAVY ROTATION ON MYSPACE AND MTAAFM.COM. CURRENTLY,HE IS STILL WORKING ON MORE MUSIC AND PLANS TO RELEASE "PART 2" IN THE SUMMER OF 2009.

2009 HAS SEEN 2K GAIN MORE EXPOSURE AND MOMENTUM THAN EVER BEFORE. HE HAS BEEN FEATURED AND INTERVIEWED ON AN ITALIAN HIP-HOP SITE AND ON GERMAN BASED KENYAN ARTIST K-NEL'S WEBSITE. ON TOP OFR THAT,2K HAS BEEN PREVILEDGED AND HONOURED TO BE ON DJ DONAS' "STREETS ARE MINE 3" MIXTAPE. 2K HAS ALSO STARTED WORK WITH WASHINGTON BASED DJ MAFIOSSO ON HIS LATEST MIXTAPE TITLED "SWAHILI SWAGGER". THE MIXTAPE WILL BE A COMPILATION OF 2K'S GREATEST HITS OVER HIS 3 YEAR UNDERGROUND STINT AS WELL AS NEW UNRELEASED MATERIAL.

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