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    Hear Kenya's Emerging Producers in the 'Nairobi Nu Wave' Mixtape
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    17 April 2017

    Hear Kenya's Emerging Producers in the 'Nairobi Nu Wave' Mixtape

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    Photos From the Birth of Kenya's New Hip-Hop Scene

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    The four member music & art collective Cosmic Homies O.N.E. are the sound of #NuNairobi.

    East African Wave: 5 Young Kenyan Producers are Creating the Sounds of #NuNairobi
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    27 June 2016

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