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Phinoshey

Phinoshey Elber Meso is is a Jazz and hip-hop rapper and producer, born in Busia and bred in Nairobi, Kenya. Opening his musical journey as a child singing in church, he went on to chase his passion throughout high school. It’s at this stage that he wrote his first song with a mo…

Phinoshey

Phinoshey Elber Meso is is a Jazz and hip-hop rapper and producer, born in Busia and bred in Nairobi, Kenya. Opening his musical journey as a child singing in church, he went on to chase his passion throughout high school. It’s at this stage that he wrote his first song with a mounting love for poetry, that were greatly influenced by British and American literature books. His music is influenced by 90s Hip Hop, Soul and Jazz and boasts having muses of aartists and producers such as Nas, J Dilla and Outkast just to name a few. As Phinoshey grew in his music, and the more he became aware of the environment he was in, the literature he became more exposed to, the more Pan African he grew in character. His love of the continent and his roots is what fuels his music passion to date. Legends such as Juma Tutu, Daudi Kabaka, Fundi Konde have greatly had an impact on Kenyan and African music scene and he has become even more appreciative of it.

With this added adoration for everything African, his captivating fusion of Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul and Lo-Fi styles is very conspicuous in his releases. He seeks to give the audience a deeper understanding of life’s physical, mental and spiritual nature, by paying attention to the current events in Kenya, Africa. Just to demonstrate this, Phinoshey dives into contemporary matters, where he addresses narratives such as corruption and police brutality which have been on the rise during our generation. He also tries to focus on granting his audience a deeper understanding of his upbringing in Nairobi and its impact in shaping his perspectives about life. He also shares his hopes and aspirations, through poetic narration of his life's journeys and the people around him