We arrived at Carnivore at about 9pm and sadly the Kenyan acts had already performed. Cabo Snoop was already on stage after an intro by MC DNG and ShaffieWeru. As we entered, he was already performing one of his songs, which we had no idea because it was in Portuguese, as all his songs are, LOL, however,it was very energetic. He was wearing his usual tight pants and a red t-shirt, an interesting character in deed. He was his usual, as seen from his music videos, a skinny man with a very deep voice that was rather dungeon sounding and very intriguing, a quality that has made him the musician he is. After hits such as “Ababababababa” and many more Portuguese titled ones that fans had no idea of but entertained by.Cabo wrapped up his stage presence with the infectious, rambunctious tune that has accorded him worldwide fame, “Windeck”. The fans went raving wild like monkeys in a banana factory!,as did I. After exiting the stage, the fans were still clamoring for Cabo Snoop to come back, and he did, performing the remix to his biggest hit “Windeck” featuring a verse from Bronx, NY hip hop superstar Fat Joe. After that, he exited.
Next on stage was Eve. After an intro by The Number One Hypeman, DNG Top Shotta, which was coupled with heavy Hiphop tunes mostly from DMX, Eve waltzed on stage soaking in the applause of her loyal Nairobi fans and Hiphop fans alike. The jubilation was immense, even from me, as the fans beheld seeing EVE eye to flesh, live in person. She performed her old songs like ‘’Gotta man” , “Gangsta loving” featuring Alicia Keys and the anti-gender violence track “Love Is Blind” of which before singing it said that , “any man who beats on a woman is a punk”, to the concurrence of all her fans, especially the females. She then went on to freestyle over Lil Wayne’s mega hit beat “A Milli”, and tore it up! Her freestyle screamed, ‘’I CAN STILL RAP,CRITICS” ,(peals of laughter) , and all the fans agreed judging from the applause! After that, she asked Cabo Snoop to come back on stage , and a couple of ladies too, to help her dance to the Kasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz) produced “Tambourine”, and got the crowd moving along with bringing them up to speed with her modern hits. She also performed “Give It To Me” featuring Dancehall artist Sean Paul. She also performed an exclusive song, world premiering it for her fans in Kenya called “Gimmie Here”, a raunchy song about getting it on with your prospective partner. The fans loved it! She wrapped up with “Who’s That Girl” from her double platinum selling album SCORPION, leaving the fans satisfied.
After Eve left the stage,DNG and Shafffie introduced the next performer from Kingston, Jamaica , Shaggy, who walked on stage donning Khaki shorts, a maroon v-neck muscle shirt and converse sneakers. Shaggy also performed his old hits first, and three songs, in, he called out ‘’Ray Ray” on stage, his best friend and longtime collaborator that always make compatible hit songs, known to all the fans as Rayvon. The fans received Rayvon with mad love and excitement. Shaggy and Rayvon then proceeded to perform all their collaborative records/hit songs from way back starting with “Summertime” , then to “Angel ‘’ and the mischievous “It Wasn’t Me” though it originally featured RikRok, who was absent but Rayvon sang RikRok’s part so beautifully!
Shaggy was full of humorous antics as he performed “it wasn’t me” , stopping in the middle to tell his endeared fans that men always get caught but women never do because they are smarter than men. The fans concurred while laughing as he spotted a serious face, eluding more laughter from the fans. He then went on to tell every man that, if they ever get caught, they ought to do what the world’s best womanizer, Bill Clinton, did. And that is to quote the phrase, ”I did not have sexual relations with that woman” , or in short, “it wasn’t me” , LOL. His fans all burst into laughter, and Shaggy went on with his performance with the fans braving the rain like warriors on a mission. Shaggy went on to encourage the fans in the rain by asking the ones pulling out umbrellas to get them off the way because everyone was wet. He further went ahead to tell the ladies not to mind if they were wet because he likes them wet anyway,LOL, to the fans jubilation. He also told the ladies not to mind if their hair was “f*cked up” because they still looked good, again to the fans jubilation.
By and large,Shaggy’s performance was the longest and the best, surpassing every other entertainer’s who had hit the stage before him. This was compounded by the fact that Shaggy brought out two members of Morgan Heritage, the lead singer Peetah Morgan at that, and Gramps Morgan, a pleasant surprise to the fans that escalated their euphoria. So sad Gramp Morgan had to lose his Camera at JKIA. Shaggy’s performance was also the longest, lasting two hours straight and all the while steady in terms of keeping the fans engaged. He brought the fans up to date by performing “sugar cane” before which he told’em that, that should be the only reason they should go to Jamaica on vacation. He wrapped up his performance by asking the fans to put heir hands up and took a picture for twitter, to show to the world that he has the best fans ever! He also shot a video for youtube! And exited the stage upon an earned applause. A great show indeed, worthed every cent of those who attended.
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