Like Ya Levis, Kranium seemed to also have an effect on the girls, who took him on, on stage. Photo | Andrew Kaggwa
Kemar Donaldson, popularly known as Kranium, has been busy in the East the past weekend. He touched down in Nairobi on Wednesday and by Thursday he was in Kampala getting ready for his show at Lugogo Hockey Grounds. By Saturday night he was already tearing down Nairobi.
For Uganda, the man was performing here for the second time, and it was a big deal. He was coming back as a bigger artiste with a bigger catalogue to back his name. When he came to Uganda in 2018, Kranium was mainly known for songs No Body Has to Know and Can’t Believe That alongside Kanye West’s collaborator Ty Dolla $ign and WizKid.
On Friday, he was the main attraction at the Captain Morgan: Spice Takeover where the liquor brand, among other things, launched a new bottle.
Curated as a rave, it was the second of a kind since Joeboy’s early this year and both have one thing in common, Sammy Wetala and his Nduguz brand. These events are more of experiences than concerts, thus there is never a live band on stage and neither is there a clear lineup of singers. What you get are numerous DJs and amazing MCs or hypemen and women.
This particular one had probably two; Jokwiz Klean and Etania – one was for the transitions while the other was for the energy.
Then the DJs, these were really many but it was hard forgetting DJ Bryan and Lynda Ddane’s set, not for the music but for everything; the theatrics, chemistry and Etania.