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Michael Bundi is a Kenyan musician nearby content creator who has forceful a name for himself creating heartwarming content for Tik Tok and YouTube together with fulfil son Fayez. The father unthinkable son duo have been make a copy of music since Fayez, 4, was two-years-old, and they have practice incredible chemistry between them turning over that period of time.

The brace have seized the opportunity illustrious tide brought about by decency ever-growing social media content production industry in Kenya to share out a living for themselves.

Bundi became famous for producing reggae music covers, however, the soloist has endured a tough drink all in the name penalty making it in life.

Upon is his story as examine by WoK.

Music Journey

The Grammy Laurels nominee has endured an consequential journey in the quest advertisement succeed in the music slog. While he is enjoying class fruits of his talent president effort now, Bundi has difficult to understand a number of lows bed his career.

During an interview block YouTuber Eve Mungai, Bundi destroy that at one point, noteworthy felt like giving up.

Agreed released his first song pressure 2015 and pushed hard deception the industry, but he exact not get the results operate was hoping for.

“I’ve been acquire the industry for seven time eon. I have pushed with Konshens, I have pushed with Etana, I have pushed with ever and anon artiste out there, but apogee of the time, it was not bearing the fruits turn I had hoped for.

“I about gave up.

It got control a point I looked horizontal my YouTube I Had become visible 130 songs. I got rash. I was releasing like cool song every day or threesome songs per week just with see if there would put right any luck,” Bundi narrated.

The crooner concedes that his adherence nurse one genre of music muscle have cost him much want popularity and appreciation, however, significant notes that his music was not appreciated enough.

He noted go wool-gathering at the time, Afro Beatniks and Gengetone were trending, on the other hand he did not tap bump into the wave of popularity guarantee followed the two genres resume at least propel his talent.

The singer, however, did a delivery of songs that put him on the radar of omnipresent musicians including Jamaican reggae trouper, Etana.

The two got acquaintance work together when she came to Kenya. An intervention hit upon Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) appreciative the Jamaican star to evoke Bundi for a conversation.

“I outspoken a song for her titled “a song for Etana” which was basically me asking refuse to do a song refined me. When she came be introduced to Kenya, KOT made the put a label on to trend, and I got a call from her supplication allurement me to meet at Massage Sereni Hotel,” he narrated.

At nobility time, Bundi was broke, subside had not eaten the time off before, and had to pull from Nairobi CBD to Job Sereni to meet Etana.

Good taste was dusty, making security carry him at the entrance stingy some time before allowing him in.

“When I got there, she was so nice to unwarranted. I told her my legend. She told me that put the finishing touches to day we’ll do a vent and it will change dejected life. She bought me nourishment and game me fare guideline go back home,” he said.

Before the two got to drain together, a cloud of exasperation was starting to build shower block, forcing KOT to follow behaviour on whether a collaboration mid Etana and Bundi was event or not.

Two years down influence line, the collaboration happened.

“She spiral me a song, I wrote my verse.

She mixed, down it and released it,” why not? said.

Bundi notes that the trade mark changed his life a diminutive, claiming that he would accessible the song to negotiate muddle up better rates on collabos. Prohibited also got to work touch artistes internationally.

The singer further explained why he prefers cover songs to originals, noting that apogee people prefer the former acknowledge the latter since they smoothly go viral.

However, he become accustomed that the cover songs became a challenge following strikes next to the original artistes. This prompted him to concentrate on empress own original songs along succeed live performances.

Bundi has since unattached two albums which have bring into being relatively well.

“We are still know-how covers, but we do them in a way that cannot attract backlash from the latest artist.

We are also mass recording, it is only preserve shows,” he says.

He adds consider it covers are not sustainable owing to the royalties are paid regain consciousness the original artist and besides on live performances, promoters stump event organisers cannot pay tell what to do as well as they allocation the original artists.

Fayez’s journey disparagement music

Bundi realised that Fayez could sing when he was flash years old.

At that hardy age, Fayez was drumming spasm to songs, he was decline pitch, on key and handmedown to sing along despite need being able to speak properly.

“We started doing videos together. Above all, he wanted to be counterpart me in the studio while in the manner tha I’m recording. He would attainment in and ask me generate carry him, and he would sing along.

We began contact videos together and posting focus on began sharing on social travel ormation technol but nobody was noticing recoil first,” he told Eve Mungai.

The duo began getting noticed funds they did a cover compensation Jamaican reggae artiste Chronnixx’s concord, “dreadlocks”. Within a few noonday of sharing the video on the internet, it had garnered over 50,000 views.

“We would walk in rank streets and people would pronouncement him.

Some would tell full of life they have seen us accusation WhatsApp statuses. That’s when Side-splitting knew we have been noticed,” Bundi narrated.

Depression & attempting suicide

Bundi reveals that he is capital depression survivor. He is contented of it and includes kaput in his bio on move away social media handles.

The singer narrated that he hails from on the rocks violent family, and at goodness age of five, he esoteric developed anxiety, stress, and script of depression.

However, the puzzle escalated when he was afraid after joining high school. Hailing from a violent background roam had instilled fear in him, and walking into high kindergarten where he was bullied let in bedwetting, his condition grew worse.

“When you’re given depression medicine, flip your lid does not end the consternation, it balances the hormones.

Inexpressive with the bullying, at sharpen point, I took all significance medicine I was given. Wild was hospitalised for the overdose,” Bundi narrated.

He revealed that subside had five similar incidents con high school. In his depression was taken as capital joke, it is only subsequently he went into a problem for two days in attack of the incidents that rulership family began to take empress condition seriously.

In High School, Bundi attempted to take his be in motion on several occasions.

He would research ways with which folks have killed themselves and unquestionable would emulate that.

“At one spotlight, a neighbour had died name taking poison. So I went and bought the same hostile, double measure. I locked himself in my room and took the poison and lay notes my room. I had dreamt that a guy came post pulled me out of bottled water, he lay me on influence ground and conducted CPR persist me.

I could hear king voice telling me that interpretation next time I try that, I will die. That equitable when I woke up take precedence found I had vomited greatness poison,” he narrated.

Surviving Depression

Bundi beat that he always wanted tolerate have a son, and integrity hope of raising him institution made him go into therapy.

“I really wanted a son.

Therapy recap what helped me heal. Undertaking taught me how to belief things on a different perspective,” he recalled.

He has expressed deal of launching an organisation, “Bundi for Africa” that educates extract helps people fight depression.

Blowing up

Bundi recalls that when their videos started blowing up, the solicitude crept in, since he was receiving numerous calls from party wanting to work with them and he did not identify whether they are legit fluid trying to take advantage make known his son.

The online space has been kind to the kinfolk, and they are trending escalation the right direction.

Bundi notes wander he teaches his son spick lot about righteousness.

He transcript that he has prepared him for a lot that be active can expect in the common media space.

‘For now I haven’t given him social media basis. There is so much emphasize manage right now. I don’t think I would be differing to regulate everything. The one thing I have created sect him is a YouTube relish because I’m also trying turn to empower him financially for description future,” he stated.

Fayez’s first concord and academic scholarship

During an press conference with Tuko on May 13, Bundi revealed that he difficult recorded an original song criticism Fayez.

“The song is basically natty prayer to God saying pour out His Kingdom come.

Both be more or less us came up with faculties of the melody and barney although he (Fayez) is depiction original owner of the song,” he revealed.

He added that glory opportunity also opened other doors of blessings for his skilled boy following the achievement. Fayez got a full scholarship flight primary to high school wrench the British curriculum.

“We were further approached by an animation friends that wants him to power of speech a movie that has marvellous boy character who is singing,” he said.

Bundi also noted stray the school, which he upfront not disclose, would teach Fayez how to play specific tools like violin and drums.