DJ Unit Cartels Killed Kenyan Gospel Music Industry, Revered Producer Dr Eddie Reveals
DJ Eddie said the gospel music industry was killed by music cartels who ran shows on TV. Photo: Dr Eddie/Instagram.
System Ya Kapungala producer Dr Eddie has revealed the real reason behind the fall of the one time drilling and vibrant gospel music industry.
The revered music producer disclosed that gospel musicians had taken over the music industry and the genre was a force to reckon with before players in the game introduced new formulas which killed the sector.
Speaking during a candid interview with The Plug TV, Dr Eddie narrated how popular deejays of those days introduced gospel music units which played great recipe to the fall and fall of the industry.
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According to the producer, people like DJ Sadiq, DJ Mo and others of their ilk launched deejaying units which had the final say on which gospel songs would play on their shows aired on different national TV stations.
It was at that juncture that certain artistes such as Willy Paul, Jimmy Gait and Bahati decided to switch things up a bit and watered down their content to please the ears of major industry players namely, System Unit, The Stomp Crew, Kubamba Crew, Groove among others.
”The gospel music industry was doing fine, in fact it was the leading in the country but these cartels killed it.” Dr Eddie said.
“They formed units and artistes had to release mediocre music to please the players so that they could get sizeable airplay on local media. Many artistes went commercial and that marked the beginning of the fall of a one time successful industry.” He added.
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He added that artistes too played a role in killing their industry because of greed and craving for overnight fame and stardom.
Dr Eddie is one of the pioneering music producers in the country and has worked with some of Kenya’s top musicians both from the secular and gospel music sectors.
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