ZJ HENO SPEAKS ABOUT HIS LATEST PROJECT: THE TRANQUILITY RIDDIM

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Every DJ or should I say ZJ; has a unique personality that can only be explored through sound of music they play. Nairobi is a city of diversity and audiences keep looking for that unique sound that separates one DJ from the other. Today, we speak to the number one dancehall Zeejay in Kenya. Find out what you should be listening to; and where you should be to catch the party.

ZJ HENO-HBR 103.5 FM

Wagwan breddah?

 YOOO..WAH GWAAN BRO…

Hope I said it right…

 YES MAN IT GOOD LOL…WHATS UPPPP

Why ZJ Heno and not DJ Heno?

 WELL, PEOPLE SHOULD JUSS DO THE RESEARCH…I JUSS DONT SAY EVERYTHING...

I can never talk of Heno anywhere without mentioning two people you helped launched to the Kenyan mainstream- MC Teargas and Jamaican new star Chronixx. Tell us a bit about that...

 HAHA REALLY…BOTH OF THEM ARE MULTI-TALENTED …THEY JUSS NEEDED A LIKKLE BOOST…I KNEW CHRONIXX WAY BACK [IN 2008] THROUGH FACEBOOK..SO WE JUSS BUILD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM…THEN HE SENT ME 'BEHIND CURTAINS' [HIS FIRST SINGLE],,I LIKED IT BUT I HAD NO WHERE TO PLAY IT…BY GOD'S GRACE I JOINED UPTOWN RADIO AND I HAD A PLATFORM..I PLAYED THE RECORD ON MY SHOW…AND LETS JUSS SAY THE REST IS HISTORY.

MC TEARGAS AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME…SO WHEN WE ESTABLISHED EMPIRE SOUNDS…WE HAD ONE ONE MC..SO TEARGAS JOINED AND HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE FAMILY...AND MY OFFICIAL MC.

 Your latest project was the Tranquility Riddim. Has it been well received?

 WELL, AM ABOUT TO RELEASE IT THE FULL RIDDIM ON ITUNES..I DID RELEASE GAPPY RANKS' SINGLE [SWAHILI] THAT IS ON ROTATION ON BBC 1XTRA..ALOT OF MY DJ FRIENDS LIKE ROBBO,SEANI B,RANDY AND GUSSY LOVED IT AND THE GAVE IT A MASSIVE PLAY IN THE U.K…NOT FORGETTING AT HOME..G MONEY BLAZING IT TOO AND ALOT OF STREET DJZ.

THE RIDDIM WILL BE OUT IN JULY..FEATURES CECILE,SINGING MELODY,MR.G,GAPPY RANX,DELLY RANX,ZAGGA,BRAMMA,TIFA…AND LOCAL ARTISTS TO LIKE VERBAL,VERSATILE,MC ADVICE,SHAMIR N MORE…SOO JUSS LOOK OUT FOR IT.

You teach Kenyans some Jamaican slang. Any new word for us?

 HAHAHA..OK…'BAD UP'…THAT MEANS TO ROUGH UP SOMEONE.

'GI BUN'…THAT MEANS TO CHEAT

What was the last song that you listened to?

 LAST SONG…BUY THE WORLD BY MIKE WILL FT FUTURE,KENDICK LEMAR AND LIL WAYNE..

What are your top 3 tracks for this month?

 BUY THE WORLD BY MIKE WILL FT FUTURE,KENDICK AND WAYNE

TO THE TEST BY VYBZ KARTEL

OR NAH BY TY DOLLA SIGN FT THE WEEKEND AND WIZ KHALIFA

Where are you playing this month?

 NO BOOKINGS THIS MONTH..HAD A SUCCESSFUL TOUR IN APRIL..SO JUNE AM RESTING,PRODUCING AND JUSS DOING MY RADIO SHOWS..THE END JULY AL BE ON TOUR AGAIN..SO I WILL ANNOUNCE THE DATES

Finally, what avenues on social media can your fans check you out?

 WELL AM ALL OVER LOL…INSTAGRAM,FACEBOOK,TWITTER,MIXCRATE…JUSS GOOGLE 'ZJ HENO' OR CHECK THE LINKS BELOW.

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