By Wycliff G; When the lockdown became announced in Uganda, it was this type of irritating moment for the track enterprise as stake-holders’ annual plans have been frozen.
This changed into a night-mare to one of the marathon-growing song genres in Uganda, Hip-hop, whose future prospects had been extraordinarily attractive with huge investments on-board like; awards, expertise searches, audio & visible recordings, among others.
It was then, time for some of the large investors in the Hip-hop world, The Tribe UG search for new avenues of maintaining Ugandan Hip-hop genre relevant in even the music business seemed shut.
One of the initiatives landed became having stay digital events, but because of the limited extent of technology in particular when it comes to internet accessories to a part of Uganda’s population, this turned into dropped.
Here is when they evolved another concept themed ‘UG Hip-hop Lockdown’ that has been a hue fulfillment for the Hip-hop fraternity. The UG Hip-hop Lockdown partakes one beat shared by Tribe UG to distinct rappers to write verses and visually record themselves singing.
It is then Tribe UG’s duty to create a exceptional custom designed artwork and proportion it together with the recorded video on its social media platforms.
The UG Hip-hop Lockdown has already registered greater than 16 verses from one-of-a-kind artists with over 10,000 views all over its social media.
These out merge from rappers such as; Navio, Byg Ben, KSL, Atlas, and looking forward to for more expertise to drop new demanding situations as the lockdown maintains to surface.
“We invite you to be a part of the UG Hip-hop lockdown with the aid of sharing your challenge on social media.
The beat is on the market via; www.Thetribe.Africa,” said Tribe UG Director, Felix Byaruhanga.
“The undertaking is set with motive of promoting new talent and Ugandan Hip-hop creativity even during such trying times for them,” Felix added.
On further note; UG Hip-hop Lockdown is also catering for Deejays as they function with Hip-hop mixes.
We will hold you posted
