In recent years the Kenyan Gospel Industry has grown tremendously, something we should be very proud of as a nation.
We have seen the growth of young gospel artists flourishing in the name of God.A quest to have a spiritual being for guidance and conviction is a very good indicator of sobriety.
However as it grows, some forget the essence of their “calling”.For this article we are going Biblical.
According to the Bible in Mathew 7:1, it says ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged. Mhhhh!!
But I believe that some Kenyan Gospel artists are messing up big time.True?
The industry is filled with Musician that seem not to understand what the gospel is all about.
Or is it that they do not understand what the Gospel is?
Good News
Let’s do some light shading, the Basic meaning of the Gospel means Good news.Clearly the news we getting from some of this artists is the opposite of it all.
Good thing Willy Paul shifted to this other side.I mean there is no in between when it comes to matters God.
God is nobody’s brother or sister!!!He is the most High, most revered.He should be respected!
That said, Where is the line drawn when it comes to matters Gospel music?
When controversy becomes the order of the day for these artists, it portrays you in a different aspect.
For example with happened with DK Kwenye Beat and Hope Kid is not something we will forget so fast.
Fine we all fall short of God’s glory but this should have been a wake up call.
Spread The Gospel not your dirty linen
The veteran gospel artists with the likes of Esther Wahome, Eunice Njeri,Reuben Kigame, Rufftone among others have set records with songs that we can relate to even today.
Furthermore, they managed to sing praise to God and make money at the same time.So we cant say they are just doing it for the money.
In a post on Facebook sometime back Kigame stated,
“If you write a song about the word of God, cite it, refer to it, apply it, etc, I promise you, your song will be bigger than you. It will be as big as God’s Word and it will be hard to pass away,”
Also read:Blind gospel singer Reuben Kigame advises Bahati/Willy Paul generation of singers
On the other hand, the new generation artists have showed talent to the world but the drama of their lives is just too much for the public to deal with.
Too many antics that I believe are unnecessary.
For someone who needs spiritual guidance, if your song won’t be a blessing to me then you as the servant with a “calling” has failed me.
In any case its you with the calling.
Business in the Gospel
Business in the gospel is nothing new.After all we all need to make a living out of our talents.
But again considering your stance you will always have a limit to the kind of business you do.
A good example, we appreciate that for ‘Being Bahati” its a show that earns him some money but the antics in the show are just too much.
For some of us who have watched it you’d think this was among the factors of the fall out between Bahati and his then signed artists. Or was it?
In conclusion,we hope that the veteran artists can be a mentoring factor to the new generation artists of the gospel.Why?
Because this will end the endless drama of who said what or did what.
It help create a generation that will fear God in the gospel instead of just paying lip service to the word.
