Artist Spotlight: Yviona Reign, fast-rising songstress who’s destined for greatness

If there’s an upcoming female singer that I really admire then it’s one Yviona Musa, popularly known as Yviona Reign.

When she was still new in the local industry, she would hawk her album in the Central Business District  (CBD), especially around Nation Centre.

This way, more people got to know about her and her beautiful music. Before Yviona knew it, her songs were being played on TV and local radio stations.

Yviona Reign
Yviona Reign

Interestingly, she didn’t really intend to become a musician. In a past interview, the beautiful lass stated that her cousin sent her a beat and asked her to record herself singing to it.

From that day, the 23-year-old lass knew that she wanted to do music. Although she faced challenges as she wrote her first song, she mastered the art within a short time.

Yviona burst into the limelight when she recorded a hair raising rendition of Sauti Sol’s popular hit titled Melanin. She became the talk of the town weeks after releasing it thanks to her beautiful voice.

Since then, she has released several songs of her own. They include; Yea Girl, Sick, Fanta, Baddest Bitch in Africa, Secret, Thug Love with King Kaka and Coco – which happens to be my favourite.

Listen to Coco below and tell us what you think.

Why Sauti Sol’s #Melanin should become a national ‘anthem’ already!

Sauti Sol may have released an explicit video for their new song Melanin, but this should not be an issue. Melanin is a perfect song that appreciates dark skinned women in our African society.

As much as there are those criticizing the song, we should focus on the positive message it sends out to our ladies. For years now, many have made it look like dark skinned women are not beautiful. However, this is not true and wrong on all levels!

 

Dark Skinned women are stunning beauties and they should be told this everyday of their lives. In this case Sauti Sol and Patoranking managed to put it in a song that attracted 10,000 views in 12 hours.

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Having the boys preach the beauty found in Melanin, women not only in Kenya but around the world should embrace there dark skins.

Bleaching on the rise!

Ladies living in our generations have ruined their natural beauty by altering their skin tones with creams and pills. This is why I think Sauti Sol’s melanin dropped at the perfect time. It will educate the narrow minded who assume black has no beauty!

As for now I am positive that the exaggerated ‘light skin is beauty’ mentality will die soon – thanks to the dark skinned video vixens featured on most videos.

Kudos Sauti Sol for the saucy Melanin!