In the late 80s and Early 90s, as Hip Hop was getting recognition in the global music scene, it gained a lot of airplay on Kenyan media and on seeing that majority of the rappers had features of African Origin, Kenyan youths were intrigued, they felt represented and felt the need to represent too, starting to dress and act like these rappers on television, wearing African American urban fashion, exchanging albums, mix tapes, hip hop magazines like word up and the source, reciting song lyrics and rapping in English, spreading more when Matatus painted in graffiti started playing rap music and some Kenyan artists started releasing rap influenced songs.