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((Infobox music genre
| name              = Boomba music
| stylistic_origins = [[Hip hop]], [[reggae]], [[Music of Africa|traditional African music]]
| cultural_origins  = 1990s<br>[[Nairobi]], Kenya
| instruments       = [[Rapping]], vocals, keyboard, [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]
| derivatives       = [[Kenyan hip hop]]
| subgenres         = Vegatone, Kapuka rap
| regional_scenes   = [[Kenya]]
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'''Boomba music''', also referred to as '''kapuka''' (due to the beat pattern; not to be confused with '''kapuka rap'''), is a form of [[hip pop|hip pop music]] popular in [[Kenya]]. It incorporates [[hip hop]], [[reggae]] and African traditional musical styles. The lyrics are in [[Swahili language|Swahili]], [[Sheng slang|Sheng]] or local dialects.<ref>((cite book |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Melissa Ursula Dawn |last2=Fonseca |first2=Anthony J. |title=Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California, US |isbn=978-0-313-35758-9 |page=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRnOEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22boomba%22%20kenya&pg=PA1997))</ref> It is associated with the [[Ogopa Deejays]] and is believed to have originated in the late 1990s with artists such as [[Redsan]], [[Bebe Cool]] and [[Chameleone]]. It went on to dominate East African airwaves (especially Kenya and [[Uganda]]) after the release of the Ogopa Deejays' first album in 2001, which included artists such as the late [[E-Sir]], [[David Mathenge|Nameless]], Mr. Lenny, [[Amani (musician)|Amani]], [[Mr. Googz]] and Vinnie Banton amongst others.

The over-saturation of playlists with this music style caused some to criticise it, including the artists [[K-South]] who had a hit titled "Kapuka This, Kapuka That". This((clarify|date=November 2016)) also led to other styles such as [[genge]] music being formed by producer [[Clemo]] to diversify the market. Despite the critics the music continues to be very popular in Kenya although more so now in Uganda. Of late, "genge" has also come to refer more generally to boomba and "kapuka" music.

==Vegatone==
'''Vegatone''', '''Riftsyde flava''' or '''Naxvegas muzik''' is a genre of hip hop/Afro Dancehall music that originated from the town of [[Nakuru]] or colloquially Naks/NaxVegas as many youths call it.
The music is a blend of indigenous kapuka mixed with a reggae baseline. It is characterized by very flashy Musicians who mainly rap and sing about their sexual escapades and the number of women that they keep, but cipher their language to avoid being explicit. Vegatone has evolved in recent times.

Artists in this genre include award-winning artist Teferah who has numerous hits having worked with Nyanda from Brick and Lace on the song "Put It On Me" produced in Romania by Tommo records, and getting signed to an American music label Mpact Muzik in 2017. Teferah is seen as a break-through artist in this genre. Other Vegatone artists are Rhonda Bwoy, Skymer, Juss Nera, Hush BK, Avril, Vivian, K-FRESH, Igiza, Obako, Mavo, 77 and many more. Nakuru is credit for creating the viral sounds of Gengetone which uses the slang used in Nakuru and most Gengetone producers are from Nakuru Sadafa, Mavo on the beat, Duboiz, Samba on the beat, Andah water, Magix Enga and other creatives that fuse Vegatone arrangements. Vegatone is a common sound especially on Kenyan and local nakuru radios highly popularized by Radio presenter Caleb Koyo.

==Kapuka rap==
'''Kapuka rap''' is a genre of [[hip hop music]] that is derived from Boomba music, but incorporates more [[dance-pop]], [[synthpop]] and [[electronic music]] than [[reggae]] and [[ragga]] but still incorporates some [[hip hop]]. Artists such as [[Kleptomaniax|Collo]] and [[Camp Mulla]] incorporate kapuka rap in some of their songs.

===Examples===
*"KArE" – [[P-Unit]] (incorporates a lot of [[synthpop]] and some hip hop)
*"[[Party Don't Stop]]" – [[Camp Mulla]] (incorporates some electronic dance music)
*"Feel No Pain" – Camp Mulla (incorporates some electronic dance music)
*"Chini ya Maji" -[[Kleptomaniax|Collo]] (incorporates some [[trip hop]] and some hip hop)

==See also==
*[[Kenyan hip hop]]
*[[Genge]], another form of Kenyan hip-hop

==References==
((reflist))

((Genres of African popular music))
((Hiphop))

[[Category:Kenyan hip hop]]
[[Category:Kenyan music]]
[[Category:Hip hop genres]]
[[Category:African-American music in Africa]]
[[Category:Swahili words and phrases]]

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