Kenyan hip hop is one of the world famous music and it becomes more and more popular among local youth. A number of Kenyan typical artists mixed it with rap, raga, r n b and dace pop and many of artist classified Kenyan hip hop in such a way that its not like with the ordinary hip hop. The common languages on which these Kenyan hip hop songs are based are Swahili, English and tribal languages. These languages are mostly used in making of Kenyan hip hop music. In start Kenyan hip hop was just like the American hip hop in which peoples are wearing the same American clothes and rapping in English like same in America

If we see the documentary of hip hop colony the Kenyan hip hop music start like the new breed of colonisim which removes the original styles of westernized world to Africa. But Kenyan clinches in to hip hop and makes their make famous in all around the world in hip hop music which the colonisim was not able to do. The Kenyan hip hop was most liked in mid 1990s and now a day’s Kenyan hip hop is the most famous music and it is now not only written in English but also in many other languages like Swahili. In sheng it is like the slang combination of two words.

The language which was chosen by the Kenyan rapper for their lyrics can make a political statement about the original Kenyan language. One of the famous rapper of Kenyan is jimmy Gathu. His most famous song was released in 1991 which is look think, stay alive. This song is deal with the road safety. The first Kenyan hip hop was released inn 1 996 and it was written by hard stone who also samples a Kikuyu folk song and Marvin Gaye's sexual Healing and it was produced by tedd joish. Many other outstanding acts are kalamashaka whose original hits are tafsiri hii some others are "Nyabaga Kodo Gakwa," and Poxi Presha and "Dhako Kelo"

In new millennium a number of new artist came get involved in this music in the forms of groups and individually the most famous artist of Kenyan hip hop are Necessary Noize, Redsan, Nameless, Nonini, E-Sir, Wawesh and many others. Mostly artist in Kenyan hip hop associated themselves with the music production house because this production house works in the same way like recording company. The most known production houses are Ogopa DJ's, Homeboyz, Mandugu Digital, Calif Records, Samawati Studios, Blu Zebra and many others This music industry growing day by day and developing a number of different production houses.

Kenyan hip ho are different from the other common hip hop. The most important instrument which play very important role in the popularity of Kenyan hip hop is internet technology. It is the instrument by which this Kenyan hip hop is listening all around the world in many countries and communities as well. As we all know internet play very important role in popularity of any thing. People belongs to different community can easily listening music on internet and they will well known by Kenyan hip hop by using the internet tool.

By knowing these facts a number of Kenyan artists join this technological bandwagon for competing with other artist. Now Kenyan hip hop is also start producing in other countries whose example is Social Misfit Entertainment which is formed in January 1998 in the UK it is a management production and recording company. Now more and more people are listen these Kenyan hip hops and enjoying this music.