Kalema Lawrence
From my point of view, a video without vixens is like food without source, or a song without beats. As different trends in the world change, and so music with the content that go with it. Back then, you would enjoy a video of a song by just focusing on the lyrical part of it but that seems to have been left with the aging class of music lovers.
Today, the biggest following of the music industry comes from the youths who are mostly interested in the visual part of the videos.
This has also changed the point of Vixens on featuring i the videos. Before then, girls would feature on music videos for free. It was all about being seen around celebrities and enjoying the trappings of association that come with it in the showbiz world. Now, the video vixen business is a money-spinner that has modelling agencies and freelance models making good returns from artistes and their managements.
It is not just about shaking the booty, video vixen business lately has more to do with choreography and creative acting, an art that has now seen fresh talent join the industry. Here are some of the top Kenyan classy video vixens to watch out for.
Hasni Shah
She is a 22-year-old who featured in top videos such as Khaligraph Jones’ Ngori. She loves cycling, swimming, listening to music and modelling. She has made appearances in Sangolo (Wyre featuring Quata), Mayonli Love (Masauti), Wanaona Haya and (Country Boy featuring Khaligraph Jones) among others.
Winnie Mukeni aka Gabby
Gabby is a make-up artiste and a singer who takes up video vixen roles if they show up. She first featured in a video in 2015 and she describes the journey as having been awesome.
Joy Agunjah
She is a 20-year-old actress looking forward to becoming one of the best Kenyan acting exports. She believes that if the right policies were put in place, video vixens would make better returns from their art.
Having worked with big artistes like Nameless and Arrow Boy, Angujah says video vixens should get credit for the major roles they play in making music videos good.
Cindypierra Mukami Muthoni
Mostly known as Cindy Roxie, a 21-year old budding vieo vixen who has appeared in more than 10 videos, including Murderer by Calvo Mistari (featuring H_art the Band and Bobby Mapesa), Big Pin’s Ginene and Twende Nalo (Sudi Boy featuring ArrowBoy). She has been in the industry for three years now and apart from being a video vixen, she is a business lady and an actress. She likes singing, dancing, travelling, reading and making friends.
She has also worked with Timmy T-Dat, Noti Flow, Wyre, Sudi, Johnny Skani, Dufla and Eric Omondi.
Hebron Getachew Bokuretsion
This is the vixen who performed alongside United States of merica rapper Rick Ross when he did the Kenyan tour. She is also the girl in Ongeza Volume, the popular music video by Nameless, Octopizzo’s Sing Along and Melo by Lengana.
Anastasia Ndegwa
Anastasia is tall model figure that gives her an edge against many when it comes to music videos. She has been featured in numerous video clips among them Mungu Wetu Sote by Otile Brown, Run Ting by King Kaka (featuring Fena Gitu), Shida by Magix Enga (featuring Khaligraph) among others.
Snazzy
Snazzy is arguably one of the most popular vixens Nairobi has produced lately. She has a good fashion sense, which when coupled with her gorgeous looks makes her a winning ticket in many music video offers. Probably the highest paid vixen this year, she has featured in videos across the nation and the region including KRG’s Get With it (featuring Redsan), Ngori by Khaligraph Jones, Aslay’s Ananikomoa and Timmy T-Dat’s Pogna Matin amongst others.
Others include;
- Cynthia Achieng in Me I by P Unit, Khaligraph’s Shida, Tokodi’s Songa, Chikuzee’s Kichungu, Oliver’s Supuu and Timbulo’s Mshumaa.
- Samirah Bahati who worked with Timmy T-Dat on Zile Mbili and a number of Khaligraph Jones projects.
- Eve Wanjiru, also popularly known as Lunah Deeve, and has worked with some of the top Kenyan music acts among them Khaligraph Jones as well as new kids on the block such as Tunji and Barrack Jaccuzi.
- Dosah Bunny, another fan favourite in Nairobi who has worked with notable artistes like Naiboi and Jegede.
- Fatmah Dibanj, a young model who has been causing ripples in the industry with her flawless body and beauty.
