Fresh Prince of Nairobi is the debut track by Nairobi based creative collective BLK GLD RPLK inspired by the city of cool waters that they call home.



Fresh Prince of Nairobi is centred around the hustle and bustle that is everyday life in Nairobi, and the quest to make ends meet in the beautiful city that never sleeps. Inspired by the fast paced lifestyle, Fox Elijah explores the trials of a prince trying to leave his mark.


The track is an amalgamation of different artists with diverse backgrounds crossing multiple music genres.


Recorded at Dongola Studios


Written by: Fox Elijah 
Performed by: Fox Elijah & Kasajja 
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed by: Bl_k Monk
Mastered by: Kai Kannai


Released under Dongola Records

Fresh Prince Of Nairobi (Prod. by blakkbatman)

“When the stars align, you just might catch a glimpse of things otherwise invisible.”
A mood.
2018

Recorded at Dongola Studios
Written by: Fox Elijah, Kasajja 
Performed by: Fox Elijah, Kasajja 
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: Kai Kannai

Artwork by: blakkbatman

Stars Align (Prod by. blakkbatman)

"We can get away-ay baby to Masai Mara."

Peformed by: Kasajja, blakkbatman
Produced by: Kasajja, blakkbatman

Guatemala - Swae Lee, Rae Sremmurd [BLK GLD cover]

"Toxic masculinity: “socially-constructed attitudes that describe the masculine gender role as violent, unemotional, sexually aggressive, and so forth.”

Culture, race and gender all play a massive role in shaping one’s life and outlook, especially from an early age. 

As an African boy growing up in the motherland, do you remember how many times your Father, or an older male family member, would look at you and say, “Boys don’t cry.”?
Heck, how many times have we heard our own Mothers say these exact words with an incredulous look on their faces?

Showing emotion is taken as a sign of weakness, or not being “man enough”.
Showing emotion is frowned upon, so sensitive brothers don’t get teased, they get killed.

Questioning archaic practices is taken as a sign of resentment, or being spiteful. Or we end up being labelled as spoiled and overly ‘westernised’. Simply because we refuse to fall in line with out-dated, but damaging, practices.

Toxic masculinity and it's​ surrounding gender patterns are hurting us.
Being told what to feel, how to act, what emotions to show, this is all hurting us.
Not just as black African men, but it is hurting us as society as a whole.

But we refuse to be another casualty of this toxic side of society.
So we will trash that entire narrative, and we will tell another story instead."

Recorded at Dongola Studios

Written by: Kasajja 
Performed by: Fox Elijah, Kasajja 
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: Kai Kannai

Black Boy Joy (Prod by. blakkbatman)

On a breezy summer afternoon, Fox Elijah blessed an intimate Nairobi audience with an acoustic set centred around the idea of self reflection and the fragility of life.
The basic principle revolving around being able to laugh at one's own mistakes, learn from them and learn thyself in the long-run

"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know myself, to know it completely."  - Kahlil Gibran

(This is a live performance recording)

Written by: Fox Elijah 
Performed by: Fox Elijah
Mixed by: Kai Kannai

Released under Dongola Records

Artwork by Blacky Warhol

ThatShit4DaBirds

"I miss you.
Not the way a fat kid misses cake.
More like how a crack addict misses their pipe."

Recorded at Dongola Studios

Written by: Djae, Blacky Warhol
Performed by: Djae, blakkbatman
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: blakkbatman

Art by Blacky Warhol

I Miss You (Prod by. blakkbatman)

Kendrick Lamar x Janet Jackson = Poetic Justice, Any Time

"Every second, every minute, man I swear that she can get it.
  Any time
  And any place
  I don't care who's around."

Prod by. @blakkbatman

Art by Blacky Warhol

Poetic Justice, Any Time (prod by. blakkbatman)

BLK GLD RPLK team up with Dai and Tan to present to you 'DRXP'

Drippity Drippity Drop.
I Schwang And They All Flock.

"I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people's hearts."

-Rigoberta Menchu

Written by: Fox Elijah, Dai, Tan
Performed by: Fox Elijah, Dai,Tan
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: Kai Kannai
Track Art by: Blacky Warhol

DRXP w/ 4ox Elijah | OhHappyDai | TAN (Prod by. blakkbatman)

"In the 254, everyone is on their grind, daily. 
Every second, of every minute, of everyday.

Who can afford a little patience?

But when life gets too fast; you've gotta slow down, got to breathe, take it easy, it's your journey."

-Blacky Warhol

Written by: Fox Elijah, Baraka
Performed by: Fox Elijah, Baraka, Dai
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: Kai Kannai
Track Art by: Blacky Warhol

Recorded at Dongola Studios
BLK GLD RPLK Ent. is a subsidiary of Dongola Records Ltd.

2  :  5  4    T  r  a  f  f  i  c  -  Fox Elijah | Baraka   (prod. by blakkbatman)

What's deadlier than a gun?
It takes life at the snap of a finger, literally.

But it's not the gun that takes the life, it's the person that pulls the trigger. It's the person that draws the curtain as you slowly exit the scene. If you're lucky you'll get to squeeze in a few closing lines.

I suppose our hearts are froze.


Written by: Fox Elijah, Kasajja
Performed by: Fox Elijah, Kasajja
Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: Kai Kannai
TrackArt by: Blacky Warhol

M14 - 4ox Elijah | Kasajja (prod. by blakkbatman)

“People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it’s the way things happen to you in life that’s unreal. The movies make emotions look strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it’s like you’re watching television – you don’t feel anything.” – Andy Warhol

Produced by: blakkbatman
Mixed and Mastered by: blakkbatman
Album Art by: Blacky Warhol

Alisha (Prod. by blakkbatman)

BLK GLD RPLK is a Nairobi based international creative collective.

BLK GLD cuts across multiple disciplines in the creative sector from music, art and video content. With members based in Nairobi, London, Germany, Canada, Portugal and California, the collective is not bound by any rules and creative freedom is expressed and explored in every project as a result of a varied and diverse background.

With over 20 years of collective experience in performing live music, BLK GLD plays a blend of jazz, blues, soul, hip-hop, classical and reggae, therefore going against the grain and not being bound by one specific sound or genre

BLK GLD is:

Fox Elijah
Blk Monk
Kasajja
blakkbatman
junYAH
Daudi Key
Beraccah

BLK GLD Int'l Supporting Team:

Jasper Wong
Kai Kannai
CaptainNinetyThree
Sam Salmon

BLK GLD RPLK

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