LA's Hottest African Urban Entertainment Trio: True Blaq Entertainment Group, KenyanVibe & Studio-D Entertainment are proud to present Deux Vultures 2008 US Spring & Summer Tour dubbed The Katika 2007 US Spring & Summer Tour Group Profile Deux Vultures is an extremely popular Urban Kenyan group. The duo, Thomas Konzanga A.k.a Nasty Thomas and Daudi Mustapha A.k.a Colonel Moustapha have made an impressive impact on the East African region over the last few years. Both in there twenties, Nasty and Colonel have a bond that spans as far back as Primary School. From an early age they were interested in rap music and writing rhymes as Nasty explains, “from an early age we were exposed to a lot of American Hip Hop music that was playing in radio all the time and this definitely made an impression on our style of music”. And Colonel Moustapha adds, “By the time we completed primary school, rap had become permanently engraved in our hearts”. It’s no wonder they gel so well as a group.   Development As the boys developed rhymes, they realized that a fusion of some sort had to be made in order to make their style relevant at home. By the time they got to high school (Muguga High School, 1998) they had discovered a style that was Deux Vultures own and were focused and determined to make it big in the industry. “After class we would venture into Jam sessions at famous clubs in Nairobi including Florida 2000 to compete and horn out our skills of rhyming in Kiswahili and sheng” explains Nasty Thomas. It wasn’t long before Ogopa Deejays one of East Africa music power house discovered this budding talent and signed them on. In developing their own blend of this mix Ogopa was able to come up with a unique upbeat yet entertaining style for Deux Vultures that has captured the heats of many across the EA region.   And the hits begun The duo immediately recorded and released the mega hit “Monalisa” in 2002 that was featured on the compilation album Ogopa 1, which has become a Kenyan Club Classic and one of the biggest hits East Africa has seen to date. The track surpassed all expectations and was virtually inescapable as it cranked up from every club and radio speaker. A video for the same title produced by KTN, the leading broadcaster in Kenya in conjunction with Balozi Productions enjoyed massive airplay on KTN, Channel O and MCN (Africa).   There was no turning back Soon after the duo released their much anticipated album “KATIKA”, that has done relatively well in East Africa and the middle east. They also won THE KISIMA AWARDS for the Best Group in East Africa.   Awards Nominated Chaguo La Teenies – Best East African Group Pal Awards – Uganda – Best East African Group Kilimanjaro Awards – Tanzania – Best East African Group Kora Awards – South Africa – Best East African Group Countries they performed in They have had several opportunities to perform at The Carnivore, City Cabannas (Both in Nairobi Kenya), Mamba Disco in Mombasa, Seychelles, Burundi, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania (Bilcanas), recently the duo performed in Dubai for the Famine Relief Concert at the Sheraton Deira. In June 2004 they went back to the Ogopa studio again and have released the smash hit “Kinyau nyau” whose video has been one of the most requested videos on Kenya’s premier TV music video show “The Beat” in 2005.As a follow up single “Adhiambo C” has received an over whelming response and is considered the best fusion witnessed in 2006. Hit songs message break down 1.Go back to school - Advices the youth against drugs, early sex that can lead to un wanted pregnancy, not to be lied to by sugar mummy and daddies with money and not to play truant but instead if they are drop outs to go back to school and get an education. 2. Kinyaunyau - Advice people both men and women before they enter into a relationship, to know someone’s character. They should watch out for gold diggers. 3. Adhiambo C - The song generally praises a woman. It looks at a woman as being beautiful and equal to a man but not as a sex tool. 4. Katika - Tells people to enjoy life to the fullest even if they have many problems. Advice people to look at life positively despite the fact that we face many challenges in life.   Social Projects 1.Trust Condom commercial - the group was advocating for the use of condoms whenever one is having sex (safe sex) in this age of HIV and Aids. This was done on TVC, bilboards, radio and print media. The commercial was organized by PSI through Scanad. 2. Wakilisha Concerts - They did concerts throughout the country to sensitize the use of condoms or abstain from sex all together. The theme was dubbed "WAKILISHA".It was organized by PSI through True Blaq Entertainment Group. 3. Anticorruption Awareness - They are doing concerts, composing songs and videos on anticorruption. This is a government of Kenya project advocating Kenyans to report and do away with corrupt people. The are currently doing concerts all over the country. 4. Vijana Tugutuke campaign - They were involved in the Vijana Tugutuke campaign."Vijana Tugutuke"was organized by True Blaq Entertainment Group, Redykyulass and Institute for Democracy sponsored by Non-governmental bodies in abroad. They went throughout the country with the electro commission of Kenya telling the youth to get voters cards and take part in Kenya’s general elections. The campaign managed to register 5 million new voters who are over 18 years and above. Currently we have 17 million people who have the voters cards and are educated about the importance of voting.5 years ago we only had 4 million voters.   Music Videos Katika Adhiambo C Kinyaunyau Monalisa