With the rapidly growing population of youngsters across Africa, the elders have now resorted to asking for money from the younger talents.
Forget Fresh Kid for a moment, Kenya has its own crop of youngsters including fourteen-year-old Daniel Simiyu a.k.a Dantez.
14-year-old artiste studio to reveal how he is living his dream as a musician.
But first he started singing in 2014 when he was just 10 years old without any money, clothes or shoes but he was determined.
“I started singing in 2014 when I was 10 years old. I used to sing in the streets and someone would throw in some money to me so I made it a point to save 80% of the money and in 3 months I made ksh3000.
Dantez was working on his new single, Mama and he says there is a deep meaning behind it.
the song mama is about abortion. I had a friend in class 7, my desk mate. she got a child in school so her parents told her she has to abort to live with them. sadly she then died. this then became something disturbing.
A producer by the name Toti from mombasa helped me write his song. In the song, I am the aborted child and i am just addressing the issue.
Dantez reveals that teachers fear to punish him every time he does wrong yet he yearns to be treated like any other child.
A few problems Dantez has as a famous student in school is the fact that the teachers do not punish him for his wrongdoings. So his message to his teachers,please beat me if I am wrong. I want to be treated like a student.