Code Red alert

Ghosts of early 2006 seems to have come back to haunt Code Red supremo DJ Stylez.DAVID ODONGO spoke to Kaytrixx.

It was the year that saw him part ways with Leo Faya, Marcus DJ’s Kintu, Mr Prime, Mr French, Smallz and Nyota under unclear reasons to form Blackstar Entertainment. Late 2006, DJ Stylez seemed to style up, and major highlights to end his year was the opening of Red Room studios along Thika Road, as well as being the main decksman at Jay-Z concert in Dar.

Come 2010, DJ Stylez lost his main disc jockey, DJ CrËme de la CrËme who reportedly left to seek greener pastures and is seemingly doing well. Hardly days into the year, DJ Kaytrixx, has abandoned the Stylez-led outfit, and pitched camp at rivals, Homeboyz. Even though all the DJs who have quit Code Red are quick to admit that Stylez has been a positive influence in their careers, none of them has any pleasant words for DJ Stylez management style, leave alone the remuneration.

Pulse: Is it true that Code Red underpaid you? Can we hook you up with the services of Francis Atwoli and COTU?

Kaytrixx: Hahaha, Atwoli? That’s very funny! Unfortunately, it is true.

P: A copy of your Sh50,000 payslip was posted on Twitter, what do you have to say?

P: What’s your relationship with DJ Stylez?

K: We are not dating! Hehehe. But seriously I haven’t spoken to him for a while so I don’t know about him but personally. I’m a drama-free kind of guy, so I’m okay with him.

P. If you got a better deal at Code Red would you go back?

K: As an independent contractor I would go back, but as an employee, no way.

P: What’s next for Kaytrixx professionally?

K: I hope to open my own entertainment company with time and also help young upcoming entertainers just like me to realise their dream. It won’t be easy but I will make it work.

Right now I have quite a number of deals in the pipeline. I’m also trying to get a couple of sponsors for my solo projects so I believe things will work out!

I also want to learn music production.

P: Who mentored you in the deejaying business?

K: I’ve had a few mentors including DJ Stylez and Porgie from whom I have learnt how to MC. I must add that DJ CrËme has always given me advice throughout my blossoming career. And last but not least is DJ Mr T, my partner in crime.

P: At what age did you decide to get into showbiz and what/who influenced you?

K: I was about 19 when I joined the industry and has worked for two years now. The deejaying bug bit me in campus when I used to play music in small campus club armed with a Virtual DJ. Slowly, I graduated to turntables. Finally I made a decision to pursue my dream and took the risk. I’m a guy who follows his heart and that risk paid off.

P: Since you got into showbiz, has there been anything significant that happened and made you change the way you relate to other people?

K: I don’t think I have changed at all. I have always been a direct kind of guy, if I don’t like something I’ll tell you straight to your face. But I must say I have learnt how to talk to women!

P: Milestones in your career?

K: Joining Code Red was definitely the biggest milestone in my career. They have brought me to where I am at the moment but you know they say you do not dry up where you have taken a bath, so leaving Code Red is another milestone.

P: Tell us about your childhood?

K: Mimi natoka kule Mombasa, where I spent most of my childhood days.

P: As for school work…

K:I was studying Engineering at Moi University in Eldoret but I’m currently trying to transfer my credits to a university in Nairobi to study Media.

P: How supportive were your parents when you wanted to get into showbiz?

K: You know how it is. At first they were not cool, my dad nearly ate me for supper. However, with time I made them understand it is what I wanted to do and they have been very supportive.

P: Still on relationships, last year you were spotted with a certain girl at different events... are you dating?

K: What girl? It wasn’t me. I’m not dating anyone at the moment.

P: If you were to choose a woman, what attributes would you look for?

K: She has to be fleshy in all the right areas and a nice figure eight. Of course she must be pretty but what matters is who she is on the inside. I also have a thing for ‘yellow yellow’. I can’t explain that...

P: What do you hate about Nairobi chicks fashion style?

K: Weaves. There are some that look like they have been regurgitated by a cow! Also there are these ridiculous women who try to fit in their younger sisters’ clothes and end up looking like an ice cream cone!

P: How will you tell you have reached the pinnacle of your career?

K: The day I will be doing events all over the world and thereafter I come and sit back in my house by the beach. One look at my company, wife and kids and I would feel yes I made it. They say a long journey starts by a single step and I believe what I have started is that one little step, so help me God!