A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished than other areas of the city.
Genge means a mass of people hence when attached to the music describes Genge as the music of the ordinary people. Content of their music include street culture and life in the ghetto.
The movement, which has been making waves since 2016, has injected new life into Kenya’s music industry and in its own way it united a country that for many years consumed foreign music more than its own. Gengetone evolved from Genge-rap, a musical style incredibly popular in the 2000s in Kenya.
