‘Twendi Twendi’ Hitmaker Justina Syokau Appeals for Help, “I Can’t Afford Food”
Gospel musician Justina Syokau, who is famed for her breakout hit song ‘Twendi Twendi’, has fallen out of work and money.
Barely a year after she burst into the limelight, Syokau says things took a turn for the worst in January of this year. She developed rashes which she initially thought were an allergic reaction.
“After a week, the rashes had spread all over my body, and they were itchy. I stopped taking meat, eggs and started detoxing. In the second week, the rashes started forming black spots, and I went to the hospital where I was diagnosed with dermatophytes,” she recounted during a YouTube interview with Hiram Maina.
Justina Syokau, the gospel musician who rose to the limelight with the
Twendi Twendi song, is now appealing for help, saying she has fallen on tough hard times.
The singer was a trending subject on social media after Kenyans cast aspersions on her “bad omen” lyrical prophecy in the song.
She now says she is broke and can barely make ends meet.
She adds that her life took a turn for the worst after falling ill in January 2021.
Syokau further explains that she developed rashes which she initially thought were an allergic reaction and went to the hospital where she was diagnosed with dermatophytes.
Justina Syokau: Why there is more to the leg-shaking woman in red
Justina Syokau [Photo: Courtesy]
By December 28, 2019, three days to the new year, few people outside gospel music circles had listened to Justina Syokau’s music. That’s until a 1-minute clip of a woman in a red figure-hugging dress cut above the knee was posted on her official Facebook profile.
The clip carried the link to the YouTube video of Justina’s newest single, ‘Twendi Twendi’. Before long, the video, written and performed by Justina, produced by Grip Musiq n Pictures and directed by Steve Kipande, was doing rounds across social media platforms.
5 Kenyan female singers who inspired generations 1 month ago
When singer Lenny Kravitz Friday lauded actress Cicely Tyson in an emotional tribute as a true pioneer, who bared her heart and soul so we could witness the spirit of the characters she so brilliantly portrayed”, his words -like an adamant dart pierced my soul- made me ponder and dream.
Dream of similar, exceptional Kenyan women who, like the pioneering Hollywood actress who died January 28 aged 96, trailblazed in an era overshadowed by patriarchy, and profoundly managed to touch the lives of others and jumpstart a new era for women. Their contributions to gospel music advanced the landscape in a unique and transformative way.
I’m looking for a man with a chopper- The untold story ‘Twendi Twendi’ singer Justina Syokau
The singer says she is looking for a rich man, one who flies a chopper. Photo: Courtesy.
Justina Syokau, a popular gospel musician who rose to public limelight this year after releasing her hit song
Twendi Twendi, is talkative. Private or public, Syokau tells it all without fear of controversy or reproach. She can be hilariously spot-on, sharing personal jokes. She can be reckless, spilling the beans on men, even those of cloth, that are hitting on her.
She also takes on her critics, who for a while made her a trending topic as they cast aspersion on her “bad omen” lyrical prophesy that 2020 would be a great year.