Dont divide them! Why Daddy Owen want Kenyans to respect Njugush and Jua Cali.

Gospel artist Daddy Owen has expressed his sadness over how quickly the issue between Jua Cali and comedian Njugush escalated.The ‘Ngeli Ya Genge’ hitmaker had taken to his socials calling out Njugush for not being funny.

Through his socials, Owen said both artists should be respected for the role they have played in the industry.

“The Njugush/Jua Cali saga is a bit unfortunate in our very small creative industry, both have played a massive role in music and comedy respectively, and both are my friends. I feel sad when I see them receiving stabs from fans.

I guess it comes with the territory. I respect the LEGENDARY Jua Cali, and I lionize the REVOLUTIONARY Njugush.”

The musician put out a statement apologizing for his statements and said that he is a huge fan of stand-up comedy.

“Nimekua a huge Fan of StandUp comedy as an art form ever since nione the great Richard Pryor kwa ma Video tapes hii ni kitambo. Then Eddie Murphy came along killed it on the standUp stage….”

Jua Cali then compared the art of comedy to music in the essence of comedians can’t repeat a joke, unlike music whereby a song can be repeated over and over.

” …Standup comedian has to have a huge team of dope writers ndio special ikue na structure, examples of dope writers wale nawajua ni YY na Butita(Iam the one who encouraged @eddiebutita to do 1hr specials when we were on a flight to Dubai a few yrs back)…”

Additionally, Bien also came to Njugush’s defense stating he has nothing but love for the comedian.

“Njugush ako tu sawa. I have nothing but respect for this man and his wife. Legacy over everything.”

Article By Suzy Nyongesa.