Inside Lowki's Journey: His Creative Process, 2 Albums in 2025 & The Big Shift in Kenyan Rap

In this episode we sit down with Lowki The Great one of Kenya’s most unpredictable, genre bending artists to trace a story that starts in high school and ends with 5 albums and with 2 dropping this year (featuring a special collab with Andalia 38).From his first crew 911 and the hit Hitilafu, to chairing school journalism meetings and staging his own knock-off of the 10/10 showcase, Lowki walks us through spoken-word days, his cheeky Rasta News segment, finding a producer next door, making faceless music, and shooting his first music video on a school camera while studying film at KIMC. We also break down his first three albums, the streets’ reaction, and what makes his sound different he truly embodies the “do it all” ethos.What we talk about:High-school beginnings & 911 — the making of HitilafuJournalism meetings, the 10/10 knock-off and early exposureTransition to spoken word and the Rasta News segmentThe producer next door, faceless releases & first school camera videoFilm school (Kenya Institute of Mass Communication) → music in class filmsThe evolution into albums as a body of work (Albums 1–3)Album 4 — what to expect & the Andalia 38 projectLowki’s creative process, genre experiments & “do it all” approachIf you liked this episode:👍 Like this video • 💬 Drop a comment with your favorite Lowki track • 🔔 Subscribe to The Worst Friends Podcast for new episodes every week