Kenyan Music has gone global, with new data from Spotify revealing significant growth for Kenyan artists, which has translated to the country’s expanding influence in the international music scene.

At 51, and with nearly half his life spent in Kenya, Jean-Pierre ‘Kidum Kibido’ Nimbona still speaks his Kiswahili with a thick Burundian accent, garnished with dashes of Nairobian street slang—sheng.