REDSAN TALKS ABOUT HIS FOUR KIDS AND THE INJURY THAT RUINED HIS FOOTBALL CAREER

Many celebrities have no problem sharing the most intimate details of their lives. But Kenyan dancehall musician Redsan has managed to keep his wife and kids off the grid. He says it’s super important for his family to stay away from the limelight

Though he comes from a large family of 14, 12 brothers and a sister. He opted for a few kids, “I have four kids now, two boys and two girls. My firstborn is nine, second born is six, third born is four years and last born is two years.

My wife doesn’t like the limelight, it has a lot of disadvantages especially in East Africa. I don’t know what’s wrong with us, outside there when you show your family you are celebrated but here Kenyans are so judgmental. She told me to keep my career and work away from them.”

The musician was meant to join the Kenyan football team Harambee Stars, “I would have been a footballer playing for Harambee Stars, I was supposed to be selected for the team’s under 17 back in 2001. We were playing Coca-Cola Cup we were 12 teams and the winning team was to be selected to join Harambee Stars but I did not advance, I had an injury. The other boys moved to the next stage some still play until now, I was a striker playing number nine, right now I would have been a footballer and musician. The likes of Dennis Oliech and Mariga know me.”

He says his unique stage name ‘Redsan’ was the name of his high school football team, “Redsan was our football team in Parkview Academy, I was the captain but the team parted ways, I decided to hold the name. My first time to hold a mic at F2, DJ Mdosi asked for my stage name, I said Redsan and the name stuck.”