‘I AM BROKE BUT FAR FROM POOR’ JULIANI CLAPS BACK

Rapper Juliani has clapped back at critics trolling him on social media with claims that he is broke. This is after the singer posted on his Twitter account Wednesday morning, pleading for M-pesa donations, “Wase! Nikubaya niko broke! mtoi anahitaji pampers. Please send mpesa. Chochote unaeza itasaidia. Yours truly, Struggling rapper/entrepreneur.”

His post sparked reaction from social media users, some were sympathetic while others trolled him. Hours later, Juliani explained why he is broke, “I don’t mind trolls, I actually find some of them funny. When my child was born I gave myself 3 to 6 months to just soak into this and help the mum and be present as a dad. But I couldn’t because earlier that month I did an event called Nairobi Startup Week, I put all my money in and if you’ve noticed, for the last three years anything that I have done I put money into it.” Adding, “I don’t have sponsors, I don’t have investors, I don’t have nothing, I put my money into this stuff, my small money.”

According to him, he is broke but far from poor because he spent his money on a good cause, “Yes you can be making fun of it and its funny but for me it is serious because I am not spending enough time with my son and everything I have ever done I have never got sponsors to it, I have never gone for investors I put my money to it. So yes I am broke but I’m far from poor. And right now the reason why I had to put the paybill number there is because you are calling me broke but I am not your kind of broke.”

He remains optimistic and believes in his dreams, “I have a dream for my community, provide 10,000 jobs, give artists loans based on their music, I want to release more music but I can’t because the money that I have been investing for the last five years hasn’t returned investments yet,” he said. “I gave myself 10 years and it’s going to work but for me it’s a little bit serious so don’t minimize what I’m trying to do just because you want to make people laugh.” 

His wife Lillian Ng’ang’a on her part called the online trolls shallow, “Just seen some shallow story that y’all trying to drag me into. Kweli hamchoki. Endeleeni tu. Let me proceed with my day with my little boy.”