Two weeks ago, comeback King Nyashinski released two big projects – the mellow love song ‘Malaika’ and the raw rap hit ‘Aminia’.

Of the two, ‘Malaika’ is doing better having amassed close to 1 million views on Youtube. The track has also been covered countless times by Youtube’s cover artists.

One of the more popular covers has been done in Kikuyu by artists Bugs and Hygiene.

The brilliant cover is all the rage in social media circles with fans crowning it the best ‘Malaika’ cover.

Give it a listen below:


Here are some reactions from listeners:

Benson Nyaga: Even though in Kikuyu, this is the BEST VERSION of Malaika the rest are mediocre pieces

Keyshia Wangui: Woooooow Iko yuuuuu,I like the Way Conje was included here kama Malaika ,Congratulations for appreciating her,.

Stellah Njung’e: ???the rap Amazing cover ??

ricky erias: waaaaaah…..sijui mwenye ameimba this song, siskii kiuk poa…but I’m gona share in twitter’ whatsapp, fb, instagram…everywhere….I love this

Karen Wambugu: Shaaaaaa……lakini this cover is fiiiiireeeee

Juliet Gacheri: Best cover so far, awesome job.

Fixer Shi: Ngai aki utatumaliza????????????????just b my bae for one day pliiiiiiiiiiiiz tht voice ???

Petter Kamau: Kama unga hawafiki bei??punchlines. amazing cover