On the third installment of the instruMENTAL series, a friend from Zimbabwe chose to share his experience losing his parents at a young age. This led him to becoming a workaholic to avoid dealing with the situation. Due to this, he ended up getting physically sick, making him realize the importance of taking care of his mental health.

I'm honored to be sharing these stories because I know it's not easy to talk about suicide especially with all the stigma around it.

If you would like to be a part of this series and share your story, feel free to message me on social @justrubyv. This is a safe space for you.

Please share this episode across your social media platforms with the hashtag #instruMENTALKE and help us have an unashamed conversation about mental health and spread awareness.

Let's talk about mental health!

On the second installment of the instruMENTAL series, Albato, host of The Uncensored Albato Podcast tells the story of how his mental health struggles began, detailing his abusive childhood and a broken home while younger to trying to take his life about six times and seeking professional help.

I'm honored to be sharing these stories because I know it's not easy to talk about suicide especially with all the stigma around it.

If you would like to be a part of this series and share your story, feel free to message me on social @justrubyv. This is a safe space for you.

Please share this episode across your social media platforms with the hashtag #instruMENTALKE and help us have an unashamed conversation about mental health and spread awareness.

Let's talk about mental health!

Welcome to my podcast! I hope you enjoy these episodes that I work so tirelessly to bring you.

In light of Mental Health Awareness Week (May 18th– 24th 2020), instruMENTAL is a weekly series where we have UnKut conversations about mental health. The theme this year is “Kindness” and we’ll be linking up with various people throughout the week to share their stories.

This first episode gives you the backstory behind me championing mental health.

If you’re listening to this and would like to share YOUR story, please feel free and safe enough to get at me on social @justrubyv. All my inboxes are open.

I had the opportunity to have a conversation with multi-award winning 23-yr old South African artist Nasty C, who recently got signed to Def Jam Records. 

We talk his growth as an artist and becoming global, his forthcoming album Zulu Man With Some Power, his record label Tall Racks, meeting T.I. and more. 

If you enjoy this convo, please do share wicho friends. 

Peace.

The leading rapper in Kenya at the moment talks all things culture. From his underground days of sparking beef and now moving past it, his Khali Cartel series, forthcoming album and a lot more.

This minisode was inspired by a magazine that came up with a very skewed list of Kenya's Top 10 Rappers in 2020, which included Miracle Baby and E-Sir (RIP). With the help of a few rap/Hip Hop fans, I curated a list, that gives a candid picture of the state of affairs in KE. Get at me with any feedback/comments on social media @justrubyv.

On this episode I catch up with Fena AKA the Fenamenal Woman to discuss her career, spanning 10 years, in depth. From the very beginning, singing back up for Muthoni Drummer Queen to her recently released second studio album, Unleashed.

If you enjoy this conversation, share across your social media platforms and let me know what your thoughts are by tagging me @justrubyv.

Enjoy!

Issa POPup are minisodes on The Q!NGShip Podcast released every Wednesday.

This week's episode features SoXial Xperiment released by Kenyan musician Xtatic. It's a solid body of work that I absolutely enjoyed and I hope you will too.

If you like this content do share with your friends. I'm always open to feedback and you can personally reach me across all social media platforms @justrubyv.

Enjoy!

On this episode I kick it with one of the pioneers of UG Hip Hop (Ugaflow), Navio. We talk state of affairs as far as UG Hip Hop is concerned, Navio lists his top 5 African countries in Hip Hop and we play his fave singles off his latest album, Strength in Numbers, as we discuss the project.