If you don’t have Kapeke on your Ugandan playlist right now — Top Boy MC has a question for you. Actually, he has two.
“Are you sane? Are you sane to be a Ugandan when you don’t have Kapeke on your list?”
That was the moment a calm, measured top five conversation turned into something else entirely. And honestly? The internet agreed with every word of it.
In a sit-down interview with The Pop Radar, veteran emcee and presenter Top Boy MC broke down the five Ugandan songs currently dominating his playlist — and the list he delivered is already sparking debate, downloads, and a whole lot of nodding.
Top Boy MC didn’t come to play around.
He opened his list with Azawi‘s “Addict” — and made it clear the number one spot wasn’t a casual pick.
“Azawi is doing really, really good and I pick ‘Addict,'” he said, giving the singer her flowers with the kind of straightforward admiration that lands harder than any long speech.
For those who have heard “Addict,” the selection needs no defense. For those who haven’t — that’s your homework.
Number two went to Elijah Kitaka‘s “Ekiri Mu Leesu” — a song that has quietly but consistently built one of the most loyal listener bases of any recent Ugandan release. Top Boy MC’s inclusion of it here will likely introduce it to an entirely new audience.
Third on the list was Dax Vibez‘s “Aeiou” — described as a latest project that has been turning heads and earning respect from music lovers paying attention to where Ugandan sound is heading.
Then came number four: Fik Fameica‘s “Champion Gal.”
Top Boy MC noted that “Champion Gal” is currently enjoying massive popularity among fans — a fact that is hard to dispute for anyone who has been near a speaker, a minibus, or a social media feed in recent weeks.
But nothing — nothing — prepared the room for what happened when the fifth spot came up.
Top Boy MC is one of Uganda’s most recognizable voices in entertainment — an emcee and presenter whose opinion on music carries genuine weight within the local industry. When he talks about what’s hot, people listen. His top five lists aren’t throwaway content; they’re conversation starters that move across WhatsApp threads and comment sections for days.
The artists he selected represent a cross-section of what Uganda’s music scene is producing right now — from Azawi’s polished, internationally resonant sound, to Elijah Kitaka’s soulful storytelling, to the fresher energy of Dax Vibez and the crowd-pleasing dominance of Fik Fameica.
And then there is Kapeke — the fast-rising singer who has been appearing on more and more industry insiders’ radars in recent months, with “London” emerging as the track that seems to be converting every skeptic into a fan, one listen at a time.
Fans immediately zeroed in on the Kapeke moment as the clip worth clipping, sharing, and replaying.
The shift in Top Boy MC’s energy when the fifth spot arrived was impossible to miss. What started as a considered, professional rundown of tracks suddenly became something far more personal — the kind of reaction you get from someone who genuinely cannot believe a song isn’t already on everyone’s phone.
“Then who doesn’t have Kapeke on their list?” he demanded. Then the follow-up: “Are you sane? Are you sane to be a Ugandan when you don’t have Kapeke on your list?”
Within hours of the interview spreading, Kapeke’s “London” was being searched, streamed, and recommended in comment sections by people who had just been publicly shamed into finally pressing play.
The list itself became an instant debate trigger — as all good top five lists should.
Many fans agreed with the Azawi selection at number one, calling “Addict” one of the most complete Ugandan songs released in recent memory. Elijah Kitaka supporters were vocal about feeling vindicated by the number two spot, arguing the song has been underplayed on mainstream platforms relative to its quality.
The Kapeke placement, predictably, generated the most noise. Some listeners who were already on board celebrated the recognition. Others — the ones who hadn’t yet listened — flooded the comment sections asking for links.
A few fans speculated about notable omissions, with some suggesting the list would look different in another month as new releases continue to drop. Others simply shared the clip with the caption “he’s right” and let Top Boy MC’s energy do the rest of the talking.
There is something genuinely refreshing about an industry insider who still reacts to music like a fan.
Top Boy MC could have delivered his top five with detached professionalism — five names, five titles, thank you and goodnight. Instead, he let the music do what good music is supposed to do: pull a real, unscripted reaction out of someone who has heard a lot of songs.
The Kapeke moment wasn’t just funny. It was the kind of authentic enthusiasm that reminds younger artists why they make music in the first place — because somewhere out there, someone is going to hear it and completely lose their composure trying to explain why everyone else needs to hear it too.
Top Boy MC’s official top five Ugandan songs right now:
1. Addict — Azawi
2. Ekiri Mu Leesu — Elijah Kitaka
3. Aeiou — Dax Vibez
4. Champion Gal — Fik Fameica
5. London — Kapeke
Save the list. Play it in order. And if you get to number five and feel nothing — Top Boy MC has already asked the only question that matters.
Five songs, zero debates — or actually, all the debates. Do you agree with Top Boy MC’s list, or did he leave off the one track that should have been there all along?