Artiste Profiling: MC Sharon a.k.a Decibelle

AFTER a long stint away from the public glare, MC Sharon, the Kenyan hip-hop veteran, has re-emerged as Decibelle; the goddess of sound; mind and stride put to higher heights. 

Decibelle is also known as Alshaverb, coined from her names Alai Sharon. This name stems from her scathing, unapologetic lyricism and literature and was coined by the better half in the duo M16. The 31-year-old singer, rapper, producer, poet, writer and activist is no stranger to the Kenyan music scene having sufficiently splashed her mark around over the years. 
She is a conscious musician that combines her diversified talents to create socially conscious, self affirming and bold pieces that reflect on the current state of affairs on the ground. She effortlessly brings out raw, energetic raps and fuses it with mellow mezzo soprano and has now transformed average street hip hop into a soulful storytelling extravaganza, blending hip hop, reggae, Afro soul and poetry. 

She burst into the music scenes with Word On The Street in 2001 and quickly followed up the hit with Everyday (feat Pam of SEMA). The track also did reasonably well. From then she ventured away from her mentors to look for her own sound and went on to work with many other units before finally setting up base at EWD Studios.
This is when Hustlers Ground, her third studio album was released. At the time she was also a member of The Others Music Group alongside 4nzy, Kimathi Marshall, Samuel Malaki - The Difference, Big Boi Kuntry and The Other Others. Together, they released The Others Vol 1 mix tape later that year.

Aside from being a musician MC Sharon is the MD of The Underground Alliance (UA), which serves as a bridge for many underground artistes into the mainstream by creating a platform for growth, marketing, networking and resource mobilization and also doubles as a trust through which posterity will expand and take pride in the arts. 
"I am influenced by the environment, spirituality, family, politics, society, black music with special references to reggae, hip-hop and folk music," she says. 
She is also the founder of Blak Woman N Childe International, an organization that champions for the empowerment of grassroots women, young girls and youth. She is also an artiviste at Pro Organic Kenya, a movement founded alongside Mercy Jirongo and Hiram Kamau to promote organic living.

Decibelle is a seasoned writer by profession having done Mass Communications at AUSI and is also a mother as well as a teacher. The goddess of sound seems well on ground and is bound to leave more than just a mark among the hip-hop deity in the continent with her multi talented dynamic flows; juggling it all with poise and ease that only comes with the confidence and courage bred by time in the game and everything that comes with it. 

From Kwani, to WAPI, to African Warrior (2005), The UA Initiative (2007), Hustlers Ground (2009) as well as numerous singles and production projects that she has undertaken, Decibelle is an unpredictable, hard-working talent to say the least and what she comes up with next only remains to be heard.