On 29 April 2014 , the band released " Nishike " . Its music video caused an uproar in the media due to its steamy content , and ended up getting banned from most local TV stations . Baraza later expressed his anger with the ban , stating that he refuses " to be a secular artist boxed by society to restrict my freedom of expression . " They received a nomination for the Best Group award at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards , but eventually lost out South African group Mafikizolo . The music video has received a 2014 Nomination as East Africa 's Most Gifted Video by Channel O Music Video Awards After " Nishike " , Sauti Sol released their third studio album , '' Live and Die in Afrika '' . The album , released online on 21 November 2015 , was available to Sauti Sol fans globally for free download ( 48 hours ) as an early Christmas present . The album was released under their imprint label Sauti Sol Entertainment as a self-produced work by Sauti Sol for Sauti Sol . A total of 400,000 downloads were made during the free download period . The band released their fourth single off '' Live and Die in Afrika '' entitled " Sura Yako " ( Your Face ) . This was introduced by a spin-off '' Lipala '' dance competition run on Instagram that sparked an online dance movement in Africa and across the globe . Following the success of the competition , the band released the single 's music video on 12 September 2014 . To date , the group has produced and released numerous songs which have earned them a top spot in the home continent of Africa and the world at large . some of their biggest releases to date include Girl Next Door ( 2018 ) featuring Nigerian star Tiwa Savage , Melanin ( 2018 ) featuring Nigeria 's Pato Ranking , Afrikan Star ( 2018 ) featuring Nigeria 's Burna Boy . In 2019 Sauti Sol open up a record label known as Sol generation . '' ' Sol Generation Records ' '' is a music record label , founded in Africa with the sole mission of producing Iconic Live African Acts . It is a stable of epic thinkers , timeless musicians , and authentic songwriters . Created on the ethos of “ Discipline , order , passion and endurance , ” it is the brainchild of Polycarp Ochieng Otieno , Willis Austin Chimano , Delvin Mudigi Savara and Bien-Aime Alusa ( Sauti Sol ) . This follows 10 years of building one of the most structured independent African music brands to finally bring out their legacy project SOL GENERATION RECORDS . Their first sining was Bensoul and they released his debut song Lucy which blew the charts in Kenya
2014 MTV Africa Music Awards
MTV Africa Music Awards 2014
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