
Kampala music fans revisited the sounds of the 2000s at the Old School RnB and Friends event held at Mestil Hotel on Sunday, according to Matooke Republic. The report describes the crowd breaking into a singalong the moment the opening lines of Ne-Yo's hit 'Miss Independent' played, noting that attendees connected not only with the songs but with the memories and feelings attached to them from a generation that grew up with the music.
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