Editing Kipsigis people (section)

==== Music, film and written arts ====
Contemporary [[Kalenjin music]] has long been influenced by Kipsigis producers, artistes, and musicians leading to [[Kericho]]'s perception as a cultural innovation center in Kenya and effectively in the [[African Great Lakes|Great-Lakes Region]] of Africa.<ref>The King of Kalenjin gospel, [https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/kericho/The-King-of-Kalenjin-gospel/3444860-1303720-14bb4evz/index.html Daily Nation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225655/https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/kericho/The-King-of-Kalenjin-gospel/3444860-1303720-14bb4evz/index.html |date=28 October 2018 }}</ref> Community introspection reveals how [[Chepalungu Constituency|Chepalungu constituency]] has beaten the odds to carve a niche for itself as the home of Kalenjin secular artistes. One notable [[Raphael Kipchamba arap Tapotuk]] was a luminary artiste, songwriter and producer credited as being a forebearer of Kalenjin pop culture often manifesting his works as folk song, country, and jazz. His music records are beloved by the entirety of Kalenjin; [[Daniel arap Moi|Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi]], [[William Ruto|William Samoei Ruto]] and a host of Kalenjin leaders and celebrities in attending Kipchamba's funeral in his home in Chepalungu, 14 April 2007 remarked the might and their love for the artiste.

A song "[[Chemirocha|Chemirocha III]]" collected by ethnomusicologist [[Hugh Tracey]] in 1950 from the Kipsigis in Kapkatet in Kericho was written in honour of [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]. The song's title is an approximation of the musician's name.<ref name="NYer">{{cite magazine |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |date=16 February 2017 |title=Recordings of Kenya's Kipsigis |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-magnificent-cross-cultural-recordings-of-kenyas-kipsigis-tribe |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=18 July 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726181337/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-magnificent-cross-cultural-recordings-of-kenyas-kipsigis-tribe |url-status=live }}</ref> According to legend, tribe members were exposed to Rodgers' music through British soldiers during [[World War II]]. Impressed by his yodeling, they envisioned Rodgers as "a [[faun]], half-man and half-antelope."<ref>{{Cite web |title=In A Kenyan Village, A 65-Year-Old Recording Comes Home |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/06/28/417462792/in-a-kenyan-village-a-65-year-old-recording-comes-home |website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726181338/https://www.npr.org/2015/06/28/417462792/in-a-kenyan-village-a-65-year-old-recording-comes-home |url-status=live }}</ref> "Chemirocha III" is credited to "Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls", and was described by Tracey as "humorous" in his notes. "Chemirocha III" is included on Tracey's "The Music of Africa: Musical Instruments 1: Strings" LP, from 1972.<ref name=":3" />

Kimursi, an actor in the 1950 [[adventure film]]: [[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|''King Solomon's Mines'']], is credited as being of Kipsigis ethnicity. In the cast, he took on the role of Khiva.

The Kenyan long-distance runner [[Ezekiel Kemboi]] danced to a Kalenjin hit single, "[[Emily Chepchumba]]", during the 2011 IAAF Daegu World championship, after crossing the finish line in the 3000 metres steeplechase and during the [[London Olympics cauldron|London Summer Olympics]] held in August 2012, after crossing the finish line in the 3000 metre steeple chase finals and winning gold. The song was written, sang and recorded by a Kipsigis artist, [[Bamwai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The man behind Kemboi's dance song |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2000068087/the-man-behind-kembois-dance-song |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024161311/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2000068087/the-man-behind-kembois-dance-song |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kimutai |first=Gilbert |title=Music brought me fame only, 'Chepchumba' hitmaker says |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2001432441/music-brought-me-fame-only-chepchumba-hitmaker-says |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024151255/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2001432441/music-brought-me-fame-only-chepchumba-hitmaker-says |url-status=live }}</ref>