There is a brewing battle between some Ukoo Flani Mau Mau artistes living in Dandora and the police whom they blame for shooting down their colleagues in cold blood."We are now living a gangster life.This is war.Many of our brothers have been shot down in the recent past with assertions that they were either caught with guns or they are Mungiki followers,"said an artiste who begged to remain anonymous."Some of my friends have already moved out of Dandora after being warned that their days were numbered.I fear for my life.I also have to leave the estate,"he added.However,some of the musicians have vowed to fight back the police saying they have a right to remain there."We are not going to move.This is the kind of gangster war hip-hop artistes face in the West and we would rather die in it,"vowed one very renowned artiste