Hubert Nakitare (NONINI)

 





















NAME: Hubert Nakitare
GENDER: Male
BIRTHDAY: October 1, 1982
BIRTH PLACE: Kenya
STAGE NAME: Nonini
JOB: Artist
GENRE: Genge
RECORD LABEL: Pro Habo Entertainment/Decimal Media/Homeboyz

BASE: Nairobi, Kenya

Biography

Nonini is a Kenyan hip hop artist originally signed to Calif Records, but later joined Homeboyz Productions where he produced a couple of his hit songs. He is currently working on several recording houses with Pro Habo music being his base. He was introduced to the Kenyan urban music scene through his debut single "Nonini ni Nani?" His steady rise to national and regional popularity did not begin however until his 2002 track "Manzi wa Nairobi," a song which praised the beauty of Kenyan women and follow-up single "Weh Kamu". He went on to release his debut album Hanyaring Game in late 2004 which included the hit "Keroro" a sheng term for beer.

Later, Nani Mwenza, his collaboration track with Tanzanian musician Juma Nature, became a regional hit. In his most recent great creations, he has collaborated with local artist Nameless to create a Friday anthem appropriately title "furahi-day" which has received much airplay over the weeks. Both songs were on his second album Mwisho Ya Mawazo, released in 2007. The album featured number of more guest musicians, including Nyota Ndogo, Mercy Myra, Professor Jay and Q-Chief.

Awards, Recognitions & Highlights

• In August 2007, Nonini was among 100 most influential Kenyans as selected by The Standard newspaper.
• Nonini won the best music video category at the Chaguo La Teeniez Awards in 2008 for his video "Mtoto Mzuri".
• At the 2007 Kisima Music Awards P-Unit won the Boomba Group category. For Nonini, it was the first time he won a Kisima Award, despite being on the limelight for years. Their second single is known as Kushoto-Kulia; meaning left-right. Both songs are on Nonini's Mwisho ya Mawazo album.
• P-Unit won the best group category at the Chaguo La Teeniez Awards in 2007 and 2008.
• The group was nominated for the inaugural (2008) MTV Africa Music Awards.
• At the 2008 Kisima Music Awards P-Unit won the Boomba Group category, as well as together with DNA the Best Collaboration category for the song "Una".

Career

He recently started up a whole new crew known as the P-Unit (pro-habo unit) that consists of rappers Bonnie, Frasha, Gabu and himself. The crew has released some songs most notably "Si lazima" which in swahili means it's not a must. "Si lazima" is a song that talks of times in a relationship where a couple doesn't need to have sex they can just go home and chill. People have found the song quite ironic to the messages he portrayed in his previous songs. He has recently produced a number of songs including ‘Kumbuka ft. Lady B’ and ‘Kadhaa’ which have all topped the music charts in Kenya.