tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81485801014779753192024-03-13T18:05:50.106+03:00Kenyan Artistsknow about specific artist and get their contactsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037672058239843869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148580101477975319.post-14603148804845331132009-10-22T10:44:00.001+03:002009-10-22T10:46:50.291+03:00Hubert Nakitare (NONINI)<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CTrainee%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">NAME:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> Hubert Nakitare<br />
<b>GENDER:</b> Male<br />
<b>BIRTHDAY:</b> October 1, 1982<br />
<b>BIRTH PLACE:</b> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region><br />
<b>STAGE NAME:</b> Nonini<br />
<b>JOB:</b> Artist<br />
<b>GENRE:</b> Genge<br />
<b>RECORD LABEL:</b> Pro Habo Entertainment/Decimal Media/Homeboyz<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">BASE:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region><st1:country-region u2:st="on"></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:city></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">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 <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:city>," a song which praised the
beauty of Kenyan women and follow-up single "Weh Kamu". He went on to
release his debut album <i>Hanyaring Game</i> in late 2004 which included the
hit "Keroro" a sheng term for beer.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">Later, <i>Nani
Mwenza</i>, 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 <i>Mwisho Ya Mawazo</i>, released in 2007. The
album featured number of more guest musicians, including Nyota Ndogo, Mercy
Myra, Professor Jay and Q-Chief. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">In August 2007,
Nonini was among 100 most influential Kenyans as selected by The Standard
newspaper. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">Nonini won the
best music video category at the Chaguo La Teeniez Awards in 2008 for his video
"Mtoto Mzuri". <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">P-Unit won the
best group category at the Chaguo La Teeniez Awards in 2007 and 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">The group was
nominated for the inaugural (2008) MTV Africa Music Awards. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">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".<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">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 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037672058239843869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148580101477975319.post-419523964444212052009-10-14T12:46:00.006+03:002009-10-14T13:11:59.043+03:00Robert Kamanzi (Rkay)<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KcozrIgPUuQ/StWgACNhgzI/AAAAAAAAAE0/bmDDn1sdjqk/s1600-h/Rkay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KcozrIgPUuQ/StWgACNhgzI/AAAAAAAAAE0/bmDDn1sdjqk/s320/Rkay.jpg" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>NAME:</b> Robert Kamanzi<br />
<b>GENDER:</b> Male<br />
<b>BIRTHDAY:</b> April 7<br />
<b>BIRTH PLACE:</b> Burundi<br />
<b>STAGE NAME:</b> RKAY<br />
<b>JOB:</b> Music Producer/Artist<br />
<b>GENRE:</b> Gospel/Afro-beat<br />
<b>RECORD LABEL:</b> Moja Entertainment Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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ROBERT “RKAY” KAMANZI is a Burundian native, a singer, songwriter, performer,
studio engineer, music producer, record label owner and a business man. “Music
has always been part of my life” he proudly adds. An entertainer from an early
age, He entertained class mates in school and lead a dance group in high
school. He started making music professionally in 1998 when he moved to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:city>. In 1999 He
realised his passion for music when he got a job at Nextlevel studios where he
gained a lot more experience in production, working with artists such as the
late Poxi Presha, Nairobi City Ensemble, Talma, Jomenes Boys na Band and many
more. "I have worked in various studios in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:city> such as Homeboyz Studios, Ketebul
Productions, SoundMinds Studio and Nextlevel Studios". In 2001, together
with his best friend Mbuvi, they started a gospel record label mainly signing
gospel musicians called ShammahBoyMusic, and produced artists such as Roughtone,
Henrie Mutuku, Jogg-c and many more. </span><br />
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">In 2003 he
produced Kora Award nominees Jemmimah Thiong’o with her hit song Mwenye Baraka
(Akisema Atakubariki) from her best selling album in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and Esther Wahome with her
hit song Kuna dawa.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p> </o:p>He has produced
over 60 albums to date and hundreds of singles for various musicians besides
his 2 solo albums. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p>He is the
co-founder and MD of Moja Entertainment Limited, the founder and CEO Ingoma.Inc
label and the producer at the new MingiLove Studio a division of Moja
entertainment Ltd. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p>Robert is the
current winner of the INTERNATIONAL YOUNG MUSIC ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 08
AWARD held in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>
in June 08. </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p>He is also
Producer of the year 07 and 08 at both Groove Awards and Kisima Awards.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt;">He is the producer behind MTV MAMA Award winning song ‘Sunshine’
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arranged music for various groups including his own group Shammah who brought
to you the hit song "Ukilya Moko" that went on to become the first
religious song to receive massive airplay on secular stations. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">He has also worked
with the great Oliver ‘Tuku” Mtukudzi as well as various artists from East and
central Africa such as Nameless with his new hit single Nasinzia, Mr. Lenny,
Prezzo, Sema, Deux Vultures, Xyzee, Sarah Kiarie, Mwana FA, crazy GK, Proffesor
J, Lady Jaydee, Bobby Wine, Nazizi, Wyre, Owiyo, Ambassada with his hit song
Watoto Inkane, Iddi Achieng, Richard Kawesa, Gospel fathers, Sana, Kidum,
Redsan, Renee Lamira and Africa based Denise Gordon from New York. In 2000 he
released his debut album SOLUTION mostly sung in Kirundi and Kinyarwanda and
became a big hit in the <st1:place w:st="on">Great Lakes</st1:place> region.
His latest album is said to be a revolution in the gospel music industry around
<st1:place w:st="on">East Africa</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">Some of his
works have gained recognition around the continent and many being appreciated
around the world. </span><br />
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<b>GENDER:</b> Male<br />
<b>AGE:</b> 29<br />
<b>BIRTHDAY:</b> 12th September 1979<br />
<b>SIGN:</b> Sagittarius<br />
<b>BIRTH PLACE:</b> <st1:city w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:city>,
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<b>STAGE NAME:</b> Jua Cali<br />
<b>JOB:</b> Artist<br />
<b>GENRE:</b> Genge<br />
<b>RECORD LABEL:</b> <st1:state w:st="on">Calif</st1:state>
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The humble and down to earth Paul Nunda was born on 12th September 1979. He was
raised in <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state> estate that is in
Eastland area, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:city>.
Though he was not seriously involved in music, he started rapping when he was
still a student at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jamhuri</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place>. After his O
levels in1998, he got actively involved in music. After seeing how progressive
it would be to uplift music in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
which was yet to be fully appreciated, he hooked up with his childhood friend
Clement Clemo Rapudo to start Calif Records in the year 2000.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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MOBO Awards (2007) - 'African song of the Year 2007'</span></li>
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Kisima Awards (2005) - 'Artist of the Year' 'Song of the Year' for Kamata Dame'</span></li>
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Chaguo Le Teenies Awards (Various since 2004)</span></li>
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Initially, he was a producer alongside Clemo. They looked for artists who had
the potential to make it in music but all was in vain. Nobody thought it could
be a successful project and so very few people were interested. It was then
that pressure from Clemo and a few friends forced him to pick up the
microphone, and so in early 2001, Juacali the artist was born. With the studio
being in <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state> estate, started by youths
from the same estate, Juacali simply means Discover <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:state> estate. By then, the estate was
not known much to be in existence but the studio has clearly changed that. He released
his first song Ruka, a dedication to Calif Records. Although, local Music at
the time was poorly received, the song managed to top the local charts.<br />
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In 2003 he did a collabo with other artists such as CMB Prezzo e.t.c. to do the
hit song vile tafanya. In the early 2004, the genge hardcore rapper released
his third single,Nikipotea tena, which again become a major hit. This was a
major opening in his career as a rapper as shows started flowing in and
everywhere he went everyone would praise him for the unique-ness in his talent.
He led in all charts and his name stuck in the hearts of his fans that were
increasing everyday. In mid 2004, he was featured by Flexx in the hit Nyundo, which
was nominated for several awards such as Kisima awards, Chaguo la teenies
e.t.c. Later that year he hooked up with Pilipili to do a hit party joint Kamata
dame. The song drove fans crazy and led the charts locally and even gave a few
shows abroad e.g. Genge tour in 12 US states, London, Dubai e.t.c. It became a
big boost to the artists and the studio in general. Up to date, it plays in
every route matatu, media and no club session can end without it being played.
It also won several awards in 2005.<br />
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After the “Kumikumi” incident that took place in Ukambani where several people
died of taking too much of the illicit brew, he got creative to educate people
and in the mid 2005, he released one of his hottest songs to date Kiasi alongside
Sanita, an upcoming lady singer and songwriter. He also released, JUACALISEKTA
the mini album in the same year. In the early 2006, he performed in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> alongside Pilipili
and came back to release his current hit song Bidii yangu featuring Mahatma
which is still very popular. Respected for his humble and down to earth
attitude, Juacali has inspired many and is aiming higher every minute. Besides
helping many upcoming recording artists, he has now released JUACALISEKTA the full
album and was set to release NGELI YA GENGE the album early 2007. He has also introduced
JUACALI COLLECTION clothing line which produces t-shirts and other attires for
sale. With such achievements, we arguably state that Juacali is the king of
genge. He later on released the single "Kwaheri" featuring Sanaipei
Tande (formerly of the Coca Cola Popstars group SEMA) which can arguably be
said to be his greatest hit so far in his career. The song which is a mix of
Taarab music from the East Africa coast with genge was initially regetted by FM
station in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> but they
were later forced to play it due to overwhelming demand from listeners and
became the biggest hit song in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in 2007.<br />
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Due to the massive success of "Kwaheri" Jua Cali's schedule has been
pack with him receveing a nomination from the annual MOBO awards in the UK from
'African song of the Year 2007', performing in several concerts in the USA and
UK plus a major endorsment by the Motorola mobile phone company and most
recently performing at the Karibu and Kwaheri concerts in the USA. </span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">NAME:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> Stella Mwangi<br />
<b>GENDER:</b> Female<br />
<b>BIRTH PLACE:</b> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region><br />
<b>BIRTHDATE: </b>September 1986<br />
<b>STAGE NAME:</b> STL<br />
<b>JOB:</b> Artist<br />
<b>GENRE: </b>HipHop<br />
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">Born in September 1986, Stella Mwangi aka STL realized her potential in music at the age of Six. Her interest in music resulted from racial discrimination she was subjected to following her family's move from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Norway</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1991. Music made her feel good about herself and at the age of eight she could relate to Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, NWA and Salt & Pepper. In 1998, she worked with an African Youth group known as "The Rise" where they produced an album called "Maroon" which was released in Norway 2002 and had among its tracks the single 'All about the Benjamin'.</span>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">In 2005 STL and "The Rise" performed for Nelson Mandela while he was in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Norway</st1:country-region></st1:place> for an AIDS eradication campaign. Since 2002, STL has been working with two production teams; Rumblin Music and JayArr Music. Her Break into the African Hip Hop scene came in 2005 when she worked with a Senegalese Hip Hop group called Wagable in their Debut album, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Senegal</st1:place></st1:country-region>, produced by Rumblin Music. She was featured in two of their songs '<st1:city w:st="on">Babylon</st1:city>' and 'Do it' which topped the charts in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gambia</st1:place></st1:country-region> for several weeks. The album scooped the Best album of the year in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region></st1:place> for 2005.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">In Kenya STL has worked with top Hip Hop artists such as Michelle, Abbas Kubaff ,Kantai and reggae artist Ousmane. In 2006 she got five nominations in the Chaguo La teeniz Awards in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Then she had been in the Kenyan music scene for only three months. Though she did not win, it propelled her to win in the KISIMA Awards three months later for the Best new and Promising artist.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;">December 2006, STL had a performance with MTV Alert in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place>. She has curtain raised for International artists like Angelique Kidjo, Common, Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, Dead Prez and Public Enemy during their shows in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Norway</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Her songs, "Crazy", "Feeling Love" and "Swing", which she featured on produced by JayArr, was picked by the Position Music and Choice Tracks (based in L.A) as a soundtrack for the films 'Save the last dance 2', 'American pie 5', 'Redline and the series; 'CSI (New York)' , 'LasVegas', 'Ghost whisperer' and 'Army Wives'. </span>
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