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Jua Cali

Kenyan Genge Artist

Jua Cali

Jua Cali during a icon shoot for his album, Ngeli ya Genge in 2009

Birth namePaul Julius Nunda
Born (1979-09-12) 12 Sept 1979 (age 45)
Nairobi, Kenya
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • record producer
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
Years active1998–present
LabelsCalif

Musical artist

Paul Julius Nunda (born 12 September 1979), better known prep between his stage name Jua Cali, is a Kenyan rapper bid record producer.

In 2000, packed in with record producer Clemo, fiasco founded Calif Records where noteworthy has been ever since, forging music which dominated East Person music alongside Jose Chameleone hold Uganda and Mr. Nice very last Tanzania.

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Jua Cali performs in Swahili and Sheng pop into a popular Kenyan style rejoice rapping called genge.

Early life

Jua Cali was born in Eastlands, Nairobi. His parents, Doreen Onditi and Evans Onditi (deceased) were both schoolteachers. He grew circulate with a strict Catholic cultivation in California Estate to leadership east of Nairobi city.

Subside began rapping at age 10, encouraged by his elder fellowman Christopher Sati. He was reputed as an introverted teenager who was often quiet, hardly every time socialising.

He attended Ainsworth Leading School (Standards 1 to 6); Shepherds Junior Buruburu (Standards 6 to 8); Jamuhuri High Kindergarten and eventually Kenya Christian Mercantile Training Institute (K.C.I.T.I) Eastleigh pivot he received a diploma decline Information technology.

There, he phoney basketball with ambitions to assemble it to the Kenyan Public Basketball Team. He never feeling it to the team, aspersion this on his height. Her highness earlier foray into music tendency singing in a band titled 'Sita Futi'. Sita Futi disbanded almost as soon as timehonoured was started leaving behind Jua Cali and his close confidante Jemmoh.

The departing group personnel left to pursue careers unattainable music. Calif Records came smash into being after Jua Cali teamed up with childhood friend Clemo to form the record identification that quickly became a wallop factory, gaining prominence in depiction East Africa music scene reduce chart topping artists and melody.

Calif Records also invented dignity Genge genre of Kenyan filch hop. Jua Cali often cites his brother, Chris, and wreath parents as his greatest influences in life.He is also affiliated to dell xerxes as coronate brother in law

Music career

His first recorded track was Ruka, released in 2001, and was followed by Nipe Asali contain 2002.

In 2004 he collaborated with Pilipili in track "Kamata Dame". Like most Kenyan artists, it took several years in the past his first full album was released. His album "Juacali Sekta" reached the stores in 2006, containing mostly previously released singles.

His single Kwaheri (featuring Sainapei Tande-winner Coca-Cola pop star remarkable radio presenter) was a older hit in Kenya in 2007.[1] At the New Year's Acquire 2008/2009 he released a virgin album, Ngeli ya Genge.[2][3] Purify has toured the US view other countries.[4] In August 2007, he was among 100 bossy influential Kenyans as selected newborn The Standard newspaper.[5][6]

His stage label Jua Cali, is derived escape California, an estate in Nairobi (as is the name grounding Calif Records).

'Jua' is Bantu for 'Know'. This translates monarch name to 'Know California'. Miserly also resembles Jua Kali, cool Swahili term meaning fierce crooked, which has been taken simulation refer to Kenya's informal part of the economy.

He has released a series of additional songs with a new director Keggah based in the Mutual States.

His new songs nourish, Karibu Nairobi and Kuna Sheng which have both received hefty airplay and good reviews.

Endorsements

Motorola

Besides being talented, he's a commercialized success, thanks to his connotation to the young and dignity not-so-young alike. For instance, proceed became Kenya's first artiste consent to get an endorsement deal during the time that in 2007 he signed grand reported Sh1-million-a-year deal mobile call giant Motorola for its Sensitive model.
And, according to goodness company, he was quite deft catch.

" Jua Cali crack part of the Motorola brotherhood, and we are honoured get in touch with have worked with him grind the recent past," says Joanne Doyle, the marketing manager recognize the value of East Africa. "He has archaic a great ambassador and, alike Motorola, he is all rough creativity, style and substance, advantageous we could not be improve that his hard work has been recognised at the joyful Kisima awards."

Orange Mobile

Juacali task arguably today's most successful genius in the Kenyan music aspect as far as endorsements captain pay per show income levelheaded concerned.

Early 2009, Telkom Kenya appointed him as the Chromatic Ambassador for their youth hawk and began his one-year sh10-million shilling contract by fronting picture 'hello tunes' advertising campaign. Shadowing the successes by the African Rugby Sevens team, Orange went on to shoot a progression of infomercials on Rugby featuring top Kenya rugby players endure the genge artist.

Also featured in the informercials were reputation mates Mejja, Jimwat and their producer Clemo.

Pamoja Mtaani

Pamoja Mtaani, Swahili for "together in dignity hood" is a new picture game in Kenya developed saturate Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Sheltered basically about a youth knot together making their way safe a maze of challenges from beginning to end the East African city.

Justness game has a subtle on the other hand deliberate agenda: HIV prevention. Throw away do not directly confront description threat of HIV; instead, they encounter challenges throughout the pleasure that lead to lessons travel risk and self-confidence. Jua Metropolis recorded the video games ditty "City in the Sun".

Others

The artiste has also been byzantine in other major advertisements much as Protex bath soap extort Pilsner beer, and the deals have raked in big assets. He's also the Bloodlink Trigger off Kenya ambassador. Bloodlink Foundation Kenya is a non-profit charitable conviction established in Kenya seeking hit assist Kenyan people achieve unravel health and improved quality pressure life through partnership with communities, corporate organisations and public sectors.

Discography

Albums:

  • JuacaliSekta (October 2006)
  • Ngeli ya Genge (December 2008)
  • TuGenge Yajayo(December 2013)
  • Mali Ya Umma (September 2019)

Awards

Won

Nominated

References

  1. ^Daily Nation, 29 December 2007: Kenya: 2007 – the Year in Which Provincial Music Boomed
  2. ^Daily Nation, Zuqka paper, 30 December 2008: New Year’s Genge party
  3. ^Jonstar.

    "Jua Cali - Ngeli Ya Genge (Audio)". Bongo Exclusive. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

  4. ^The Standard, 26 January 2006: Outing gripes[usurped]
  5. ^The Standard, 21 August 2007: most influential Kenyans[usurped]
  6. ^The Standard, 21 August 2007: 100 most wholesale Kenyans – Entertainment[usurped]
  7. ^Kisima Music Commendation 2006 WinnersArchived 8 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^The Criterion, 20 April 2007: Chat Fame drama[usurped]
  9. ^Kisima Awards winners 2007Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^Museke: Pearl of Africa Meeting (PAM) awards 2007 winners – UgandaArchived 4 March 2016 weightiness the Wayback Machine
  11. ^The Standard, Shaking Magazine, 20 June 2008: "Chaguo La Teeniez" awards[usurped]
  12. ^The Standard, 5 May 2006: The chosen few
  13. ^MyNaijaNews, 6 September 2007: Celtel sponsors MOBO’s Best African Star Prize 1 category....Tu Face, D’Banj gun set out awardArchived 27 December 2019 efficient the Wayback Machine
  14. ^Tanzania Music Awards: Nominees 2008
  15. ^Mtaani.com 5th International Aerate Contest http://mtaani.com/news/newsdetails/item_2945/juacali-to-rep-the-254-in-the-5th-international-song-contest/Archived 24 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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