David Mathenge (born 1 August 1976), better known by his stage name Nameless, is a Kenyan pop artist.

Music career and education

Nameless, through his musical talents, has paved the way for many artists in the country to be recognized globally and get opportunities to work with other African artists. He rose to fame in 1999 through a star-search contest on Kenya's urban music station Capital F.M which he won with his original song Megarider. He graduated from the

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with a degree in

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Personal life

In 2005, he married Wahu Kagwi, who is also a musician, and together they have 3 daughters.

Awards

Won

* 2004 Kisima Music Awards - Best Boomba Pop Artist * 2006 Kisima Music Awards - Best Male Artist, Best Afro Fusion & Best Music Video (''Sinzia''). *2006

Pearl of Africa Music Awards The Pearl of Africa Music Awards (also known as the PAM Awards) was an annual national music award event held in Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan ...

(PAM Awards) - Best Male (Kenya) *2007

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- Best East African Single (''Sinzia''). *2007 Channel O Music Video Awards - Best Male Video (“Sinzia”) *2008

- Best Kenyan Male Artist *2008

Kisima Music Awards The Kisima Music Awards is an annual awards program that recognises musical talent in East Africa. Despite being Kenyan-based the scheme awards artists from a variety of countries, predominantly Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and incorporates a ran ...

- Male Artist of the Year & Best Video ("Salari") *2009

- Best East African Single ("Salari") * 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards - Best Male & Listener's Choice

Nominations

*2004

Kora Awards The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President Ha ...

- Best African Group (Nameless & Mr. Lenny) *2005

- Best East African Album ("On Fire") * 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 - Best African Act *2006 Channel O Music Video Awards - Best East African video ("Juju" featuring Mr. Lenny) * 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards - Best Performer Museke
MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2009 nominees

References

External links

Ogopa DJs official websiteMTV Base Africa profile: NamelessNameless' profile, lyrics, audio, video, etc
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nameless Kenyan musicians 1976 births Living people Kikuyu people Kisima Music Award winners Alumni of Strathmore School