Wangechi Waweru (born 19 January 1994), professionally known as Wangechi, is a

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rapper, singer and songwriter. She began her music career in 2013 and released her debut mixtape "Consume - Chakula ya soul" in July 2013. On December 2, 2016, she released her 10-track EP "Dont Consume if Seal is Broken" Which included Tusker's theme song for the Here's to us Campaign launched on 30 November 2016. Wangechi rose to great popularity through her feature on the Ligi Soo remix in 2013 that featured a variety of female rappers. This gave her a platform to create a name and release various projects after.

Early life

Wangechi was born on January 19, 1994, and was raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Her passion for music began at the tender age of ten. Stating that her major inspiration behind music was rapper and songstress Nazizi. She listened to the likes of Slum Village, I.N.I, Kalamashaka,

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Career

She started off with Hype Masters Entertainment where she marked her debut into the music. Later on she was signed under Nuke Recordings where she released her first mixtape Consume. She later on released a variety of singles after that in the year 2014 such as Tulia Tu feat HHP and King Kaka, Play, Attention shopper and Analogue dreams feat Karun. She featured on the CNN "African Voices' segment in 2013 where she was identified as one of the Kenyan rising stars to watch out for. She featured on Coke Studio Season 3 in 2015 where she partnered with the Tanzanian artist Ben Pol and returned for the superstar week where she collaborated with Ice prince, Alikiba, Dama do Bling, Maurice Kirya and American singer Ne-yo. She also released Cardiac Arrest and They Don't Know feat Fena Gitu in 2015. She has shared stages with various international acts such as Mos Def, Tinnie Tempah, Tim Westwood, Morgan Heritage and Ne-yo. In the year 2016 she wrote and sang the anthem to the Tusker Lager "Here to Us" campaign that focused on bringing Kenyans together as one. She is currently an independent artist.

Discography

Personal life

On September 14, 2014, she and her two friends suffered a grisly road accident. Her best friend Tionna Wangechi passed on. She was admitted in ICU with life-threatening injuries and left side temporary paralysis for a couple of months and went on to recovery.

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