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Nyamari Ongegu (born April 8, 1984), known professionally as Nyashinski (stylized as Nyash), is an African artiste who was born, bred and schooled in Nairobi, Kenya. The 34 year old music personality is a musician, songwriter and performer, and one of Africa's rising music artistes. To some, he is a new artiste, while some remember him from the rap boys group dubbed "Kleptomaniax".

Nyashinski began his musical career in 2002 through to 2006 together with the Kenyan duo; Collo and Roba (Rawbar), after which he went to the United States of America with his family. He made a major come back into the music industry in May 2016 where he released a hit single, Now You Know that was successfully received by his fans in Kenya and globally and was the first ever video by a Kenyan rap artiste to hit 1 million YouTube views.

He has since dropped six (6) additional single tracks: Mungu Pekee (October 2016), another first ever Kenyan lyric video to hit 1 million YouTube views, Aminia and Malaika, same-day double audio and video releases in (May 2017), Hayawani (Dec 2017), Bebi Bebi (Feb 2018) and his latest release KEBS (July 2018).

Nyashinski's music acumen has received significant mainstream attention. He is one (1) of three (3) Creative Directors of Songa by Safaricom, a music streaming and download App/Service. He has also appeared in 2 seasons of Coke Studio Africa (2016 & 2017), producing megahits and renditions with the likes of Yemi Alade, Trey Songz & Mafikizolo, just to name a few.

Nyashinski is among the most acclaimed African musicians and rappers of the 21st century, seen to be taking the industry by storm. He has received eight (8) continental Awards, and nominated for three (3) international awards, i.e. Zanzibar International Film Festival for East African Music Video Award, Africa Muzik Magazine Awards as Best Male East Artiste and Africa MTV EMAs as Best African Act.

He is soon said to be be releasing his first single album to be launched in 2018.

Whether the continent is ready for the future of Nyashinski, only time can tell!