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

Biography
Mathenge was educated at Strathmore School, He rose to fame in 1999 through a star-search contest on Kenya's urban music station 98.4 Capital FM, which he won with his original song "Megarider." The song was about a penniless young man who is trying to seduce a woman but only has enough money for Kenya Bus tickets, and not the rich lifestyle she desires. He later recorded the track with producer Tedd Josiah and it went on to be hot on the charts for weeks. This was the turning point in his musical career. He went on to sign with the Ogopa DJ's label in 2001 and collaborated with artists such as the late E-Sir on "Boomba Train," and Amani on the regional hit "Ninanoki" in 2002 which broke Kenyan chart records by remaining 110 days at number one.

He has gone on to tour across the East African region and in the U.S.A and U.K. In 2004, he released his debut album On Fire. In 2004, Mathenge married Ogopa DJ's label mate Wahu Kagwi. They have one child, a daughter who was born in 2006. He is also an architect and graduated from the University of Nairobi.

South African pop group Jamali’s wildly popular song "Maisha" was the subject to much scandal. It was alleged that Jamali stole the song from Nameless. However it was settled when Jamali released their CD/DVD of Yours Fatally and credited Nameless as one of the writers of "Maisha".

He was among the controversial list of the 100 most influential Kenyans as selected by The Standard newspaper in August 2007.

Kenyan artist David Mathenge aka Nameless ,is set for a show in Toronto  Canada over the weekend .This will be his last international otur before he release his third album !! and ofcourse this will be the first time in his music career to visit Canada so you all better be ready for him and his big thing .Another up coming musician is his wife Wahu Kagwe !!who is dazzling fan with her sexy song,"Mambo bado" kudos.

Nameless has been named one of the best musician in kenyan and number seven in African best artist on tuesday octomber the 9th 2012.This was according to the report released by London`s cranes media.It has been said that nameless has beat some of the best African artist with Jose Chameloen the most know musician in Uganda holding position six and Koffi Olominde, Awilo Longomba and Fally Ipupa trailing the two.

American born Akon topped the list of the best artistes in Africa with his Nigerian counterpart 2Face Idibia holding position two. Others in the best five are P-Square and D-Banj who held position three and four. He is mostly know for tracks like ,Nasinzia, Salari and Maisha which are all time favorites of many Kenyans. South African artist Yvonne Chaka Chaka was among the best of five making nameless supperstar in kenya and also in. That’s if their report is anything to go by.

Awards
He is named one of the most sought after artists in East Africa region with an average of 8 performance a month.During his music and entertainment industry career he has won himself numerous award in Africa.These wards includes ,Best male Africa-channel o Africa awards, 5 KISIMA awards in different categories, 3 pearls of Africa award in Uganda in also different categories , 3 Kilimajaro awards in Tanzania in various categories and the most recently 2 coveted awards for the best Africa male and listener`s choice at the 2nd Annual MTV Africa music. He has also won the best video award at Kenya`s CHAT ceremony. He is amorous about addressing the issue of human trafficking in Africa through his music and arts.

Nominations

 * 2004 Kora Awards - Best African Group (Nameless & Mr. Lenny)
 * 2005 Tanzania Music Awards - 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