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Vokal Kod, real name Decent Yesani Henry Phiri was born on the 4th of February 1988, in Bulawayo Zimbabwe to Robert Phiri a clerk and Juliet Kawombe Tewe. Both of Malawian origins. Growing up in a home were his father was an avid reader and a music collector, it was enevitable that music would play a significant role in his life. He attended Maphisa Primary School in Sizinda Bulawayo and went on to attend his high school at Bulawayo Adventist High School were he met fellow musicians Nyasha Herbert Samhembere of the Gospel outfit Intune and Joseph Kudakwashe Madziyire of Zim Choir. It is while at BAHS that his lyrical abilities were exposed, penning songs for Church groups and writing love letters and poems for his friends. Though BAHS was located in a an affluent Bulawayo suburb, a young Vokal Kod took his latest discovery back to the hood were he started rapping over FACE beats with his childhood friend Marley G and his cousin Nigel "Size 9" Damba. The resultant efforts saw them producing a number of demo tapes which never materialised. His goodwill and charm saw his classmates nicknaming him Daddy Kriss, slang for Father Christmas, a name that his former classmates still call him with.

His love for rap was furthered by his uncle who didn't rap but was a part of a well known local Break Dancing outfit, who inspired the youngster. Though Biggie, Pac, Nas, JayZ and Eminem were on heavy rotation at the time, it was upon hearing Inaugaration by Kingpinn that his love for hip hop was officialised. Vokal would bump "I salute you" on repeat all day and idolised the late rapper. He later revealed in an interview that Kingpinn is his greatest inspiration. After high school in 2006, Vokal Kod went to visit his older sister down south in South Africa, he instantly fell inlove with the place and decided to prolong his stay, working menial jobs and studying at the same time. At this time he was still rapping under the alias Daddy Kriss and would attend freestyle and cipher sessions in Newtown Joburg. Dead end jobs kept him on his feet but his love for the craft never fizzled, upon his move from Johannesburg to Pretoria, he would attend Black Sundays, a cipher and freestyle session held every sunday in most places in the city. Constant freestyling and rapping to fellow work mates prompted his friend to urge him to go and record. Its around about this time in late 2009 that he finally decided to hit the lab and put words on beats, so he met Monexus through a deal bronchured by a friend and did a couple of songs. Though the songs were never realesed, it was this experience that proved a life changing for Daddy kriss who now had changed his moniker to Vokal Kod. Meeting up with his childhood friend Size 9, he got introduced to Leeroy "Kay" Kahlela another fellow Skies rapper/ producer. Who encouraged him to carry on tradition. Still stuck in his dead end job as a waiter at Cappuccinos Menyln, his other workmate Dr Lot Stanford fell inlove with Vokal's passion and drive and engineered a deal for him that saw him record a couple of songs with a Pretoria based producer Madfingers.Lot was part of an IT company Parting Enterprises. He is currently working on a mixtape called "Kod of Konduct" with it 1st single called La La La featuring Madfingers and samples Minnie Riperton's 1975 hit single Lovin You. The release date is set for April 2013 Vokal has cited Common, The Roots, Earth Wind and Fire as his other influences