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descent. She performs in both Swahili and English, sometimes switching back and forth. She cites

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as her musical influences.

Early life

Petra Bockle was born to a Kenyan mother and

father. Her father died in 2004, when Petra was nine years old, She then started becoming active with music around this time as a form of therapy.

Career

Petra first appeared on the "Ligi Soo Remix" which featured her along with other Kenyan artists. This includes:

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, Madtraxx, MwendaMchizi Jay A and Mejja among others. She then disappeared from the music scene for a while. In 2018 she collaborated with Kenyan hip hop artist Khaligraph Jones on a song titled "Rider". In the music video for "Rider", which features Khaligraph Jones, Petra is seen eating raw meat, which was actual raw liver, caused controversy. A month later she was featured on another song titled "Khali Kartel Cypher". Petra performed alongside

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Discography

Singles

As featured artist

Awards and nominations

In 2012, Petra won an award for best female artist at the Kenya Coast Music Awards. Later on in 2015 she received an award for best female hip hop artist at the Pwani Celebrity Awards.

References

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