Issah Mmari Wangui (May 20, 1981 – March 16, 2003), better known by his stage name E-Sir, was a
Kenyan
The Demographics of Kenya is monitored by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in East Africa. Its total population was at 47,558,296 as of the 2019 census.
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hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
artist. He was the elder brother to fellow Kenyan rapper Habib. He was famous for his deft lyrical ability and command of the
Swahili language. The phenomenal popularity of his music disproved the myth that Kenyan music could never compete with imported pop. Even long after his death, he is still widely regarded as one of the best rappers to have emerged on the Kenyan hip hop scene.
In 2017, he got nominated for the Mdundo Awards for Most Downloaded Hip-Hop Artist.
At the age of only 21, after only a brief but most iconic presence in Kenyan music, he died in a car accident in 2003. Boomba Train was his last hit song.
Legacy
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja proposed the renaming of a road in South C in honour of E-Sir.
See also
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List of Kenyan rappers
References
External links
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Wakilisha.com
21st-century Kenyan musicians
Kenyan rappers
1981 births
2003 deaths
Kisima Music Award winners
Road incident deaths in Kenya
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