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. He started as a musician, first briefly with the group Ebony Affair before forming a new group, Hart, in 1993.

Early life

The group was disbanded in 1995 and Josiah joined ''Sync Sound Studios'' as a producer. In 1999 he left ''Sync Sound Studios'' and formed ''Audio Vault Studios''. It was renamed to ''Blu Zebra'' in 2002. He is credited for producing compilation albums called 'Kenyan, The First Chapter' and 'Kenyan, The Second Chapter'. The two albums featured

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n musician Kawesa Josiah is also the founder of Kisima Awards, the premier annual musical awards held in Kenya. He was given producer of the year prize at the Kisima Awards in 2004, but he rejected it citing his position as an organiser of the awards. Next year he resigned from its organizing committee. Tedd Josiah has worked with many of the most popular Kenyan performers like Poxi Presha, Suzzana Owiyo,

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among others. Tedd Josiah has most recently produced for up and coming new artists such as Iddi Hemed, with hit song ''Usijali'' and

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with his song "Napata". For the 2007 General elections, Josiah campaigned ODM and its presidential candidate

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. During the post-election crisis Josiah felt his life threatened and moved to

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2008, ending his career as a music producer.November 11, 2010
Tedd Josiah returns home
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References

* Kenya Times, January 17, 2007
Ted Josiah: Show B iz President
(interview) {{DEFAULTSORT:Josiah, Tedd 1970 births Living people Kenyan musicians Kenyan record producers Kisima Music Award winners