The Neosoul-influenced vocalist, born Wendy Kimani in 1986, developed her talent through singing along with musicians on radio and TV until her sisters discovered it. In 2008, she auditioned for Tusker Project Fame and was one of the fifteen contestants that got to live in the TPF house and compete for the five million shillings and a recording contract by Galo records in South Africa. She was the First runner’s up at Tusker Project Fame 2 and got the chance to record with the likes of Tim Rimbui (Ennovator), Chris Adwar, Wawesh of Penya records and Musyoka . She began to perform at great shows like the Urban Legends that were held at the Carnivore alongside musicians like Atemi, The Villagers band, Didge, Kaz, David Ogola and Maia, at the Alliance Francaise alongside SautiSol, Adel, Stan, Shamir, at the memorial park alongside Chizi and his band. She also participated in a charity for peace named Dumisha Amani in Molo with Wakamba Wawili Lizz Ogumbo, Chebet, Robe, Bijou, Biennaime and many more.She participated in the charity in Nairobi hospital for singing for the children in wards on World Voice Day alongside artists like Juacali, major. She also has performed alongside the Denmark based band the GYPsies at the KICC for a charity “Music against Aids” She has also performed at Galileos at a concert that was organized by Music World Studios for all the contestants of TPF2 “From Then Till Now”. She took part at a musical “Legends of a Rain Queen” at Braeburn theatres in 2009. In 2010 she took part in the Daughters of Africa performance arts training and earned an International Excellence Award from VDB Theater Producties bv. Amsterdam. She has joined an anti-rape campaign, No Means No, as a goodwill ambassador, that was started by the young activist Adelaide Onyango in May 2010 that advocates for global awareness on the rise of rape incidents. She’s working on her album with Kevin Pro-voke of AMG Studio Kenya that is at the last stages of mixing.
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Very rhythmic music Wendy which deserves the exposure you are receiving. Nice clean lyrics. Your journey points upwards.
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