Ja'Piny

Ja’Piny is a name borrowed from one of the local languages in Africa and refers to ‘a man of the world’ or simply ‘a man of the people’. The art Ja’Piny started music in the year 1992 and has enjoyed immense success since then, he started singing at Kisumu City mostly in the local clubs and social gatherings in different areas around Kisumu in Kenya.

Music life
In the year 1998, Ja’ Piny together with a colleague under the name of KABILI CLAN released a song going by the name of Bomblast which was a song reflecting on the events that occurred during the fateful August, 1998 twin bombing of Kenya and Tanzania. In the year 2003, the group (Kabili Clan) broke due to pursue other interests and this is when Ja’Piny met Teddy Kalanda of THEM MUSHROOMS who gave him a chance to work within their studio to record his album. During this time, JaPiny also had an opportunity to work with JOMENSES BOYS BAND in the next level studios, at this point in time, he did a lot of singles before flying out of the country leaving album completion plans pending. Teddy Kalanda a household name in Afro-Fusion music, taught Ja’Piny how to approach music the Afro way and since then the artists style has always been Afro-Fusion oriented. Afro-fusion music is advantageous as it speaks of events, traditions and cultures that people can relate with and learn from.