Fathermoh: “I used to sell slippers and make Ksh1500\=.”

He goes by the name  Fathermoh, but as he disclosed to Radio Citizen recently, he never liked it at all.

But he had no other name he could use to 

“My full name the short form is MOH. So people used to call me Mo, we used to play football a long time ago, nikifunga they call me fathermoh, but I didnt like it when I was in Primary, ndio time nimeanza muziki kuchagua jina, nikaona sinaga nickname ingine, wacha tu nijiite fathermoh.”

The Black Record label singer revealed he used to live in Komarack with his dad.

 “Amekuwa solo parent for the longest, since Form One tumenganangana na yeye “

His dad is now remarried.  Fathermoh comes from a family of three and is the second born.

He never liked music, which he says is surprising “Kitambo I never liked music, even on road trips going for shows, people are playing music, singing along, and they would ask me we hujuangi lyrics zozote. I told them I don’t listen to music. “

The Kudade hitmaker got sudden interest after form 4 “So after Form 4 gengetone ikatokea, nashangaa kwani hao vijana as in unaandika tu, unaimba ngoma, unahit ukona pesa, aje?

He decided to give it a try “Wacha nijaribu nikaanza ku write, “

He called it peer pressure to write music and see if he could make money. 

“Peer pressure,” he said laughing about giving it a try.

His first song was ‘Wagithomo’ which was inspired by an ex. His second hit was a year later.

 His dad wanted him to do gospel. He refused arguing there is no money in Gospel music.

“There was the assumption that Gengetone was vulgar. So I was scared to tell him, he never used to know what I did, so after Wagithomo it became a popular hit, then an Uncle discovered it, he took a picture and sent it to my dad. My dad stayed silent for a month, then after the second song he asked me when I had planned to tell him I was writing Gengetone”

Good thing he was making money, so his dad didn’t make too much trouble.

Fathermoh also was a mtumba trader “I used to sell slippers, I used to make 1500. Then the music started making more money so I stopped selling mitumba”

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