Chocolate City Music Nigeria has marked another artiste from Kenya, passing by the name 'Qritical'.
In the wake of losing both guardians inside a space of two months after entering his high school years, Eric Onyango Omollo also called Qritiqal, swung to music as a cathartic articulation of profound situated sentiments nobody ought to persevere at such a youthful age.
Conceived in 1989 and brought up in Mombasa Kenya, he wandered into music through school celebrations. He hung out with nearby artistes who tutored him through his own battles, including the loss of one of his kin, as he enthusiastically sought after music as both remedial and a profession way. After a chance meeting with Gyptian at a neighborhood appear, he was roused to record unique material and appeared in 2010 as an electrifying dancehall artiste with the single 'Feeble Inside' – an across the nation hit.
The single won him the Best Video of the Year 2010 at the Nzumari Awards and the Best Video of The Year Coast Music Awards. In 2012, he dropped another hit single "Kupe" where he was included by Ogopa Deejayz Artist and Guru Col. Mustafa.
Having additionally imparted a phase to any semblance of Jaguar and Sauti Sol, he chose it was the ideal opportunity for him to delay and build up his own one of a kind sound, later on meeting and working together with neighborhood maker, Motif_On_The_Beat (Morris Kobia). Their joint effort created effective DJ Dubplates for nearby DJs, during a period when he likewise served as a jingle creator for some commercial organizations.
His consistency and enthusiasm for music built up Qritiqal's mark sound; a go between dancehall, soul and R&B, where his high tenor territory, conversely with his laid back conveyance gives him a one of a kind tone and stream. This had him handpicked for the signature melody of Kenya's unbelievable DJ Joe Mfalme. Still, achievement and the right consideration appeared to escape him as he continued doing star bono gigs while attempting his best to provide food for his more youthful sibling and just surviving relative.
He in the long run settled in Nairobi – the music capital of Kenya, where he was found by Chocolate City Music Kenya, the sister organization to Chocolate City Music Nigeria; home to globally known acts like Ice Prince Zamani, Koker and MI Abaga.
Get prepared Africa, it's going to get 'Qritiqal'!
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