Nameless reflects on love, loss, and a life in music

Kenyan musician Nameless reflects on his journey from university stages to music stardom, love, and life lessons.

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David Mathenge remembers the beginning precisely – every frame crisp in his mind, every moment etched into memory like the chorus of one of his greatest hits, ‘Ninanoki.'

The story of the musician best known as Nameless, or Monski to those close to him, starts in 1997 at the University of Nairobi. A student of architecture, he had just discovered his voice, slipping between classes to practice whenever he could.