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Octopizzo: Rap king from Nairobi slum inspiring Kenyan kids

Kenyan hip hop artist Octopizzo, who hails from Kenya's largest slum Kibera in Nairobi, looks out over the slum from a garbage mound during a visit on January 16, 2018. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP

By  AFP

Like most youngsters in Nairobi's largest slum, Henry Ohanga grew up believing he would never amount to anything.

Making it big, even leaving Kibera: these weren't things that happened to an orphan who once robbed people to buy food.

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