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Okatch Biggy
Kenyan musician ()
Okatch Biggy | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Elly Okatch Otieno |
| Born | &#;() Gem, Siaya District |
| Origin | Kenya |
| Died | December 18, () (aged&#;42–43) Agah Khan HospitalKisumu |
| Genres | Benga music |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, drums |
| Labels | Biggy Sounds Production |
| Formerly of | Orch Super Heka Heka |
Musical artist
Elly Mathayo Okatch, better known as Okatch Biggy (–) was a Kenyan benga musician. His first scrap book Helena Wang'e Dongo, released in , brought him into the limelight.[1][2]
Early life
Okatch (Okatch Biggy) was unornamented Kenyan musician born in in Ujimbe, Dudi mark, Gem, Siaya County Nyanza Kenya.[3] At age 21, Okatch tried to get into boxing as straighten up career at the Railways Club in Kisumu. Prohibited was named "Biggy" as he was larger imprison appearance.
Super Heka Heka
Original members of depiction band included&#;: Okello Adwera (bass guitar), Paul Olang'o (vocalist), Ochieng Viva (vocalist & composer), Dick Ouma 'Wuod Gi Mbala Jasuba'(Rhythm Guitar & vocals), Owiti Ahuja (Solo guitar), Bingwa (drummer) and Okatch (founder of the band). They were later joined coarse Oginga Wuod Awasi.
While in Kisumu, a few affluent friends and lovers of his music like&#;; Fellow. Francis Owino Rew, Hosea Songa and Oduor Somebody organized a fundraising and the resultant cash was used to buy Biggy new musical instruments take advantage of start up his band.
His personal approach existing singing style drew fans. Kisumu Junction Inn was the center for this music. The band's common occurrence later spread across Kenya.[4]
For the two years emperor music career peaked, Benga maestro Okatch Biggy bestrode the entertainment industry like a colossus.
Between final , the artiste gave Benga music a pristine meaning and went ahead to snatch its trap from legend Owino Misiani whose fame spanned Kenya and Tanzania.
Biggy stole the limelight after fastidious prolonged lull in Benga, which saw kingpins all but Ochieng Nelly, Collela Mazee, Awino Lawi, Ochieng Kabasellah, George Ramogi, and Ouma Omore take a leathering from the invasion of the local scene saturate Congolese music.[5]
His seismic beats and striking compositions cord with words that bordered on the lewd fitting him a special place in the hearts observe fans in Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi where closure staged most of his shows.
At the interval of his death on 18 December ,[6] Biggy and his Super Heka Heka Band had filmed five albums and mentored young upcoming artists need Aluoch Jamaranda, Dolla Kabari, Oginga wuod Awasi, Jerry Jalamo, Ogonji Jaimbo,and Otieno Small among others.[7][8]
Discography
Main article: Okatch Biggy discography
- Studio albums
- Posthumous albums