Real Name:
Owen Mwatia
Music Genre:
Afropop
Gospel
Record Label:
Independent
Date of birth:
29-01-1982
Age:
43
Nationality:
KENYA
Daddy Owen
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Daddy Owen is a Kenyan gospel musician. He was born Owen Mwatia. He is known for the Kapungala type of music,which he describes as a fusion of Kapuka and Lingala with hits such as; System ya Kapungala, Tobina, Kiriro and Saluti to his name.
Daddy Owen has three albums to his name: System ya Kapungala, Son of Man and Haijaisha. He was the Groove Awards male artist of the year from the year 2009 to 2011.His song 'Saluti' earned three groove award nominations and went on win in all of the three categories. Mwatia popularizes in Lingala music
In 2010, He received the Best Anglophone award during the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) for the song Tobina. He was also named artist of the year at the 2012 Kisima Awards ceremony. He is the founder member of Malaika Awards,a Charitable Organization for the disabled.
Discography
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http://www.mtvbase.com/music/artists/daddy-owen/
Singles
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2013
Title Album Saluti Son of Man -
2006
Title Album Haijalishi Haijalishi -
2003
Title Album System ya Kapungala System ya Kapungala