How Ssaru's past shaped her into one of Kenya's most influential rappers

Piece by: WAMBUI FAITH
Entertainment

• She's not just a young lady; she's a talented rapper with a knack for wordplay and rhyme.

Silvia Ssaru
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Sylvia Saru aka Ssaru wa Manyaru is a Kenyan rapper who is known for amazing rapping skills at a very young age.

She has received a lot of praise for the way she writes her lyrics to the way she delivers them and is considered one of the biggest Gengetone rappers, they call her the 'Queen of Gengetone.'

Ssaru was born in Mbololo in Taita Taveta on May 19th, 2002 when later they moved to Nairobi Kayole where she was raised.

The skilled rapper likes to put her family in private. She doesn't talk or post much about them but she has spoken about her studies.

She says that she attended a local primary school and luckily attended Bura Girls High School in Voi where she completed her studies in 2018. 

She opted not to continue with further studies post-school and this is where she chose to start her interesting musical journey. 

She slowly started to post her work like freestyle instrumentals in hip hop on her social media. Later the freestyles went viral and that's how it all began.

She started singing at the age of 18. In 2019 that's when she debuted in the music career-wise when she released her first full-length Nyama.

Her songs tend to represent street lives and teens' lifestyles. She later released bangers like Swagger, Nimerudi Tena, and Tapo.

This woman is truly talented, having spent six months building her career and earning a devoted fanbase who adore her music.

The rapper has attracted many music distributors like Spotify and Apple Music she was even featured on Paris Billboard Spotify.

Ssaru has been nominated in big awards like Afrimma together with Fena Gitu and Nadia Mukami. She is currently trending on X due to her upcoming performance in Tucker's October Fest.

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