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Christian/Gospel • Nairobi, KE
Moses Qqu Odhiambo (born on 28th October 1980 Nairobi, Kenya), known commonly as, Qqu is a Kenyan singer-songwriter, choreographer, performer, instrumentalist and digital artist. "Qqu" is a nickname he grew up with thought to most it was “Kuku” meaning chicken in Swahili since he was afraid of them growing up. Qqu grew up listening to practically every form of music that he laid his hands on, most notable collections he keeps to this day are Roger Whitaker, Diana Ross, Boney M. While at Lavington Primary School, Qqu was notorious for banging his desk in between lessons to make music, this gave way to him becoming the youngest instrumentalist to join the Baptist (Kileleshwa Community Church ) choir at age 10. It was here that he felt most at home, playing with great musicians such as Pete Odera, Sally Oyugi, Mary Warambo, Hellen Mtawali (Who he would later on join with as teachers at first and second edition of Tusker Project Fame alongside his fellow choreographer Ian Wainaina) Having finished High School, Qqu was part of the initial group that formed one of Kenya’s most successful dance companies (Ollovar), and it was here that the seeds for music were sown. Along side Ian Wainaina they formed the group NIX and they went on to record one of their most successful albums. Xaxawa Greatly influenced by a myriad of musical styles, Qqu downright favours the dancefloor and so HipHop, Salsa and Lingala are his greatest love. Which in turn form his own musical taste for Conscious HipHop, Uptempo Lingala and Smooth Zouk.. Currently Finishing tracks to his sophomore album entitled Alive and mixtape aptly dubbed "Just Words". Qqu has embarked on an ambitious plan working with artistes like King Stitchie from Jamaica, Freestyle Essien, Kefee and Timaya from Nigeria, Stiko from TMK Wanaume Lonesome and many more. The album is set to be released in August/September 2012 and will be the first to have a worldwide release.

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