| 词条 | Daddy Owen |
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| name = Daddy Owen | image = Daddy owen mariga.jpg | alt = | caption = Daddy Owen(center) with footballers Macdonald Mariga(right) and Victor Wanyama | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Owen Mwatia | alias = Papa Fololo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|01|29}} | birth_place = Kakamega | death_date = | death_place = | origin = Kakamega | instrument = | genre = Gospel Kapungala | occupation =songwriter,gospel singer,graphic designer | years_active = 2003–Present | label =Beats and Blessings | associated_acts = Rufftone, Denno, Kambua, Emmy Kosgey, | website = {{URL|www.daddyowen.com}} }} Owen Mwatia popularly known as Daddy Owen was born on Friday 1, 1982[1] is a Kenyan contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist and songwriter from Kakamega, Kenya. Owen is the brother to Kenyan Award-winning gospel musician Rufftone. He is a member of the Kenya Assemblies of God Church, Buru Buru, Nairobi and is signed to Beats & Blessings family. Daddy Owen is now married to Farida Wambui (2 April 2016). Some of his most well-known songs are "Mbona" which was co-authored by Denno, "Foundation", "Tobina", "Kazi ya Msalaba", "Saluti", and "System ya Kapungala". He is currently a praise and worship member at the Kenya Assemblies of God, Nairobi. Daddy Owen has Four albums to his name: Saluti, 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 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.[2] He was also named artist of the year at the 2012 Kisima Awards ceremony.[3] He is the founder member of Malaika Awards,a Charitable organization for the disabled Early lifeDaddy Owen was born in Kakamega, Western Kenya in 1982. He is the second born in a family of four brothers, all musicians and a sister. His elder brother Rufftone is a well established gospel musician who Daddy Owen refers to as "my inspiration". He is an alumnus of Eshihiru Secondary school but was not lucky enough to join a tertiary institution due to financial constraints. He thus had to travel to Nairobi where he worked as a matatu tout. The income he earned from this job was to meagre that it could not sustain his needs and that of his family. Daddy Owen has always confessed that he used to be a pick pocket in Downtown Nairobi and thus was until he was attacked by a mob and almost lynched. “It all happened in a split second. All I remember was lying down surrounded by a huge crowd who beat me up mercilessly. One poked my eye using a sharp instrument. Meanwhile, I could hear the rest urging someone to bring a car tyre to burn me alive,”[4] After spending a whole week in an eye hospital in Kikuyu, he decided to turn over a new leaf. He however remains with a scar on his left eye that he conceals with his pair of sunglasses CareerOwen started singing way back when he was still in high school but was not particularly able to hit the limelight because he lacked money to record his songs as he was from a humble background. He however credits his breakthrough to great support both financial, spiritual and emotional from his family, particularly his brother Rufftone and the late gospel artist Kaberere who he has constantly called his mentor. Daddy Owen released his first album,Haijalishi in 2004. PhilanthropyDaddy Owen is the founder of [https://www.facebook.com/malaikaawards/ Malaika Awards] which seeks to honour artistes with disabilities. He also launched the "Macho Macho" campaign (see Fred Hollows Foundation and Macho Macho campaign) aimed at providing medical attention to needy people with eye problems in Kakamega. The Second Chance Campaign launched by Daddy Owen in 2012 gives moral and financial support to cancer victims in all parts of the country and creates cervical cancer awareness, encourages women to seek cervical cancer screening services. Daddy Owen also supports the Phoenix football team in Nairobi. Discography
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvbase.com/music/artists/daddy-owen/ |title=Daddy Owen Biography |work=MTV Base |publisher=MTV Base |accessdate=5 August 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063057/http://www.mtvbase.com/music/artists/daddy-owen/ |archivedate=8 August 2014 |df= }} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1071028/-/i7jfi4z/-/index.html|title=Kenya's Daddy Owen scoops MTV award|work=Daily Nation|publisher=Africa Review|accessdate=28 December 2010}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Daddy+Owen+wins+Kisima+awards/-/1056/1611060/-/w5qjfj/-/index.html |title = Daddy Owen Wins Kisima Awards |work =Daily Nation}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/pulse/article/2000112099/kenyan-celebrities-crime-confessions?pageNo=2|title=Kenyan Celebrity crime confessions |work=The Standard|publisher=Standard Digital|accessdate=5 August 2014}} External links{{Commons}}
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