Meet Kenyan rapper with the hot verse on M.I’s ‘Black Bill Gates’

Hip-hop lovers in Nigeria are currently still reeling in ‘damn, that ish was dope’, feelings gotten from the verse by a certain 'unknown' rapper on M.I’s song ‘Black Bill Gates’.

The new song is off the buzzing undefined mixtape from the Chocolate City head honcho, and it is one of the stand out tracks. Featuring a sample of Beyonce’s ‘Formation’, the track had a fire verse from a man named Khaligraph Jones. Turns out not many have a clue about the rapper, with conflicting reports naming him in various tracks and features.

At Pulse Music, we have done our digging and provide you with all you need to know about Khaligraph Jones.

Khaligraph Jones ( real name Brian Robert Ouko) born Brian Ouko Robert, 12 June 1990 is a Kenyan Hip hop artiste. Jones started in the Kenyan entertainment scene in 2009 after he won the Kenyan Edition of the Channel O Emcee Africa competitions at the age of 19.

Background

Khaligraph who was influenced by his elder brother to take up the art started doing music seriously in 2007 and has grown to establish himself as a force to reckon with in the music industry having released his first track in 2004 at the age of 13. He grew to be a bilingual emcee who specialized in battling and freestyling.

The talented rapper who fell in love with music at a very young age is known for his lyrical prowess that has endeared him to many Hip hop lovers in the country. While still young, the hardships he encountered in Nairobi’s Eastland’s made him fall in love with Hip hop music because that’s where he could express himself comfortably. Khaligraph who can rap comfortably in both English and Swahili is one of the few rappers in the country who has mastered the art of the game. Something most people may not know is that he has had his try at the gospel music industry.

Music career

Jones who is also known to many as Baba Yao won the Channel O Emcee Africa competition at the age of 19. Since then he has worked with the Kenyan music A-listers including Xtatic, Stella Mwangi,Rabbit, Kristoff, Abbas Kubaff, Chiwawa, Christine Apondi, The Mith of Klear Kut, Kaytrixx, Dj Creme Dela Creme, and Ulopa Ngoma.

Khaligraph Jones is currently signed to Spincycle Entertainment .The rapper who has recorded over 400 songs since he started doing music and has worked with are Rabbit, Stl, Xtatic, Kristoff Abbas,Chiwawa, Christine Apondi, The Mith of Klear Kut, Ulopa Ngoma, Kaytrixx and Many more.

Awards

Khaligraph Jones bagged in 2009 the Channel O Emcee Africa Champion, in 2014 was named Kenyan Music Ambassador, he is also the Face Of Kenyan HipHop