STL Seeks To Have Kenyan Artists Signed To EMI Norway.

Stella Wa Mwangi is one of those artists that blows many artists out of the water. I can’t think of an artist from Kenya that has the kinda clout and influence she wields.

So this comes as a surprise. From the 4th to the 15th of April, STL will be back in Kenya shooting a documentary with Nowegian Tv Channel NRK. It aims to showcase STL’s artistic side/influence in East Africa. Basically,  STL and her team will be visiting different production houses in East Africa and interacting with various artists.

She aims to to show the scandinavian market how East African artists work together in studio and on video shoot locations. Stella seeks to get her lable EMI Norway, to open up opportunities to upcoming East African artists in 2013. Expect to see her on a couple of Television shows in the coming weeks.

According to her Wikipedia page, Stella Nyambura Mwangi (also known for stage name STL) was born in September 1st 1986. Her music intersperses her homeland Kenya’s memories and the issues she has undergone both here and in Norway. One thorny issue she has spoken about was discrimination in Norway. Her music featured in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, Save the Last Dance 2, and in CSI: NY and Scrubs.

She has won several awards for example Kisima Awards, Clops Awards and Jeermaan Awards. She also won Melodi Grand Prix 2011 in Norway. She started ‘tinkering’ with music when she was just eight years old, and is an accomplished pianist.

She curtain-raised for Trey Songs, did you read that? Read that here, and see the picture she took with him below.