Life Gave This Musician Lemons, He Made Lemonade!
Siso Calif’s musical journey began in primary school where he was a bit skeptical about his chances of making it in the music industry. His first real shot in music manifested itself in secondary school on 10th April 2006 when he saw an advert in the local dailies about a promotion that was on going at Calif Records studios. His parents were somehow against this new direction he was about to take but that was to change in the future.
On 5th May 2006, his after much pleading and cajoling his parents finally accompanied him to Calif Records where he recorded his first single under the stage name “k-spex”. His confidence took a beating when the song flopped in the musical charts and worse still his parents backed off the music project terming it a waste of time and resources. This quickly became a trying time for him since he was now unable to raise money for recordings and video shoots. Stress was to multiple since he was still in high school and the national examinations were in the horizon.
Not to give up easily he embarked on a journey from Machakos to Nairobi on a mission to find Calif Records CEO Clement Rapudo a.k.a Clemo who was quite hard to get to. The first day ended without him meeting Clemo armed with only KES200 in his pocket with nowhere to sleep and no relatives to seek help from. He had to turn the roof of the four storey Calif Records building into a lodging. After numerous disappointments he only got to meet Clemo on the 5th day who after listening to his plight offered him a place to stay and free recording at his studio.
He then underwent rigorous mentorship under Clemo where he was taught how to write music, rap and even taught a thing or two about acting. In 2008 he was officially signed to Calif Records as a recording artiste and released his first official single “Wacha Stress” in 2010 which received massive airplay and put him in the limelight. On 5th May 2011 he released his second single “Majuu Kaguu” which was another hit getting him recognition from corporates such as Safaricom, Red Cross and Royal Media Services. This eventually transpired in him performing at the Kenyans 4 Kenya Concert that was aimed at raising funds for starving Kenyans in the North Eastern Province at the time.
Currently Siso is riding high with his latest release “Ngwee” which you can listen to below. Also you can have a look at his amazing music lyrics here
