Daddy Owen
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Daddy Owen(center) with footballers Macdonald Mariga(right) and Victor Wanyama
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Owen Mwatia |
| Also known as | Papa Fololo |
| Born |
January 29, 1982 Kakamega |
| Origin | Kakamega |
| Genres | Gospel Kapungala |
| Occupation(s) | songwriter,gospel singer,graphic designer |
| Years active | 2003–Present |
| Labels | Beats and Blessings |
| Associated acts | Rufftone, Denno, Kambua, Emmy Kosgey, |
| Website | www |
Owen Mwatia popularly known as Daddy Owen was born on Friday 1, 1982 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. He was also named artist of the year at the 2012 Kisima Awards ceremony. He is the founder member of Malaika Awards,a Charitable organization for the disabled
Daddy 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.
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