Mercy Myra the Iron Lady in Kenyan Music Industry

Mercy Myra can sing, dance and entertain and that’s why she developed from a mere dancer to sing and produce her own albums.

Though much is still in store for her, she sees the sky as the limit.

Mercy Myra is a R&B musician from Kenya.

Biography

In 1996, she joined the Calabash Band but left it the next year to join the R&B group Destinee and in 1997 she joined a band called Black Ice.

She turned solo and released her first single "Sitaki" (featuring K-South) in the end of 1998, produced by Samawati Studios.

She has performed in various concerts abroad, including the 2004 Zanzibar International Film Festival,and Festival Mundial in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 2002 and 2003.

Mercy Myra was part of the Divas of The Nile supergroup, that featured four Kenyan female musicians.

The others were Suzzana Owiyo, Achieng Abura and Princess Jully. The group performed at the Festival Mundial in 2007.

She moved to the United States in 2005, and consequently faded out of limelight.

In 2009 she won the Best Female Artiste category at the Msanii Awards, honouring US-based Kenyan musicians.

Her boyfriend Malimo Chahonyo Andega is a Kenyan hip hop musician using the stage name Attitude.

Discography

Albums:

• Taba Samu (2001)

• Nyisri Malong'o (2003)

Awards

• 2003 Kisima Music Awards - R&B Artist of the Year.

• 2004 Kisima Music Awards - Female Artist of the Year