6 Facts You Should Know About Fallen Nyatiti Maestro Ayub Ogada

Kenyans are mourning the death of legendary Nyatiti maestro Ayub Ogada better known as Job Seda.

Here are some little known facts you should know about Ayub Ogada

1. He died aged 63 years old.
2. Koth Biro -loosely translated in luo as Rain Is Coming- was one of his top music. At one point, Koth Biro was sang at Rio 2016 Olympics as Kenya’s athletics legend Kipchoge Keino received the Olympic Laurel award.
3. In one of the top Hollywood popular movies, he was also a cast, he was used in ‘The Constant Gardener’ and NBC’s ‘The Philanthropist’
4. Top alcoholic brand Guinness also used him during their advertising campaign across Africa
5. He was also featured in Motion Pictures’ ‘Out of Africa’ and ‘The Kitchen Toto’
6. Ayub Ogada and his fellow James Mbarack Achieng were credited by American top rapper Kanye West where he noted that his track Yikes from Ye album borrowed lyrics and composition partly from one of their tracks