This guy has proven to Kenyan local artists that music can be bread and sold in the Kenyan market whichever the odds that have been set over.
He barely understands nor speaks better Swahili but most of his songs are well punctuated with English and Swahili words.
Sometimes people easily exchange words with him without noticing that he doesn’t understand Swahili well.
Here are some interesting facts about the Israelite.
- He’s so popular, in fact, he’s known throughout the country simply as Gilad, a la Madonna or Prince
- He is the former deputy head of
Gilad Millo with theater director Catherine Enane and dancer Tony Toselito Tosedo during the shooting of the music video for his song Sema Milele mission at the Israeli Embassy in Kenya.
- Millo made his musical debut in April with the song “Unajua” — “Do You Know” in Kiswahili.
- In his 20s, he was a member of a Jerusalem rock band, White Donkey. Millo was planning to become a professional musician rather than follow in the footsteps of his late father, Yehuda Millo, who served as a diplomat for 37 years.
- After working as a journalist, he became a diplomat in 2003. Millo served in Nairobi and Los Angeles before leaving Israel’s Foreign Ministry in 2008 and settling in Nairobi permanently.
- Millo was forced back to full time job as a journalist due to his demanding responsibility and care from his newly born baby and unemployed wife.
- He may be big in Kenya now, but Millo says he’s not making money from his music — yet. Still, whatever income his musical career may generate, he hopes to donate.
- He produced lately ‘Sema Nami ’ which is his best labelled wedding song
- His first footprint in Kenya was in 1996. He returned in 2002 as the Israeli government spokesman following the Kikambala terror attacks on Israeli tourists. In 2003, he was back as deputy ambassador of Israel to Kenya.
- While he has no plans of leaving his day job, at the same time Millo is working on a third single with a Kenyan artist, 22-year-old HK Gachago.
