Being an international sensation is a dream Sofiya Nzau gets to live after her EDM-infused track dubbed ‘Mwaki’ took the world by storm.
Speaking during her appearance for an interview on a local TV show, Sofiya narrated that while she has been singing since childhood, she started writing music professionally in 2020.
At the time, she said she was doing menial jobs -hawking and working as a house help in Thika town.
“I was a house help and a hawker before this. I worked as a hawker in Thika from 2015 to 2020. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I took a house help job before quitting in December 2020 then I started songwriting full-time,” Sofiya disclosed.
Her husband who is also her producer encouraged her to dive into music as a career and pledged to support her but on condition that she will write Kikuyu songs.
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Sofiya Nzau said the idea was so foreign to her however she believed in her prowess and this is how the hit single Mwaki was made.
“My husband said I would sound better if I sang in Kikuyu and since he is my producer, I had to do it. He later introduced me to songwriting. He has cultivated me in this industry and has taught me how to make money with music,” she stated.
Mwaki went from being a TikTok sound to being blasted out by DJs worldwide.
The song gained massive popularity after Brazilian music producer Zerb produced and remixed the song using Nzau’s vocals.
More than anything, Sofiya is ecstatic to see her dreams finally coming together. She said it still feels unreal as it happened so fast.