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Khaligraph Jones: An Award-winning Hip Hop Millionaire

Brian Ouko Omollo, popularly known by his stage name Khaligraph Jones, is a Kenyan rapper known for his hit single “Mazishi” and “Yego“. He devolves his music in the genres of Hip Hop; Kenyan Hip Hop and Hip Hop Ohangla under Blue Ink label.

Early Life

Khaligraph Jones, as he is preferably called, was born on June 12, 1990 and raised in Kayole, a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya.

In honour of the late Kenyan politician Dr. Robert Ouko, who was assassinated on 13 February 1990, Khaligraph Jones was named after him by his mom.

Musical Career

While in elementary school, Khaligraph started his musical career but officially began his career in 2008 at the function, “Words and Pictures“.

He won Channel O Music Video Awards Emcees Africa in 2009, a highly visible competition that catapulted him to international acclaim in a very short time.

Musical Collaboration

In 2021, Khaligraph partnered with Odibets, a sports betting company under their Odimtaani initiative to launch the Odinare rap challenge. This led to the collaboration of Jones with Kenyan rapper Chepkosgei that was executive produced by Riverstarz Music Entertainment.

Discography

  • How it go iyeee
  • Dedication
  • Embesha
  • Fly
  • Songea
  • Natesa
  • Open Doors Refix
  • I am King ft DJ Dela Creme
  • Yego
  • King Khali
  • Chizi
  • Mazishi
  • Naked
  • Toa Tint
  • Gaza
  • So Gone
  • Micasa Sukasa

Net Worth

He has a net worth of an estimated 6.1 million dollars.

Awards and Accolades

Khalif Jones has won many awards including awards from awarding occasions including AFRIMA and many other awarding events.

Musical Feuds

On November 10, 2015, musician Juliana posted on his social media page of fellow hip hop heavyweights Khaligraph, Octopizzo, King Kaka. He captioned, The only one with more bars than the three combined is me. It later led to the recording of a diss song by Khaligraph.

written by Ruth Ama Onumah

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