Meet the 22 Year Old Artiste who did a 2.5 Million Video (PHOTOS)

 

He may be young be he’s got big things poppin’. Barely a week ago he, alongside Jimmy Gait, released a video said to cost somewhere in the region of 2.5 million. For the better part of last week, the video became the talk of town as it elicited mixed reactions.

However, all the racket aside, Papa Dennis (real name Dennis Mwangi) reveals that he was actually handed a heftier budget but couldn’t exhaust it. Sponsored by Maliza Umaskini and Make It or Make It, he was given a $42,400 budget but couldn’t expend all it so it was carried over to his next project.

An orphan, Papa Dennis comes from Matunda in Likuyani District (former Lugari District). However, that didn’t deter him from achieving his goals in life. After his KCPE he couldn’t continue with school due to lack of fees so he opted to do menial work to fend for his family.

It’s during Maliza Umaskini Soccer Tournment that he was discovered after staged one of the best performances other than Ero Mutu’s. Maliza Umaskini CEO, Sadat Muhindi, took both of them under his wings alongside eight others.

Together with Ero Mutu they did 3 tracks together and after that they decided to pursue their solo careers.

Papa Dennis released his first single, Ameshinda Vita, in 2011 then the second came in 2012 and now Makekes with Jimmy Gait.

He’s currently assembling his band as well as putting up a recording studio expected to be ready by April so that he can do his music in-house. He also has more than 3 international videos coming up this year.

If this one cost 2.5mili then maybe, just maybe, we should expect bigger things from him in the not-so-far future.

Here’s his video with Jimmy Gait;

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