Jimwat

James "Jim" Wathigo Mburu, (born May 21, 1985), better known by his stage names Jimwat (stylized Jimw@t) and Jimwizzy, is a Kenyan genge rapper.

The name Jimw@t is coined from his names, James Wathigo. He was brought up in Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya and went to Musa Gitau Primary School and Kikuyu day secondary School, Thogoto. After his O levels he took a computer course and later studied graphic design. He started rapping while he was in|Class 7]].

While still in Form 4, Jimwat went to Calif Records and recorded his first song, Sema Nami Sweetie (Sheng for talk to me sweetie). It was not released until he completed his O levels. On clearing high school, Jimwat released it and he was shocked to hear it on 98.4 Capital FM a few days after its release. Later, other stations followed suit. The same year, he was featured by Rhaptaz, (a group composed of Gabu of P-Unit) in Paulina which became a club hit and was used in the Close-Up Dance-o-Mania competition. He also did videos for the songs that same year. Later on, he was featured in the song Adila by Pararo and Riziki. He was also featured in Jua Cali’s Kwa Album Yangu (Sheng for In My Album) and Wanakimbia (Kiswahili for They're Running), which are in Juacalisekta, a mini album by Jua Cali. He then went on to pursue a solo career. In the same year, he released his most popular single to date, Under 18, in which he featured Meg C.
Other songs he has worked on are Mpaka Che with Pilipili, Tunakatika (Sheng for We're Dancing) with Wambo-E and Chakula Kinywaji (Kiswahili for Food Drink) with Jua Cali, which was featured in his album Ngeli ya Genge. Jua Cali's single, Sitoi Kitu Kidogo(Kiswahili for I am not bribing), also featuring Jimwat, addresses the issue of corruption in Kenya and was included in the National Anti-Corruption Steering Campaign in 2008.
In 2009, he was involved in a UN peace campaign where he collaborated in a peace song with artists Jua Cali, Mejja, Nyota Ndogo, Mr Lenny among other top artists in Kenya. He also worked on an anti-corruption song, Simama, (Kiswahili for Stand Up) with top Kenya artists. He later released a mellow jam, Fall in Love. His latest release, entitled Fan Wangu (Sheng for My Fan), is a dedication to his loyal fans.
Jimwat is set to release an album entitled Genge Nijenge! (Kiswahili for Build Me Genge!). Jimwat is working with artists such as Das Walanguzi , Jedidah and Pace Kenya among others as he betters his musical career. Jimwat took a hiatus from Music scene but got back as of 2019 he has new Genge #EduTainment Songs. He said the break from Music scene was necessary to work-on-his health & quiting Alcohol Addiction as from interviews he stated, "I have had a long battle with alcoholism but Thank God i quit and managed the hard part, recovery through rehab. It took a lot of effort, a lot of encouragement for me to accomplish this. Through my experience, I figured that a person cannot positively fight alcoholism and drug abuse on themselves, alcoholism is more of a sickness and the affected find getting higher the only option. Basically The Addiction And Recovery journey is a long journey but starts with making the First steps which is admitting you're powerless against the drug/substance you're addicted/hooked to & need help;i use my #AddictionAndRecovery story which has been a tough-journey aiming to help guys who feel they have alcohol or drug abuse related issue. I figured Alcoholism is downplayed but has and is still messing up a lot of our people especially the youth in higher learning institution and the jobless ones, since addiction halts a persons current/future growth. The aim of the initiative is have that social set up that will help us fight of drug abuse, help alcoholists heal through talks, seminars and awareness campaigns all over the country. Together with my team, we believe we can help heal this nation from alcoholism and the greater drug dependancy.

#AddictionAndRecovery ; Launched wit' Theme Song Titled 'SINGE!'(2020)

I have had a long battle with alcoholism and the hard part, recovery through rehab. It took a lot of effort, a lot of encouragement for me to accomplish this. Through my experience, I figured that a person cannot positively fight alcoholism and drug abuse on themselves, alcoholism is more of a sickness and the affected find getting higher the only option. Basically The Addiction And Recovery journey is a long journey but starts with making the First steps which is admitting you're powerless against the drug/substance you're addicted/hooked to & need help; Most addicts are usually in denial about the deteriorating effects of the drug on them be it physically or mentally. So i consider it a major-step to starting Recovery accepting you have a drug-dependancy problem that on your own has been quite hard to rid-off because what started as a 'fun'-habit has progressed negatively to the 'habit becoming a disease'. It's considered a disease because the victim has tried to quit but several factors like Peer-pressure, as a means to 'relieve stress' which might seem to be the 'drug induced effect' temporarily but has long-term negative effects on the victim..;not just deteriorating health but also negative character flaws which may lead one to crime sourcingquick-funds to buy their drug-of-choice. There's also a bad effect on what starts as a 'cool' fun thing maybe 'to blend-in' with your peers e.g. habits that seem harmless like smoking may lead to trying harder-drugs like 'bhang' after the body get's used to the 'ordinary cigarette-high' it needs a 'higher-high' after cigarette let's say 'direct tobacco' via ways e.g. sniffing & this is medically-termed as 'one drug being a Step-Up drug' to a harder-drug & this is a simple case of 'bad-to-worse' & if treated in good-time might not have permanent damage on the person thus.., back tosuch old wise-saying's; Prevention is better than Cure, au vile kiMtaa si huambia mamBogi;

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...but to younger persons like teenagers who haven't yet experimented

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As a team which we started with my 'fan-turned friend&co-founder #JimwatSoloFoundationU.S-Sgt.Solomon Omboto who used to advice me against alcohol-dependency, i use my #AddictionAndRecovery story which has been a tough-journey aiming to help guys who feel they have alcohol or drug abuse related issue. I figured Alcoholism is downplayed but has and is still messing up a lot of our people especially the youth in higher learning institution and the jobless ones, since addiction halts a persons current/future growth. The aim of the initiative is have that social set up that will help us fight of drug abuse, help alcoholists heal through talks, seminars and awareness campaigns all over the country. Together with my team, we believe we can help heal this nation from alcoholism and the greater drug dependancy. Be sure to follow the conversation through our hashtags

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"Bila kuDiscrimin@te wale wameTa$te" #AmuaChangePunguzaGauge

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