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Jua Cali (Paul Nunda-real name) was born September 12, 1979 is a Genge artist from Kenya. His onstage name "Jua Cali", is derived from "California" estate in Nairobi (as is the name of Calif Records). It also resembles Jua Kali, a Swahili term meaning informal sector.He together with Clemo founded Calif Records in 2000 and has been with the label ever since. He raps mostly in Swahili.
His first recorded track "Ruka" was released in 2001 followed by "Nipe Asali" in 2002. He collaborated with Pilipili in track "Kamata Dame" in the year 2004. His album "Juacali Sekta" arrived on stores in 2006 and mostly contained previously released singles.
What He is Worth
- Jua Cali won the Boomba male award for his song "Kiasi" at the 2006 Kisima Music Awards.
- He was also nominated in three categories at the 2006 Chaguo La Teeniez awards (CHAT Awards), but he did not win any omf them.
- He won two prizes: Best Male and Celebrity categories at the 2007 CHAT Awards.
- Jua Cali won two categories: best male artist and boomba male at the 2007 Kisima Music Awards.
- He was among 100 most influential Kenyans as selected by The Standard newspaper In August 2007.
- He has toured the US and other countries.
- He was internationally nominated for the MOBO Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards In 2007.
- His single "Kwaheri" featuring Sanaipei was a major hit in Kenya that year .
- At the 2008 CHAT Awards, he was nominated for three categories, and won them all:
- Favourite Male Artiste
- Best Live Stage Performance
- Best Collabo Song "Kwaheri".
- At the new year's eve 2008/2009 he released a new album "Ngeli ya Genge".
