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"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within"
These words by Elizabeth Kibler Rose, 1979 US Congress member, ring loudly for Michelle.
 Michelle, famed for the 2005 hit song Roho Safi, a redo of Bamboo’s hit Compe, recently turned a new leaf from the mucky life of the secular music limelight. To her the glamour and splendor of being a star coupled with the partying, alcohol and drugs was a veil that shielded many from her emptiness and hopelessness.
In April 2006 she accepted Christ into her life after listening to an inspirational radio broadcast on Hope FM. This turnover came after months of soul searching and depression. At this time she admits that she only wanted to be alone, and she neither went out with her friends nor enjoyed worldly things.
She sought out self righteousness which offered her no solace. She then discovered that only Jesus could offer her true righteousness.
After the truth was revealed to her, Michelle’s life was altered and this inclined her musical destiny to Gospel music. Her first hip-hop Gospel track Pump Yo Fists produced at Kijiji Records by David “Blackman” Muthami was released in November.
Michelle was born in 1980 in Nairobi together with her three sisters and one brother. Her parents brought them up in a Christian home but she stopped going to church after joining high school.
The hip-hop artist went to State House Primary before proceeding to State House Girls High school where her love for music blossomed. Together with two fellow students, she formed the rap group Fourth Connexion, and they use to entertain fellow students during high school events.
In 1999, Michelle took a serious plunge into music when she teamed up with Cheex and Baby G to from Black Imani, one of the pioneer groups of local rap. The group went on to record the songs Masaa and Ule Ule at Sync Sound Studios before their musical dreams and album both fell through.
Michelle’s spirits of musical pursuits were not dampened, she moved on to an underground Studio, Sound Scribes owned by Edu formerly of Sync Sounds. However due to the clashing time schedules between her and the producer, Michelle sort the services of Southwest Records in 2003 and together with Karsha released the collabo Sirudi Tena. It is here that Michelle was based until her recent transformation.
During the first Hip Hope event, Michelle met with A-star whom she knew from her days as a secular artist. Back then A-Star was a producer at a Loresho studio. He urged her to consider recording her music with Kijiji Records and as they say, the rest is history.
Michelle started to work with Kijiji’s producer Blackman, and now she has a number of Gospel singles to her name, Pump Yo Fist, Don’t Rush and Focus.
Apart from music, Michelle, who admits to loving traveling and cooking, is an English Teacher at the Japanese school Kumon. She also holds a diploma in Business administration from Makini College. Her other loves include poetry and trying out new things.
This raising star of Gospel points out:
“There is so much I can do and so much I can say but by the end of the day, my actions will speak for me. Still I try my level best to walk in a line”
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at Friday, 07 November 2008 13:59
hi mitchelle,i trully admire ur work and what God is doing keep representing JC.baraka
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