Octopizzo is a prolific Kenyan rapper and activist whose music frequently addresses issues of poverty, tribal wars, and urban struggle. Rising out of the slums of Nairobi in the late 2000s, he found success with his 2008 mixtape S.O.N. (Strugglers of Nairobi) and continued to establish himself over subsequent releases in a variety of formats including albums like 2016's ambitious Refugeenius and 2018's Next Year.
Born and raised in the massive Nairobi slums of Kibera, Henry Ohanga was shaped by his urban surroundings and the influence of American hip-hop forebears like Jay-Z,...