Jua Cali

Paul Julius Nunda (born 12 September 1979), better known
by his stage name Jua Cali, is a Kenyan hip hop artist. In
2000, together with record producer Clemo, he founded
Calif Records where he has been ever since. Jua Cali
performs in Swahili and Sheng in a popular Kenyan style of
rapping called genge.
Early life
Jua Cali was born in Eastlands, Nairobi. His parents, Doreen
Onditi and Evans Onditi (deceased) were both
schoolteachers.

Awards
Won
 2006 Kisima Music Awards – Boomba MaleKisima Music Awards 2006 Winners 
 2007 Chaguo La Teeniez Awards (CHAT Awards) – Best Male & Celebrity of the YearThe Standard, 20 April 2007: Chat Awards drama
 2007 Kisima Music Awards – Best Male Artist & Boomba Male.Kisima Awards winners 2007 
 2007 Pearl of Africa Music Awards (PAM Awards) – Best Male Artist (Kenya)Museke: Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) awards 2007 winners – Uganda 
 2008 Chaguo La Teeniez Awards – Favourite Male Artiste & Best Live Stage Performance & Best Collabo Song ("Kwaheri" with Sainapei).The Standard, Pulse Magazine, 20 June 2008: "Chaguo La Teeniez" awards

Nominated
 2006 Chaguo La Teeniez Awards – nominated in three categories, but won none of themThe Standard, 5 May 2006: The chosen few
 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards – Best Africa Act
 2007 MOBO AwardsMyNaijaNews, 6 September 2007: Celtel sponsors MOBO’s Best African Star Award category....Tu Face, D’Banj gun for award 
 2008 Tanzania Music Awards – Best East African Song ("Kwaheri")Tanzania Music Awards: Nominees 2008
 2008 MTV Africa Music Awards – Best MaleMtaani.com 5th International Song Contest http://mtaani.com/news/newsdetails/item_2945/juacali-to-rep-the-254-in-the-5th-international-song-contest/ 

References

Category:Kenyan musicians
Category:Rappers
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people