It was a hard knock life for Mejja growing up in Majengo slums in Nyeri. In a candid interview, Mejja spoke about his desolate lifestyle as a young man in Nyeri.
“IN PRIMARY SCHOOL, WE HAD A GOOD LIFE AS MY GRANDMOTHER WAS WELL OFF. SOON AFTER SHE DIED IT WAS MADE KNOWN TO US THAT MY MOTHER WAS NOT HER BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER. SO THE FAMILY WAS AGAINST MY MOTHER INHERITING ANY PROPERTY. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, MY MOTHER WAS HAVING CONSTANT HEADACHES AND WE DIDN’T KNOW SHE HAD A TUMOUR AS WE HAD NO MONEY TO VISIT A SPECIALIST,” HE NARRATED.
To make ends meet and have some cash in his pocket, Mejja revealed that he did all and any job he could get, including some that were not too legal.
Mejja narrated how he was discovered by Calif Record’s founder, Clement Rapudo a.k.a
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“I THEN CAME TO NAIROBI TO PERFORM AT UHURU GARDENS AND THAT’S WHEN CLEMMO NOTICED ME. HE TOOK MY NUMBER AND SAID HE WANTED TO RECORD THE SONG I HAD JUST PERFORMED (JANA KULIENDAJE). AFTER SIX MONTHS, CLEMMO CALLED ME AND WELCOMED ME TO HIS HOME. CLEMMO IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CONNECTED ME TO MY DREAMS.”