Catherine Wangui Wambui (born June 1998), popularly known by her polynym Wambui Katee, is a Kenyan singer-songwriter, recording and performing artist.
As a singer, she is popularly known for her cover songs Suh Different, Kainama, Toast and The One among many others.
Biography and Career
Early life
Wambui Katee was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya to Annie Njoroge, a singer and songwriter. She is a first born in a family of three.
In her tender ages, her mother introduced her to music evident through her backup vocals in her mother’s songs and has also featured in some videos.
Education
Kate attended Kerugoya Good Shepherd Primary and later Kerugoya Girls Secondary School where she cleared high school in 2016. It is in this early education life that here love for art and music was discovered and natured.
Immediately after high school, she joined Kenyatta University undertaking diploma in business communication while at the same time undertaking an accounting class “CPA” at KCA. However, she did not get to complete the courses due to the love she had for music and the entertainment industry in general.
Career
Due to passion in becoming a model, she joined Aftermath Modelling Agency where she featured in several modelling shows such as aftermath media opening show and Shiroyalty designs; showcasing modelling show.
She also had a drive in acting and in 2017, she auditioned in several shows and secured a chance in several agencies where she acted set books. Her golden act is when she featured as an extra for Google ad for South Africa.
After quitting school, Wambui Katee took a short Barista Course at Rockbern Academy and became a professional Barista with skills in making high quality coffee from farm to the cup. Being a talented and professional barista, she secured a job at Que Pasa Restaurant Karen.
Music Breakthrough
During her free time while working as a Barista, she started recording particularly song covers. Her breakthrough came when she released Patoranking’s Suh Different (November, 2018) which currently has more than 1.2M views. She became the talk of the town, then the nation and currently she is ranked as the best female cover musician in the entire East Africa. Due to the exhibited talent and love from the fans, she was crowned the title “Queen of Covers.”
Following this breakthrough, she released other hit covers such as kainama originally done by Harmonize, Burna Boy and Diamond Platnumz, Koffe’s Toast,
Early in 2019, she decided to record original songs and through immense support from Mzazi Willy Tuva she released the first single “Mahabuba,” the song did very well and there was nothing but love from her fans. She currently has three original songs Mahabuba, You and Vixen.
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