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Also known as Stella Nyambura Mwangi

Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper and songwriter

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Stella Mwangi is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, songwriter, rapper, and model. Born in Nairobi in 1986, she holds citizenship in both Kenya and Norway. Her musical career began in 2007, and she performs in the genres of pop, afrobeat, dance, electro house, and hip hop. She plays the piano and sings as a contralto.

Mwangi speaks English and Norwegian. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Her work is associated with tags including Norwegian, Hip-Hop, and female vocalists.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Kenya
Active from
1986
afrobeatdanceelectro househip hoppopsoul

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
36,911
Total plays
309,702

Tags

norwegianHip-HopNorwayEurovisionfemale vocalists

Stella Nyambura Mwangi (also known as Stella and STL) is a Norwegian hip-hop artist on MTG records. She was born in Nairobi, Kenya, but moved to Norway as a 4-year old. In 2006, she released an EP with some famous Kenyan guest artists, and became the best female newcomer in Kenya. Her songs is used on many TV series and movies like “American Pie”, “Save the Last Dance 2”, “CSI New York” and “Ghost Whisperer”. In 2011, Mwangi participated <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Stella+Mwangi">Read

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Key facts

Also known as
Stella, STL
Born
Stella Nyambura Mwangi , ( 1986-09-01 ) 1 September 1986 (age 39) , Nairobi , Kenya
Origin
Eidsvoll , Norway
Genres
Pop , hip hop , dance , trap , electro house
Occupations
Singer songwriter rapper
Years active
2007 - present
Labels
MTG Mwangi Big City EMI Ubiloud
Website
stellamwangi .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Stella
Gender
female
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Nairobi
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
Norwegian
Instrument
voice
Official website
stellamwangi.com
Image
Stella Mwangi at Handelsstevnet 2011 (6115427853).jpg
Voice type
contralto
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Commons category
Stella Mwangi
date of birth
1986-09-01
pseudonym
Stella Mwangi
start of work period
2007-00-00
social media followers
91550
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Encyclopedic overview

Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986) is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper, and songwriter. Her work has been used in films such as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Save the Last Dance 2, and also in TV-series such as CSI: NY, Scrubs and Survival of The Thickest. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with the song "Haba Haba".

Early and personal life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stella Mwangi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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