Born Augustine Kavindu, Influx Swagga is one of earliest hip hop artistes in Kenya who started music as BKV, a performing artiste at the age of nine in 1996 and later re-branded to Influx Swagga in 2005, when he recorded his first song "WAZIM". He made his first original composition in 1998 and celebrated to have had 300 minutes of non-stop play on stage in 2008, among being the first African artistes to use the internet to reach his fans. He is credited with coming up open during a time that it was like a crime to do urban music especially hip hop in Kenya and making it an acceptable genre. He was nominated in Germany for the most promising African artiste in 2009 for his first album “Ndani Yangu” which sold over 100,000 copies. He did not grow up in an urban setting like many other rappers but was bought up in Mwingi, a rural town in Kitui County which is fast becoming a talent hub in East Africa. He is of a music blood; His father and grandfather were musicians who rocked their times in with other ancient music genres. Musically, he has a crazy slogan of “Mziki Nafanyia Justice Bila Hata Practice,” which means, “I do justice to music even without practice,” He has the fastest exploding fan base across the world simply because his Music goes beyond the limits of style and the fact that he is multi-talented being an actor, model, and writer having written Enslaved In freedom, Blood Murder and Face To Face.
In 2011 he became the first African artiste to release a successful double album and most probably, he may be last since no other artiste has done it yet. Swagga Flani and Last Episode took the market by storm with their songs rising to the top of Music charts in Fm radio stations in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Uganda. “Kama Ulinipenda” from the “Last Episode” album and “Nikubalie” from the “Swagga Flani” album were big songs in Tanzania. Swagga Flani even included the Instrumental Version of the Kenya national anthem to show his love to his country. Other big songs from the albums were “Kwachua, Last Episode” a song which ruled the Kenyan charts for not less than 18 months after it was released as a single, “Chokoza Reply, Last Episode”, “Hitback, Last Episode”, “Nayo Nayo, Swagga Flani”, and “Mr. President, Swagga Flani”.
Influx Swagga has also published Other Audio Albums like Wazito in 2013 and Short Message in 2015 among several other mix tapes and Working on his 2016 release titled Music Hustler. He will also be releasing his Debut Video Album titled Unganika Music and still working on more Videos.
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