Khaligraph Jones
Hip Hop · Rap
Khaligraph Jones is Brian Ouko Omollo, a Kenyan rapper born on 12 June 1990 and raised in Kayole, Nairobi. He is known as "the OG" and…
Biography
Khaligraph Jones is Brian Ouko Omollo, a Kenyan rapper born on 12 June 1990 and raised in Kayole, Nairobi. He is known as “the OG” and is one of the most combative voices in East African hip-hop.
He started performing in 2008 and won Channel O’s Emcee Africa competition in 2009. “Mazishi” and “Yego” made him a household name, and his debut album Testimony 1990 came out in June 2018. AFRIMMA named him Best Rap Act that year and Best Hip Hop Artist in 2020, and the Soundcity MVP Awards gave him Best Hip Hop in 2020.
In 2020 he was nominated for Best International Flow at the BET Hip Hop Awards. He runs his own label, Blue Ink, and his yearly Khali Cartel cyphers showcase new Kenyan rappers. Recent releases include Invisible Currency (2022) and The Book of Jones 1st Chapter (2025).
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