Nyashinski’s tribe is a Kisii and his real name is Nyamari Ongegu.He is married and his wife is Zia Jepkemei Bett.
Nyamari Ongegu, who goes by the stage name Nyashinski, was born on 8 April 1984. He attended Nairobi School. On 10 April 2019, Nyashinski whose full birth name was Inyatta Nyamari Ongegu, through a gazette notice announced legally abandoning the use of his first name, Inyatta, instead opted to use Nyamari Ongegu only as his official full name.
Nyashinski lived in Kenya until 2006, when he and his family relocated to Delaware US, where he worked as a truck driver for 10 years until his return to Kenya in 2016 to continue his music career.
In 2019, Nyashinski tied the knot,marrying his longtime girlfriend, designer Zia Jepkemei Bett.Nyashinski and Zia welcomed their first child in 2020.
Nyashinski’s music career started as a member of Kleptomaniax when he was still a high school student at Nairobi School, where he met Roba (Robert Manyasa) and Collo (Collins Majale) who formed the music trio Kleptomaniax back in 1999. Although the members were still high school students, they released their debut track, Freak It in 2002 under Ogopa DJs music label, followed by Maniax Anthem and Haree which were major hits. Tuendelee and Swing released in 2004 were the most popular songs by the trio earning them dozens of awards and nominations. The trio, took a hiatus in 2009 to pursue solo careers.
Nyashinski took a 10-year break from music right after Kleptomaniax hiatus. He made a comeback in 2016 with a hit song Now you Know. featuring Athman His 2017 song Malaika scooped a Mdundo Award for Most Downloaded Male Single in 2017.
In his career Nyanshinski has managed to scoop various awards which include:
2016-Pulse Music Video Awards
2022-Himself Best Legendary artiste
He was also nominated for various awards which include:
Best African Act both in 2017 and 2018 at MTV Africa Music Awards
Best male artist in Eastern Africa in 2022 at All Africa Music Awards
