Mercy Myra is a R&B musician from Kenya.She joined the Calabash Band in 1996 but left it the next year to join the R&B group Destinee and in 1997 she joined a band called Black Ice. She turned solo and released her first single “Sitaki” (featuring K-South) in the end of 1998, produced by Samawati Studios.
Career
She has performed in various concerts abroad, including the 2004 Zanzibar International Film Festival, and Festival Mundial in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 2002 and 2003.
Mercy Myra was part of the Divas of The Nile supergroup, that featured four Kenyan female musicians. The others were Suzzana Owiyo, Achieng Abura and Princess Jully. The group performed at the Festival Mundial in 2007.
She moved to the United States in 2005, and consequently faded out of limelight.In 2009 she won the Best Female Artiste category at the Msanii Awards, honouring US-based Kenyan musicians.
Albums:
Taba Samu (2001)
Nyisri Malong’o (2003)
Singles:
Afrikan Tango (2012)
Back Home (2014)
Mercy Myra
Awards
2003 Kisima Music Awards – R&B Artist of the Year
2004 Kisima Music Awards – Female Artist of the Year
Nominated:
2003 Kora Awards – Best East African Artist
Family, Husband and Children
She was married to fellow singer Malimo Anega aka Attitude,in Kenya before moving to the US and they had a daughter together named Taylin.They later got divoced after 10 years but Mercy won the custody of her daughter.
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