TRIVAD-KWANI IKO NINI!!

BIO:

Trivad, real names Teddy Peter, is a Kenyan based song writer, artist, perfomer and music minister who started singing in the year 2005 as part of a group of four young talented boys who met in the slums of Korogocho in Nairobi. The group, known as The Gimps, went on to record a demo track under the mentorship of a famed gospel dj (Dj Nevz of Spinrej Deejays) who saw them perform using old school hip-hop beats and was blown away by this young group from the ghetto. The track was recorded at JCS records.

The track however, was never released as the group found it extremely hard to have their music played on mainstream media as it was of low quality (they didn’t know that at the time) and they didn’t have any cash incentives to give to the media to play their music, as it was common practice, and thus were frustrated and this brought about divisions in the group and it later broke up.

Trivad decided to venture into other arts and in 2007/2008 after clearing high school he worked as an actor at The Kenya National Theatre where he did travelling theatre for setbooks,worked with Heartstrings Kenya under famed comedian Daniel ‘Churchill’ Ndambuki and even had a short stint on TV on the show Wash and Set.

He later went on to a neighbouring country Uganda for his A’ level education and it was in 2009 when his passion for music was re-ignited after watching a friend and former neighbour who used to encourage him,Eko Dydda,release his debut single Niko na Reason which went on to become a major gospel hit across Kenya. He prayed and started writing music and after clearing his A ‘levels in 2010 he came back home and didn’t know where to really start until in 2011 when he met well known producer Mr.Gittx of Rhyme X Studios who produced his first major song titled I AM ME.

The song went on to open many doors for him and the year saw him perform it in numerous churches,schools and events with the biggest being the biggest and best live event concert on Kenyan soil, The Safaricom Kenya Live Concert in Nairobi alongside the biggest names on the Kenyan music scene including the Best Male Artist Eko Dydda who was so impressed with his work that they immediately started working together.

Trivad started working on his album since then and is now working with Saint P, Cedo, Eyearno, Jacky B and Max who are all established producers in their own right whilst ministering in various places.

He is guided by and sings about 3 things which constitute his stage name;

TRI-Trinity (The Holy Trinity)

V- Vision (A vision for himself and his generation)

AD-And Discipline (The character needed to achieve this vision)

Trivad is inspired by God, life and the pain that he sees people go through everyday just to survive. He speaks to this issues and has been instrumental in bringing change to the best of his ability since he identifies with the same having been brought up by a single mother in three of Nairobi’s most notorious slums Mathare,Huruma and Kariobangi.He is a member of The Kenya Youth Climate Network,(K.Y.C.N), which advocates for climate change issues and was part of a peace campaign dubbed The Linda Amani Peace Initiative which saw him travel to The Coast and Lower Eastern Provinces to preach peace just before the 2013 General Elections in Kenya.He is the only East African musician with an alter ego as part of his image,which is him wearing a mask symbolically to signify obscurity,darkness and sin which is later removed by salvation. His greatest achievement however still remains helping others meet Jesus and overcome sin just as he did. He is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science at Kenyatta University and wants to establish his own video and audio production company cum record label and most of all be instrumental in helping the arts industry in Kenya get global recognition in terms of quality, competition and finance.