Pilipili
Male, Person
1980 –
Who is Pilipili?
Peter Gatonye, known better for his stage name Pilipili is a musician/singer from Kenya. At the beginning of his career, he collaborated with another musician, Gun B. Their best known song was "Nampenda". He has also sang a song with Ratatat. The song was called Morale.
He is an award winner in Kisima and of Chaguo La Teeniez held in East Africa. Pilipili's debut album "Fungua Mlango" was released in late 2005 produced by Clemo through Calif Records in Nairobi. During the same year they both became artist of the year and producer of the year respectively. He is a respected songwriter especially in Swahili language. He has worked with great music producers like Tedd Josiah, Chris Adwar, Ogopa DJ's among others.
His former partner Gun B, died on October 20, 2007 due to illness. Gun B was the son of famous benga musician Daniel Owino Misiani.
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