{{Short description|Kenyan rapper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Abbas Kubaff | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Andrew Kabiru Karuku | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|01|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kariobangi, Kenya | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = {{flatlist| * Kenyan hip hop * hip hop }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Rapper * singer * songwriter }} | years_active = 1995–present<!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * K-South * Mercy Myra * Bamboo }} | website = {{URL|http://www.abbaskubaff.com/}} | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Andrew Kabiru Karuku''' (born 8 January 1978), popularly known as '''Abbas Kubaff''', is a Kenyan hip hop artist who was raised in the Kariobangi South, Nairobi. As a member of the rap group K-South, and later as a solo artist, Abbas has shaped and pioneered rap music in East Africa from the in 1995. K-South was a trio formed by Abbas, his brother KC and neighborhood friend Bamboo. The group split in 2005 after KC went missing and Bamboo move to the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sde.co.ke/m/article/3662/abbas-and-bamboo-retracing-the-k-south-duo|title=Abbas and Bamboo, Retracing K-South duo|accessdate=7 February 2016|website=Pulse}}</ref> As a solo artist Abbas is famous for hit songs such as "Chapaa" and "Tokelezea". He won a Chaguo La Teeniez Awards award in 2008 and a Golden Mic award in 2011. In 2006, Kubaff released his debut album ''Angabanga''. He has toured extensively in Europe and has performed in Nairobi as the opening act for Coolio, Lost Boyz, Maxi Priest and Akon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2011/06/28/modeselektor-and-more-work-with-nairobi-musicians-on-blnrb/|title=Artists across Berlin, Germany and Nairobi, Kenya have collaborated in the compilation titled BLNRB|accessdate=7 February 2016|website=Fact Mag|date=28 June 2011 }}</ref> In 2014 he released his fourth studio album known as ''Ghettoholic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sde.co.ke/m/article/2000138177/abbass-kubaff-still-strong-against-new-age-rappers|title=This man Abbas Kubaff|accessdate=7 February 2016|website=Pulse}}</ref>
== Discography == *''Nairobbery'' (As K-South) (2001) *''Nairobizm'' (As K-South) (2003) *''Angabanga'' (2006) *''Welcome To The Madhouse'' (As part of collaborative project BLNRB) (2009) *''Mister Abbas'' (2010) *''Ghettoholic'' (2014)
==Personal life== Abbas is twice divorced. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://kiss100.co.ke/kenyan-rapper-abbas-kubaff-welcomes-baby-girl/|title=Kenyan rapper Abbas Kubaff welcomes baby girl|accessdate=7 February 2016|website=Kiss 100}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Kenyan rappers
==References== {{reflist}}
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