Otile Brown is a contemporary urban songwriter, actor, musician, and guitarist.
The singer opted for the nickname “Otile” an acronym for his real name and “Brown” a pseudonym, which is an obvious choice due to his skin complexion. Otile Brown’s biography also shows that he is a businessman with shoe and clothing stores as well as a record label.
Basic Information
Stage Name: | Otile Brown |
Real Name: | Jacob Obunga |
Occupation: | Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur |
Date Of Birth/Age: | 21 March 1994 (28 Years Old) |
Place of Birth: | Kisumu, Kenya |
Gender: | Male |
Nationality: | Kenyan |
Marital Status: | Single |
Education: | Unknown |
Early Life
Otile was born on 21st March 1994 in Kisumu, Kenya. He is a Luo from Nyanza. However, he grew up in Mombasa hence his eloquence in the Swahili language. For a long time, many of his fans believed he was from the coast.
Otile has four known siblings – three brothers and one sister. Unfortunately, his parents are deceased .and brought up in Mombasa, Kenya.
Education
Otile attended a nearby school for his primary education. He later joined secondry school. His grades and whether he furthered his education remains unknown.
Otile Musical Career
Otile musical journey began when he met with Jalang’o after arriving in Nairobi and gave him his CD. Jalang’o sponsored Otile Brown’s first song after linking him up with Music Producer cum video Director Dr. Eddie who owns Dreamland music.
Before he moved to Nairobi in 2013 , his intensions were to look for Mzazi Willy M Tuva at Radio Citizen and give him the CD. However, talking with Jalango, he decided to work with Dr. Eddie.
However, in 2017, Otile Brown left Dreamland Music Entertainment on grounds of contract breach on the part of Dr Eddie. Dr Eddie ought to have paid his rent, buy him a car, given him Ksh 10,000 monthly allowance, and produce and promote his songs, none of which he did as per Otile Brown.
In result, Dr.Eddie barred him from performing all the songs he had helped him produce while at Dreamland Music Entertainment.
Later on, the two Otille Brown and Dr. Eddie settled their difference and they are back to working together again. In 2021 Dr. Eddie was spotted shooting one of Otile Brown’s music Video.
In 2019, Otile launched his own Record Label dubbed “Just in Love Music” with singer Jovial as his first signee. However, the songstres did not last long at the stable as she exited in June the same year.
In September 2020, Otile signed singer Lexsil to his Just In Love Music” but he ditched the label in February 2021, barely 6 months of being signed.
Family
He has no family of his own for now.
Otile’s Relationships
Otile Brown dated Socialite Vera Sidika until 2018 when their relationship ended following a lot of drama.
Vera Sidika alleged that Otile Brown borrowed him money and had poor bedroom skills. Otile however said that Vera did something that put him off completely and led to constant arguments and fights hence their breakup.
Otile Brown’s current lady is said to be the Ethiopian beauty Nabayet. The two had broken up briefly due to long distance, but Otile Brown had apologized and begged her to come back to him, he even bought her a pricey Mercedes.
The songwriter also released a song titled Nabayet after reports emerged that he had intentions to dump her like his first girlfriend. In the song, he assures her of his love despite his dark past with women.
Otile’s Cars
Some of the vehicles in his garage are the Mercedes BMW 7 series and Mercedes E250. He gifted himself with the BMW 7 series ride after completing his latest album, Just in Love.
He attributed the change to the need of being different as he felt that many people now drive the Mercedez brand.
Also, his generosity puzzled many when he gifted Jovial, a female musician, a brand new car in 2019.
Awards
In 2022 he was awarded a Golden Plaque by youtube for having 1Million subscribers.
In 2019 he was niominated for HiPipo Music Awards, East Africa Song of The Year
In 2018, he was nominated for Pulse Music Awards, Baby Love “Male Video of the Year”
Songs
Some of his soongs includes
- Jeraha
- Dusuma
- Hi
- Crush
- Regina
- Woman
- Mapenzi Hisia
- Celebration
- Run up
- Kolo Kolo
Otile’s Net Worth
His exact net worth is unknown, so fans have been speculating that he’s one of the millionaire figures in Kenyan music and he’s justly respected for his contributions to the culture.
Otile’s Social Media Accounts
Otile Brown’s Instagram: @OtileBrown
Latest Song
Otile Brown x Barakah The Prince – Umenipendea Nini (Official Video)
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