Fena Gitu Biography: Husband, Real Name, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Songs, Albums, Kids

Biography

Fena Gitu, born Trufena Wanjiru Gitu on April 25, 1991, in Buru Buru Estate, Nairobi, Kenya, is a Kenyan rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and fashion entrepreneur widely celebrated as the “Fenamenal Woman” of East African music.

She attended Precious Blood Secondary School in Riruta and later studied International Relations and Psychology at United States International University. Despite early ambitions to become an astronaut, music ultimately led her down a different path.

She first gained public attention in 2008 after winning the Fete de la Musique competition at Alliance Francaise in Nairobi, then began her professional journey as a backing vocalist for Dela in 2009 before launching her solo career in 2010.

Known for the genre-blending sound she describes as “Urban Soul”, Fena weaves together neo-soul, afro-soul, reggae, hip-hop, and afro-house into a signature style she calls the “Fenamenal sound.” She has released two albums, Fenamenon and Unleashed, collaborated with artists including Sauti Sol, Kagwe Mungai, Wangechi, and Mejja, and appeared on Coke Studio Africa Season 2.

In 2017, she won Best Female Artist at the Groove Awards and launched the Fena Gitu Foundation. She is also a co-creator of the FenamenalxDenri leather bag collection and a brand ambassador for Smirnoff. Her dedicated fanbase proudly identifies as “Fenatics.”

Kenyan rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and fashion entrepreneur
Fena Gitu
Wiki Facts & About Data
Real Name:	Trufena Wanjiru Gitu
Stage Name:	Fena Gitu
Born:	25 April 1991 (age 34 years old)
Place of Birth:	Buru Buru Estate, Nairobi, Kenya
Nationality:	Kenyan
Education:	Precious Blood Secondary School, United States International University
Height:	163 cm
Parents:	Florence Gitu
Siblings:	Maggie Gitu
Spouse:	Not Married
Girlfriend • Boyfriend • Partner:	Michelle Ntalami (rum.), Edith Kimani (rum.)
Children:	N/A
Occupation:	Rapper • Singer • Songwriter • Producer • Fashion Entrepreneur
Net Worth:	$5 million (USD)

Early Life & Education

Fena Gitu was born Trufena Wanjiru Gitu on April 25, 1991, in Buru Buru Estate, Nairobi, Kenya. She is 34 years old. Her zodiac sign is Taurus. She holds Kenyan nationality and is of Kikuyu ethnicity. She is a Christian.

Fena was raised in a household steeped in musical culture, which played a decisive role in shaping the artist she would become. Her mother, Florence Gitu, raised her alongside her siblings in the Eastlands neighborhood of Nairobi. The name of her father and his involvement in her upbringing have not been publicly disclosed, and she is believed to have been raised primarily by her mother.

Fena has a sister, Maggie Gitu, who is a renowned marriage, family, and sex therapist and a columnist with Saturday Standard. Fena has kept most other details of her family life closely guarded, offering fans only occasional glimpses through social media during special occasions.

Growing up, Fena harbored an unexpected childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. Despite that ambition, music was always present in her world, and her passion for it developed at a very early age, nurtured by the largely musical environment within her home. Before long, it became clear that the stage, not space, was where she truly belonged.

For her secondary education, Fena Gitu attended Precious Blood Secondary School in Riruta, Nairobi. During a television appearance on Betty Kyalo’s Upclose show, she revealed that she sat her KCSE examinations and scored an A-minus, a result she was proud of but admitted fell short of her personal target of a straight A.

She notably scored full marks in Mathematics. After completing secondary school, she enrolled at United States International University in Nairobi, where she pursued a degree in International Relations and Psychology, a combination that reflects both her intellectual curiosity and her deep interest in human connection, themes that would later surface powerfully in her music.

Career

Fena Gitu’s journey into music began not in a recording studio but in a church. Before she was known across East Africa as the “Fenamenal Woman,” she cut her teeth as a gospel singer, laying the foundation for vocal discipline and performance that would later underpin everything she created.

Her first significant public recognition came in 2008, when she entered and won the Fête de la Musique singing competition at the Alliance Française in Nairobi, an annual celebration of music that draws some of the city’s most gifted emerging talent. That victory announced her arrival and opened doors she was ready to walk through.

Rather than rush into solo work, Fena took a measured path. In 2009, she joined Dela as a backing vocalist, gaining firsthand experience in live performance and professional studio work. She also served in a similar capacity within Muthoni Drummer Queen’s team during that period, further sharpening her craft behind the microphone. By 2010, she felt ready to step out on her own, launching a solo career in a competitive, evolving, and hungry Kenyan music industry.

Her debut studio album, Fenamenon, arrived in 2014. The project established her sound firmly: a genre-bending fusion she calls “Urban Soul,” weaving together neo-soul, afro-soul, afro-house, hip-hop, and reggae into a signature style that resisted easy categorisation.

The album gave her dedicated listeners something to build on, and her live energy, backed by The Dynamiques, an eight-piece band, quickly earned her a reputation as one of the most electrifying performers in the Kenyan scene. She appeared on Coke Studio Africa Season 2, alongside some of the continent’s most respected artists, significantly expanding her regional profile.

The year 2017 proved to be a turning point. Fena released “Doing Her Thing Tho,” a declaration of independence and self-possession that resonated deeply with a generation of young African women navigating identity, ambition, and societal expectations. The song became an anthem and the most defining moment of her career up to that point.

The same year, she performed at the Afro-Punk Celebration in New York City, marking her first major international stage appearance, and she took home the Best Female Artist prize at the Groove Awards in Kenya. She also launched the Fena Gitu Foundation, demonstrating a commitment to using her platform for social good beyond music.

Her second studio album, Unleashed, followed in 2019, adding to a catalogue that had grown to over 30 songs by then. The project continued her tradition of blending introspection with high-energy delivery, earning her a nomination for East African Female Musician of the Year at the AFRIMMA awards that same year. Off the stage, Fena was equally active.

She was featured in the “Boom Queens” takeover on Boomplay to mark International Women’s Day in 2019, and she has contributed to songwriting for major African acts, including Tiwa Savage and Sauti Sol, signalling her standing as a trusted creative voice well beyond her own discography.

In 2020, when her then-producer, Jaaz Odongo, was publicly accused of sexual assault, Fena did not remain silent. She cut ties with him immediately and released a public statement confirming her decision, stating plainly that she could not continue working alongside anyone facing such allegations. The move was widely commended and reinforced her reputation as an artist with both artistic integrity and moral conviction.

Her third studio album, Fenamenal, arrived in 2021, followed by the FenamenalxDenri leather travel bag collection in collaboration with Denri Africa, an extension of the lifestyle and fashion entrepreneurship she had been building alongside her music under the umbrella of her company, Fenamenal Entertainment. In 2022, she was featured as a performer at the International Women’s Day Concert at the Kenya Conservatoire of Music, where she performed with a full orchestra, showcasing a musical range well beyond her usual live setting.

The year 2023 brought her fourth studio album, LAL, short for Love Art Lust, a 13-track collection described as a meditation on love and life as a young, urban African woman in the post-pandemic world. The project received a strong critical and commercial reception. That same year, she was named one of Meta’s eight “rising African stars” to mark Africa Day, and she performed at the celebrations marking Kenya’s 60th Jamhuri Day, a significant national platform.

In 2024, she was appointed as the Spotify EQUAL Africa ambassador for the month of February, a program dedicated to promoting female voices across the African music industry. She also performed at the prestigious Blankets and Wine festival at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, sharing the bill with Wurld and Eric Wainaina.

By 2025, Fena Gitu’s reach had extended to the global awards conversation. Her tracks “Pretty Girl” and “Repeat” were submitted for Grammy consideration ahead of the 2026 ceremony, with “Pretty Girl” receiving consideration in both the Best Melodic Rap Performance and Song of the Year categories, and “Repeat” also under consideration for Best Melodic Rap Performance.

For a Kenyan independent artist to have her name on the Recording Academy’s consideration list represented a historic milestone, and Fena acknowledged it publicly with characteristic humility, writing that seeing her “little name on a very, very big list” was the fulfilment of a promise she had made to herself as a child.

Throughout her career, Fena Gitu has collaborated with a wide array of artists, including Sauti Sol, Khaligraph Jones, Kagwe Mungai, Nadia Mukami, Wangechi, Bensoul, Trio Mio, Mejja, Okello Max, Xenia Manasseh, Mayonde, and Muthoni Drummer Queen, among others.

She has performed at major African festivals and venues, including Blankets and Wine, the Koroga Festival, the Nyege Nyege Festival, and the Safaricom Twaweza Live concert series, sharing stages with international acts such as Rick Ross, Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Ice Prince, and South Africa’s Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP). Her concert series, Fena Unplugged, has offered fans a more intimate setting in which to experience her artistry stripped down to its most essential elements.

Social Media

• Instagram: Fena Gitu (@fenamenal)
• Wikipedia: Fena Gitu
• YouTube: Fena Gitu
• Facebook: Fena Gitu (@Fenamenal)
• Twitter: Fena G (@Fena_menal) / X
• TikTok: Fena Gitu (@fena_menal)

Personal Life

Fena Gitu was born on April 25, 1991, and is 34 years old. She celebrates her birthday every year on April 25.

Fena Gitu has never been married. She has no publicly confirmed husband or spouse, and there is no record of her ever being engaged.

Fena Gitu has no publicly known children. She has not confirmed being a parent at any point in her life or career, and no credible reports have suggested otherwise. This information remains unconfirmed and will be updated should anything change.

Fena Gitu’s official height has not been publicly disclosed or confirmed by the artist herself. Based on visual estimates from her appearances in music videos, on stage, and in public, she appears to be of average height, estimated by observers at approximately 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm). This figure has not been verified by Fena directly, and her precise height, weight, and body measurements remain undisclosed as of 2026.

Over the years, a section of the Kenyan media and public have questioned whether Fena Gitu is gay, a conversation she has consistently refused to engage with on public terms. When pressed on the matter in interviews, she has stated plainly that her sexuality is nobody’s business and that she is focused entirely on her music. In one widely quoted response, she said: “I’m just single and out here, but I’m focusing on my work. As for my sexuality, it’s no one’s business.”

In 2023, Kenyan tabloids and entertainment blogs circulated speculation that Fena was in a romantic relationship with Michelle Ntalami, the CEO and founder of the natural haircare brand Marini Naturals. Both women publicly denied the claims, and no evidence was ever produced to substantiate the reports. Separately, Fena has also been rumoured to have had a connection with Kenyan television personality Edith Kimani, a former news anchor. That rumour equally remains unconfirmed by either party.

Net Worth

Fena Gitu has an estimated net worth of $5 million (roughly KSh 645 million). This wealth has been accumulated over more than a decade and a half of sustained work across multiple revenue streams, including music sales and streaming, live performances and concert tours, brand endorsements, and her fashion and lifestyle business ventures under Fenamenal Entertainment.

She has served as a brand ambassador for Smirnoff vodka and has secured several high-profile corporate performance deals over the years, all of which have contributed meaningfully to her earnings. Her FenamenalxDenri leather travel bag collection, released in collaboration with Denri Africa in 2021, further reflects her deliberate expansion beyond music into entrepreneurship.

Fena has not publicly addressed her net worth in specific terms, and the figure above represents the most widely cited estimate based on available industry assessments.

Discography

Albums

• Fenamenon (2014)
• Unleashed (2019)
• Love Art Lust (2023)

EPs

• Fenergy (2025) (with djprodluigi)

Singles

• Far Away Love (2013)
• Steam
• African King
• Dutch (ft. Kagwe Mungai & Toshi)
• Fenamenal Woman
• Siri
• Trouble
• Doing Her Thing Tho (2017)
• Africa Massive
• Brikicho
• Kaende (2019)
• Tesa (ft. Khaligraph Jones) (2020)
• Real Ones (ft. Breeder LW)
• Sema Ng’we (ft. Gabu)
• Power (P. Power) (ft. Maandy & Vallerie Muthoni)
• The Gitu Girls Christmas Special (2021)
• Living Legends (ft. Xenia Manasseh) (2022)
• Rise Up (ft. Dufla Diligon) (2022)
• Love Is (2023)
• Pogna Matin (ft. Okello Max) (2023)
• Regular
• Let Me Go
• Sina Bae
• Spirit
• Guns and Roses (Yeye)
• Ankulapo
• Discombobulate (ft. Brandy Maina) (2024)
• Keki (ft. Bensoul) (2024)
• Mali Safi (2024)
• Hizi Floods (ft. Zzero Sufuri) (2024)
• Pressure (ft. Trio Mio) (2024)
• Mambo Ya Taon (ft. Odi Wa Muranga & Harry Craze) (2024)
• Love Is (Acoustic) (2024)
• Let Me Go (Acoustic) (2024)
• Pretty Girl (2025)
• Mr. Polisi (2025)
• Come My Way (2025)
• Girl Toto (2025)
• Get Down (ft. Mr. Tee & Boutross) (2025)

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