Marya was exposed as a prostitute by blogger Edgar Obare in 2021, however that was not the whole story that Kenyans were told at the time.
Marya was one of the most successful female musician in Kenya in her heydays when she was signed to Ogopa DJs – the most successful music label at the time.
She dominated the airwaves with hit songs like ‘Hey Baby’ with her ex boyfriend Colonel Mustapha, ‘Chokoza’ with Avril among other songs.
Marya signed a five year contract with Ogopa DJs, she was in her early 20s when her music career took off.
Ogopa managed Marya’s music career at all levels, recording and producing her songs and also managed her career – organizing gigs for her.
Marya was orphaned when her deal with Ogopa DJs expired. Speaking during an interview with YouTuber Eve Mungai, she said that the record label refused to renew her contract.
She explained that Ogopa was managing so many artists at the time and were hesitant to renew contracts with some musicians.
All over sudden Marya had no management, she couldn’t secure gigs to earn herself money and she found it difficult to record new songs as she didn’t have the money – she was not saving when her career was at its peak.
Marya struggled to record songs but she didn’t succeed in making any hit song. She got broke and couldn’t even afford to record a song.
“Nilichukua break kidogo…I’ll not lie, it’s not easy…when I approach studios, trying to do audios … sina hiyo budget but watu wanajua huyu ni Marya so they charge me very expensive. Niliona I can’t match to that,” Marya said during an interview with Mungai Eve.
Marya relocated to Dubai with her lover Kevin and got a job there. She however returned to Kenya after her relationship hit rock bottom but she had become a mother.
With no job and a son to take care of, Marya became desperate and got in bad company, she associated with prostitutes and that’s when Obare got a scoop about her lifestyle.
The blogger reported that Marya was working as a prostitute at a city brothel though she disputes this saying that is not the whole truth entirely.
“Everything I did I did it for the sake of my son, maybe people will never understand it but kuna level unafika you want your child to be happy. Nikajipata nimeassociate with a bad group of women na hivyo ndo jina ya Marya ikaendanga tu hivyo. So am struggling to come back pole pole tu,” Marya stated.
Watch the full interview below:
