From Gospel to Secular!The untold story of Timmy T Dat

Popular Kenyan singer and songwriter Timothy Owor popularly known as Timmy T Dat is one of the fastest growing artiste in Kenya.

However very little is known about him , apart from dropped out of a seminary to venture into music.

Timmy onces revealed how he failed journey to becoming a priest an interview with a local daily. The ‘We’ll Be Ok’ rapper reveals that his late father wanted him to be a priest.

He sad he was raised in a staunch catholic family. He explains that his late father made him attend all the three masses in church because he wanted him to be a priest in future.

“As a young boy he would make sure I attended all the three masses at our church and take notes on how they were conducted. I served as an altar boy for as long as I can remember but my passion wasn’t in it. Still, I believe that if my dad was here with me today, he would still be proud of the man I have become,” said Timmy Tdat.

The rapper was enrolled into a seminary but dropped out and he became a tout. Timmy also sold mitumba clothes before he ventured into music.

During the start of his music career, Timmy started as a gospel artiste under a group known as Saatisa.

This was 2010, am the guy with the brown Marvin. 
back then when @timmytdat was a Gospel artist in group called #saatisa, 
My rap name was 
#Kisirani we used to be in a group called #maharamia TOGETHER WITH my brothers 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 This was 2010, am the guy with the brown Marvin. back then when @timmytdat was a Gospel artist in group called #saatisa, My rap name was #Kisirani we used to be in a group called #maharamia TOGETHER WITH my brothers @gcho_pevu_poet aka #KICHANA @jush_woud_awino AKA #kitunguDaOnion #munir aka Hazzo @nyatiti_guy thanks for believing in us when nobody else did. This was #KochFestival2010 Let no one ever tell you that you can never make it, if you find yourself telling yourself that you can't make it kindly slap yourself for yourself sake. No dream is too small neither too Big. Dream on King and Queens Dreeeeeam Thanks to @primuskov for taking this picture
 
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Since an early age, the singer had a dream of becoming a musician, performing at beauty pageants in Ruaraka and Huruma slums.

“Timmy was always ahead of himself. During his time at the first recording studio, he always felt that his career needs to move forward,” stated Josh Ochieng, Timmy’s brother.

At one point, he sold a fridge his sister had gifted him to finance the second music video.

“I gave the shylocks the fridge, my DVD and TV. Niiliamini hiyo ngoma ndio itanitoa hiyoghetto, lakini wapi, sasa keja ikabaki tu hivyo.”

Timmy’s rise started around 2012 after he was introduced to Naiboi (then called Rapdamu) by his cousin.

“When he got into the industry, there were well-established artistes, one of them being Kenrazy. Yeye akiingia, alikuwa nobody,” his brother revealed.  

At around 2014, his breakthrough finally came after releasing Welle Welle featuring Naiboi and as they say, the rest is history.

Timmy, who also doubles as a radio presenter is currently one of the most popular artistes in Kenya, commanding a huge fan base among the youth.