Career
He later recorded the track with producer Tedd Josiah and it went on to be hot on the charts for weeks. This was the turning point in his musical career. He went on to sign with the Ogopa Deejays label in 2001 and collaborated with artists such as the late East-Sir on "Boomba Train," and Amani on the regional hit "Ninanoki" in 2002 which broke Kenyan chart records by remaining nearly four months at number one.
He has gone on to tour across the East African region and in the United States.A and United Kingdom In 2004, he released his debut album On Fire.
In 2004, Mathenge married Ogopa Deejays label mate Wahu Kagwi. They have two daughters, Tumiso who was born in 2006, and Nyakio born in 2013.
He is also an architect and graduated from the University of Nairobi. South African popular group Jamali"s wildly popular song "Maisha" was the subject so much controversy with allegations that Jamali had stolen the song from Nameless.
The dispute was settled when Jamali released their Civil Defense/Digital Video Disc of Yours Fatally and credited Nameless as one of the writers of "Maisha".
Nameless has been featured in a song with the Kansoul, " moto wa kuotea mbali" which has received favourable reviews. In August 2007, he appeared on the list of 100 most influential Kenyans as selected by The Standard newspaper.
