Wikipedia Draft:Tallia Oyando

Tallia Atieno Oyando is a Kenyan singer, songwriter, TV and radio host.

Early life
Oyando was born on February 26, 1984 in Nairobi, Kenya. She was born into a musical family. Her father, Maurice Oyando, is a music producer and had his NextLevel Studio in the family home. In the studio, he worked with the likes of Mighty King Kong, Eric Wainaina, Mercy Myra, Kidum, Jomenes, and RKay just to name a few. Giving his daughter the chance to rub shoulders with some of the big names in the Kenyan music industry at the time.

Career
Born to Musical family. She released her first single at 13 titled "Key To Success". At the age of 17, Oyando, together with friends Alma Tuju and Yma Tuju, formed a music group called Talma. Their debut album Jambo Rafiki was released in 2001 they won an Emmy Award in the same year for the single "Say Yes For The Children".

At 18 she took up a three-month radio internship at Nation Media Group. After the expiration of her internship period, she kept going back to work until she was appointed as the host of a radio show titled Top 10 Till 10.

She also worked on Easy FM (now Nation FM) as a radio DJ. She also had a stint as the host of Showbiz on NTV and was the host of the MTV VJ search.

At Homeboyz Radio she hosted shows "The Juice" and Uptown Nights since 2013.In October 2016, she has began hosting the "One Love" show on Citizen TV at 10pm on Saturdays.

In April 2020, Tallia left Homeboyz Radio. And continues to run her syndicated Radio show on Robbo Ranks Radio.

Personal life
Tallia married film and television director Ezekiel Onyango in a traditional ceremony in 2010. The couple has a son, Lyric Onyango, born in October, 2012.

She is also a big fan of reggae music and most of the shows she has hosted on TV and radio are reggae shows. In 2018, she took a trip to Jamaica where she got to spend time with some of the top reggae artistes in the world. To her fans, she is known as The Night Nurse, a sobriquet from a Gregory Isaacs song of a similar name.

Oyando is a fitness enthusiast who regularly posts photos of herself in the gym in her social media pages.

In an interview on Ebru TV in 2017, Oyando revealed that she had been a victim of bullying while in high school. This made her change schools three times without telling her parents why.

Studio Album
Jambo Rafiki

Singles
Never Easy

Hamunitishi ft. E-Sir

RASTA ft. Rizzla (Raindrops riddim)

Sweet Banana ft. Nyambane

What's Love (Camp Fire riddim)

Mimi Na Wewe ft. Prezzo

Ghetto Dreams Ft. GC

Kula Kwa Macho ft. AY