Renowned Gege artist Major Nameye Khadija popularly known as Mejja, has disclosed that his wealth is under his mother’s name.
In an interview with Radio Maisha, the Siskii hitmaker said he puts his mother as the next of kin as he has no other person that he trusts more than his mother.
While he is dating, he revealed he cannot put his girlfriend as next of kin as he is not sure of the relationship, adding that a mother is the only person you cannot part ways with.
“For now, I’ll have my mother as the next of kin until I get the right person to fill her shoes. You can’t just get someone and entrust them with your wealth,’’
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“It’s good to know someone first; time will tell the kind of person that you’re dealing with. It’s good to do your due diligence first before trusting anyone,” Mejja said.
His revelation came a few weeks after PSG player Achraf Hakimi benefitted from using the trick of putting all his wealth under his mother’s name.
His ex-wife Hiba Abouk had filed a divorce and requested more than half of Hakimi’s property and money only to find he owned nothing.
Mejja’s Past Life
In a past interview, Mejja revealed that he had faced a lot of challenges with his mother, who raised him and his two siblings singlehandedly after his father left.
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“As a child, I didn’t understand the sacrifices she made for us. Sometimes, I would find her crying in the house, and she’d act like nothing was wrong. When I grew up and had my family, I realized she went through a lot to raise three boys,’’
“After coming to Nairobi, people would always comment about the name, saying it’s a woman’s, so I started insisting mtoto wa Khadija. She’s my inspiration,” he said.
He added that his family had a good life until the demise of his well-off grandmother. Mejja said his mother was denied a share of his grandmother’s property after it emerged she was not her biological daughter.
The crisis at home pushed Mejja’s elder brother into doing drugs, with Mejja opting to start earning a living by doing odd jobs, some of them illegal.
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“I did many odd jobs, including selling groundnuts. Touched by my plight, an empathetic man gave me a job cleaning his hotel in exchange for lunch. My interest in music started after watching my elder brother rapping,’’
“I started imitating his flow and realized that my peers liked it and the girls were smitten. I started writing music- at the time, I had a job selling mugoka at night,” said Mejja.
His life changed in a minute in what he terms a ‘miracle.’ According to him, he had just left the mosque after prayers when he met a friend who informed him that Celtel (now Airtel) truck was in town and they were looking for artists.
“I went, performed, and came in second. I then came to Nairobi to perform at Uhuru Gardens, and that’s when Clemmo noticed me. He took my number and said he wanted to record the song I had just performed (Jana Kuliendaje).’’
“After six months, Clemmo called me and welcomed me to his home. Clemmo is one of the people who connected me to my dreams.” He added.
