Jescar Karimi is a gospel singer born and raised in Embu.
Her genre is Worship music and she fellowships at Deliverance Church – Kimende, where she also serves as a Praise and Worship leader.
Jescar’s passion for music began while in high school, that is Moi Girls’ High School, Eldoret and she got to nurture it all the way to Moi University where she sang in the University Choir.
She recorded her first single while back in 2014 through the guidance of music producer Wycliffe who first saw that musical light in her and helped her light it.
Jescar Karimi’s first music video titled ‘Ni Maombi’ was released in 2016.
This was followed by the second one dubbed ‘Mali Bila Daftari’, which was released in 2017, the song got considerable airplay both on radio and TV.
It went ahead to win her an award in that year’s edition of KEGMA Awards, this opened for her a lot of doors that gave her an opportunity to start interacting with top gospel musicians in Kenya who gave her more insights on how to improve on her music ministry then take it to greater heights.
She later released ‘Kwaria Nawe’ and ‘Tena Na Tena’ in 2018, Ni Jehovah in 2019, and finally ‘Umenipenda’ in 2020.
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Jescar feels blessed and privileged to be able to serve humanity both as a musician and as a physiotherapist because she gets to do more than what her medical career entails; she gets to share God’s Word and her musical gift with her clients whenever possible.
She is also an inspirational writer and columnist; she regularly writes for employer – the referral hospital she works for, in their magazine which highlights the various activities being undertaken to provide better healthcare to Kenyans.
Jescar Karimi has in the past worked with Biblica Kenya in issuing out Bibles to children with terminal illnesses and also with the same organization, at the start of the Covid -19 pandemic, she got to share a devotional that was aimed at encouraging people in these tough times.
Quote about her music ministry – “My Music life story will be one of God qualifying the “unqualified” and I am excited about what lies ahead, as the Lord enables me to see the unfolding of the next chapters of my life.”
