Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Potato (Edwin Nyaruka)

Edwin Nyaruka popularly known as Potato is one of the pioneering Reggae/Zimdancehall Artists in Zimbabwe with a music career spanning close to two decades. He had a signature aggressive chanting style that always fired up any crowd, when added to Andy Brown’s music it added a different exciting dimension to his music.

Here are the top five thing you didn’t know about the Superstar below!

1. Potato’s real name is Edwin Nyaruka .

2. Potato became a name to reckon with in music circles after a number of hits with prominent artists such as Andy Brown, Innocent Utsiwegota and Sister Flame.

3. The artist started as an underground artiste in Mbare around 1991 before being roped in by Andy Brown on timeless hits such as “Mapurisa” and “Zindoga”

4. He released a number of singles such as “kwatabva kure” on the “Afrimune First Street Riddim”.

5. Potato was involved in some acting after having partnered with Kabhasikoro on a movie called “Road to Fatanity” which tried to portray how satanism had made inroads into society.