One of Kenya's veteran rappers Chris Kantai is dead.

According to reports, Kantai died today morning at a hospital in Nairobi where he had been admitted. It is still not known what was ailing him.

His most recent work is  the hit  song 'Ting Badi Malo' which he did with Khaligraph Jones in 2016.

Khaligraph Jones took to social media to mourn him.

"Rest in peace Kris Kantai" posted Khaligraph Jones.

Kantai is credited with introducing the likes of STL to the music industry. Some of his popular songs includes 'Huu ni Nani' , 'Kantada', 'Jinga Hii' among others.

Earlier, there were reports on the media that the rapper was battling alcoholism with at time time photos and videos of him caught lying by the roadside intoxicated circulating on social media.