Hardstone (real name Mbaruku Harrison Ngunjiri Maina, born August 17, 1977) is a Kenyan musician.
[1] He is a pioneer urban style artist in Kenya and topped the Kenyan music scene for a while in the late 1990s.
[2] He emerged in 1997 with popular hit "Uhiki" and an album named Nuting but de Stone, produced by Tedd Josiah of Sync Sound Studios and released internationally by German-based Kelele Records.
[2] The song "Uhiki (Pinye's remix)" was also on African Groove compilation released by Putumayo World Music in 2003.
Featuring the music of Hardstone, the Godfather of Kenyan Hip Hop, with producers include Edward "Eddie Hands" Rollins, and Paul "Arkitekt" Himmel.