Mark Joshua Ouma, better known as Teardrops,[1] is a Kenyan spoken word artist based in Nairobi.

Mark Joshua Ouma was born in the Makongeni, Nairobi, Kenya, and grew up in Kisulisuli in Nakuru.

His first album was co-launched at a sold-out event on 12 October 2014[3] at the Alliance Franchise, Unchained Voices,[4] with Mufasa, another Kenyan spoken word poet.

His second album, Teardrops:Shengspear (Memoirs of a wordsmith), was released on 29 April 2017 at the same venue to also a sold-out event.

In 2016, he was handpicked by the Churchill Show to perform his poetry for 22 episodes, and the contract was also extended in 2017–2018 season and he airs each Sunday on NTV.