Nabalayo is a Nairobi, Kenya-based music maker, illustrator, and East African Griot. Her music is composed in the Changanya genre that she pioneered. A trained scholar in African music, Nabalayo is a participant in the Wengi collective; in Currents, an Ableton user group; and Black Bandcamp Nairobi. Her self-produced debut album Changanya, which shares its name with the genre, was released on October 31, 2020.