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Beenie Gunter
Baguma Crescent, popularly known as Beenie Gunter, is a Ugandan reggae dancehall artist, commonly known for his hit songs ''Pon Mi'' and ''Olina Work'', the latter, a collaboration with Nigerian artist Skales. He released his 25 track debut studio album ''No Fear'' in 2019 that featured artists like Skales and Lydia Jazmine. Career Gunter recorded his debut single ''No Offence'' with Producer Emon of South Side Studios released under Jahlovd Label in 2013. He later worked with Ugandan video director Sasha Vybz under his Savvy Music label until 2015, when he joined another record label called Stain. He recorded ''Lose Control'' under Stain record label and later that year left Stain to start his new record label, Guntalk City Movement. Beenie Gunter followed the success of the ''No Offence'' with another single ''Tubayo'' which he recorded while in Mbarara City for a show. Gunter released single after single such as ''Seekle Down'', ''Commando'', ''Pon Mi'' featuring Dj Slickstua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyenjojo
Kyenjojo is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kyenjojo District and the site of the district headquarters. Location Kyenjojo is at the intersection of two major highways. The Kyenjojo–Kabwoya Road makes a T-junction with the Mubende–Fort Portal Road in the middle of town. The town is approximately , by road, east of Fort Portal, the largest city in the Toro sub-region. This is approximately , by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are 0°36'36.0"N, 30°38'39.0"E (Latitude:0.6100; Longitude:30.6442). Population In 2002, the national census estimated the population of the town at 15,040. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 20,100. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 20,900. On 27 August 2014, the national population census put the population at 23,467. In 2015, the town's population was projected at 23,700. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beenie Man
Anthony Moses Davis (born 22 August 1973), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Jamaican Dancehall deejay. Biography Davis was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in 1973.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p. 24 He was involved in the music industry from a young age, started toasting at the age of five, and was encouraged by his uncle Sydney Knowles, who played drums for Jimmy Cliff.Roper, Rasheen (2005"One-On-One with Beenie Man – Pursue whatever you desire", ''Jamaica Observer'', 18 January 2005 He won the Tastee Talent contest in 1981,Jackson, Kevin (2003"25 years of top class music from Beenie Man" ''Jamaica Observer'', 22 August 2003 and Radio DJ Barry G introduced him to local sound system operators, who helped to establish the popularity of the young deejay, who became known as Beenie Man. He recorded his debut single, "Too Fancy", with recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kyenjojo District
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Dancehall Singers
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21st-century Ugandan Male Singers
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Pallaso
Pius Mayanja known by his stage name Pallaso is a Ugandan recording artist, songwriter, producer and videographer. He sings in Luganda, mixes with English and sometimes Kiswahili. His music genre specialty is Afrobeats, Hip hop, Dancehall, Afropop, and RnB. His musical journey started back in 2000 when he started out at Leone Island, a musical group owned by his older brother, Dr. Jose Chameleone. He later moved to the US, where he lived for 10 years, before returning to Uganda in 2014. Upon his return, he set out to establish his now very celebrated musical career, and formed the group, "Team Good Music" which seems to be working well in the Uganda Music Industry. Early life Pallaso was born on 5 September 1987 at Mulago Hospital to Mr. Gerald Mayanja and Ms. Prossy Mayanja. He is one of seven children born to the couple. The family spent most of their early years in Kawempe, a Kampala suburb. Pallaso comes from a musical family with three of his brothers ( Chameleon, Weasel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mith
''Mayanja Thomas'' also known as THE MITH, is a Ugandan Hip-hop artist, Songwriter, Podcaster and Entrepreneur known for his powerful lyricism and always pushing his love for Uganda. THE MITH broke onto the scene with easily the greatest Ugandan Hip-hop group KLEAR KUT, and he's managed to carve out an equally impressive solo career. THE MITH is been considered as 1 of the most influential Hip-hop artists out of Uganda not only because of his music, but also through his I'M SO UG t-shirt line and his work with his THE SO UG PODCAST. With 3 critically acclaimed albums (The Week Of September, Destination Africa and The Ugandan) and 3 lyrically potent mixtapes under his belt (September Reign Vol I, The Feature Mixtape and Road2DestinationAfrica), there's clearly more on the way from Uganda's #1 lyricist. Music "THE MITH" started his music career in 1999 with KLEAR KUT. The group of five comprising ''Navio'', ''Papito'', ''Abba Lang'', ''JB'', and "THE MITH", had the first Ugandan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pass
Alexander Bagonza, better known by his stage name A Pass (and formerly APassKiller), is a Ugandan musician and songwriter. He was born in Uganda on 21 December 1989. A Pass states that his stage name comes from Alexander his last name and Pass from his picky nickname Percy. Early life The second born of seven siblings attended Kampala Kindergarten for his nursery school, Nakasero Primary School for his primary, Mary Land and St Lawrence, Cream land for secondary school. Performing career A Pass started music as any normal church goer he developed his talent more at school, he later went to studio in 2003 for his first studio session but he didn't record the song he only managed to get an instrumental, A Pass later on returned to studio after a few years when he met a friend called eddy who encouraged him to sing more professionally... A Pass formed a strong musical relationship with Dave Dash who by then was known as A Dash and the two did a couple of songs together. In 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio And Weasel
Radio & Weasel is a Ugandan dynamic Duo under Goodlyfe Crew a Ugandan music group with lead performers being singers Moses Radio (born Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo) and easel Manizo(born Douglas Mayanja). Moses Radio provided smooth RnB vocals while Weasel's contribution is a fusion of reggae, ragga and dancehall vibes. Because of their prominence, Moses Radio and Weasel have formed their own duo known as Radio and Weasel. The Lead singer Moses and Vocalist Radio died on 1 February 2018 from brain injuries after an assault by a bouncer at a club in Entebbe. Radio's attacker threw him down about onto a concrete pavement which resulted in massive intracranial hemorrhage. Radio and Weasel also formed The Goodlyfe Crew. The crew saw many changes in its set-up but at various times included Chagga, Lenin Briton, and Lawrence (Goodlyfe Crew). Many of its members had their own solo projects and collaborations. Radio and Weasel Moses Radio (birth name Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo) had a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navio (rapper)
Daniel Lubwama Kigozi (popularly known as Navio, born 18 October 1983) is a Ugandan rapper and record producer. Starting off his career, he was part of the award-winning hip hop group Klear Kut that introduced the term "Ugaflow" to describe Uganda's hip hop scene. Navio is best known for his successful solo career with hits such as "Ngalo", "Bugumu", "One & Only", and "On and On" (with American R&B singer Keith Sweat). Since 2010, Navio has been a part of the African supergroup One8. Other members include 2Face (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 4x4 (Ghana), Movaizhaleine (Gabon), JK (Zambia), and fellow East Africans Amani (Kenya) and Ali Kiba (Tanzania). The first release from the group was "Hands Across the World", written and produced by R. Kelly. In 2014, he was one of the featured artists in the second season of "Coke Studio Africa". Early life and career beginnings Childhood Navio was born to engineer Daniel Serwano Kigozi and physi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyege Nyege
Nyege Nyege is a collective in Kampala, Uganda that promotes outsider music, primarily electronic, by African artists. It was founded in 2013 by expats Arlen Dilsizian and Derek Debru. In addition to organizing ongoing parties and an artist residency, the collective runs two record labels and a multi-day annual festival. Its name refers to a Luganda word describing "a sudden, uncontrollable urge to dance." History Debru was born in Burundi but grew up in Belgium, moving to Uganda in 2010 to teach at the Kampala Film School. Dilsizian is Greco-Armenian and studied ethnomusicology before relocating to Kampala, also in 2010. In 2013, the two began throwing a party called Boutiq Electronique at late-night club Tilapia. Unlike other local parties, which played mainstream dancehall, reggae, and hip-hop, Boutiq was focused on African genres like kuduro and coupé-décalé. As the party's audience and reach grew, Debru and Dilsizian opened a recording studio in 2015 and began an artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Lazer
Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. It originates from Kingston, Jamaica, and was founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011. He was then replaced by both Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. In June 2019, Jillionaire left the group and was replaced by Ape Drums. Its music spans numerous genres, mixing reggae with dancehall, reggaeton, soca, house and moombahton. Major Lazer has released four full-length albums: '' Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do'' in 2009, ''Free the Universe'' in 2013, ''Peace Is the Mission'' in 2015, and ''Music Is the Weapon'' in 2020. They have also released six EPs, including ''Apocalypse Soon'' in March 2014, which featured vocal contributions from Pharrell Williams and Sean Paul, and ''Know No Better'' in 2017, which featured appearances from Camila Cabello, Quavo, Travis Scott, and J Balvin, among others. Major Lazer has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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