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Joh Makini
John Simon Mseke (born March 27, 1980), popularly known by his stage name Joh Makini, is a Tanzanian hip hop recording artist and composer. He is one of the members of the Tanzanian Hip Hop group called Weusi and also the founder and CEO of his record label, Makini Music. Joh Makini is from Arusha Tanzania and is one of the most celebrated rappers in the country. Career Joh Makini was born in Arusha Tanzania and was raised in a family with four siblings including his younger brother, Nikki Wa Pili who is also a rapper. His breakthrough came in 2006 after releasing a hit song, "Chochote Popote," which brought him to the limelight as a rising hip-hop star in Tanzania. In 2012 he joined forces with Nikki Wa Pili, Bonta Maarifa, Lord Eyez and G Nako to form a hip-hop group dubbed Weusi. Weusi became notable as they performed in different music festivals around the country including FIesta Around 2014 Joh Makini started venturing into the African music market. He collaborated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arusha
Arusha is a city in Tanzania. The city is the Capital city, capital of the Arusha Region. It has a population of 617,631 people.Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Tanzania Located below Mount Meru (Tanzania), Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the East African Rift, Great Rift Valley, Arusha region has a temperate climate. The region is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru (Tanzania), Mount Meru in the Arusha National Park. The region is a major international diplomatic hub. It hosts the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, African Court of the African Union and is the capital of the East African Community. From 1994 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afropop
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop) can be defined as any African music, regardless of genre, that uses Western pop musical instruments, such as the guitar, piano, trumpet, etc.Olabode, O. (2023, January 24)''Afropop shaping the future of global music'' FAB L’Style. Afropop is a genre of music that combines elements from both African traditional music with Western pop music, characterized by the use of African rhythms and melodies, as well as western instrumentation and production techniques. Like African traditional music, Afropop is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of western popular music build on cross-pollination with traditional African American and African popular music. Many genres in popular music of rock, metal, pop, blues, jazz, salsa, zouk, and rumba derive, of varying degrees, musical traditions from Africa cultured to the Americas, by enslaved Africans. These rhythms and sounds have subsequently been ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The components of rap include "content" (what is being said, e.g., lyrics), "flow" ( rhythm, rhyme), and "delivery" ( cadence, tone). Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that it is usually performed off-time to musical accompaniment. It also differs from singing, which varies in pitch and does not always include words. Because they do not rely on pitch inflection, some rap artists may play with timbre or other vocal qualities. Rap is a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, and so commonly associated with the genre that it is sometimes called "rap music". Precursors to modern rap music include the West African griot tradition, certain vocal styles of blues and jazz, an African-American insult ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songwriter
A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. A songwriter who mainly writes the lyrics for a song is referred to as a lyricist. The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that song writing is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed among a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with the task of creating original melodies. Pop songs may be composed by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers, while others have external publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees, college diplomas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". "Composer" is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who work in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms ' songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chidinma
Chidinma Ekile (born 2 May 1991), known mononymously as Chidinma, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress. A native of Imo State, Chidinma was born in Ketu, Kosofe, Lagos State. In 2010, she gained prominence after winning the third season of ''Project Fame West Africa''. Chidinma became the first female musician to peak at number 1 on the MTV Base Official Naija Top 10 chart after releasing the music video for her single "Emi Ni Baller". In 2011, she released the Sound Sultan-assisted single "Jankoliko". Her eponymous debut album ''Chidinma'', which was released via the music platform Spinlet, yielded the singles "Jankoliko", "Carry You Go", "Kedike" and "Run Dia Mouth". Chidinma won Best Female West African Act at the 2012 Kora Awards and performed "Kedike" at the ceremony. In May 2021, Chidinma revealed on Instagram that she made a transition to gospel music and is now engaged in Christian ministry. She released the gospel single "Jehovah Overdo" that same month. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKA (rapper)
Kiernan Jarryd Forbes (28 January 1988 – 10 February 2023), known professionally as AKA, was a South African rapper, record producer, and businessman. Born in Cape Town and raised in Johannesburg, Forbes gained recognition after releasing his single "Victory Lap" from his debut studio album, ''Altar Ego'' (2011). Often regarded as one of the greatest South African musicians of all time, he was one of the most popular South African musicians of his era and the best-selling South African hip hop artist of all-time. Forbes continued his success by releasing studio albums including ''Levels (album), Levels'' (2014), a collaborative album with Anatii titled ''Be Careful What You Wish For (AKA & Anatii album), Be Careful What You Wish For'' (2017), ''Touch My Blood'' (2018) and his final album, ''Mass Country'' (2023). On 10 February 2023, Forbes was shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban. Life and career 1988–2013: Early life, beginnings and ''Alter Ego'' Kiernan Jarryd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Mdee
Vanessa Hau Mdee (born 7 June 1988), is a Tanzanian recording artist, television personality and radio host. Mdee is popularly known for being the first ever Tanzanian MTV VJ. She later rose to prominence as a radio and TV host, hosting ''Epic Bongo Star Search'' and ''Dume Challenge'' for ITV Tanzania before signing to B'Hits Music Group in late 2012. After joining B'hits Music Group, Mdee collaborated with Tanzanian rapper A.Y. on a record ''Money'' and Ommy Dimpoz, a Bongo Flava artist on a record ''Me and You'' that was later voted Song of the Year during the 2013 Kilimanjaro Music Awards. Tanzania Music Awards#2013 winners She received an even bigger buzz with the release of her first solo single "Closer", which in its first week was downloaded over 30,000 times, a feat achieved by no other Tanzanian artist. "Closer" remained on the charts for over 13 weeks. Vanessa has had the chance to interview many artists, such as K'Naan, Kelly Rowland, French Montana, Mac Miller, Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Mars
Marianne Namshali Mdee (born June 21, 1992) popularly known by her stage name Mimi Mars is a Tanzanian singer, actress and media personality. Biography Mars was born on June 21, 1980, in Paris, France. She is the daughter of a former Tanzanian ambassador in France, Sammy Mdee, and Sophia Mdee. She is the young sister of Tanzanian television presenter and singer, Vanessa Mdee who is married to an American actor, Rotimi. Mars holds a LL.B from Kampala International University in Tanzania. Career Music career Mars started her music career in 2017 with the release of her smash hit titled ''Shuga''. In late 2018, Mars released her first ever extended playlist called, 'The Road' that had six tracks. With the EP, Mimi Mars became the first Tanzanian female artist to drop an EP In 2019 she was a part of Coke Studio Africa as an upcoming artist. She has since worked with RJ The DJ, Barnaba Classic, AY, Dogo Janja, Marioo, Nandy, Darassa and other notable names in the Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzanian Musicians
Demographic features of the population of Tanzania include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. The population distribution in Tanzania is extremely uneven. Most people live on the northern border or the eastern coast, with much of the remainder of the country being sparsely populated."Economy", authored by Joseph Lake, in ''Africa South of the Sahara'', edited by Europa Publications and Iain Frame, Routledge, 2013 Density varies from in the Katavi Region to in Dar es Salaam. Approximately 70 percent of the population is rural, although this percentage has been declining since at least 1967. Dar es Salaam is the ''de facto'' capital and largest city. Dodoma, located in the centre of Tanzania, is the ''de jure'' capital, although action to move government buildings to Dodoma has stalled. The population consists of about 125 ethnic groups. The Sukuma, Nyamwezi, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
