Aziz Mukasa, popularly known by his stage name Aziz Azion (pronounced �aziːzá-ʐðɲ), is a Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter and musician. He was born Aziz Mukasa on 27 July 1986 in

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and raised in

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where he studied up to Senior 4 and he made his move into the

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. Popularly known as "the guitar emperor", Aziz has graced the Ugandan and East African

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with the songs 'Yegwe', 'Nkumila Omukwano', 'Nakupenda', 'Oxygen', 'Beera Nange', 'Nzikiriza', 'Pain Killer', and 'Yo Love', among others. Popular music promoter and veteran disc spinner DJ Erycom while appearing on a TV Show, he said that "Leero Monday" was the very first song composed and sung by Aziz Azion in the year 2007.

Music style and career

Aziz music takes on the R&B music style with noticeable influences from

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. He is currently signed to Shotym Music Entertainment, his own music label which he founded in 2020 with a goal of taking his music career to the next level. He learned how to play the guitar in 1998 in a local Kadongo Kamu band called 'Makuge Kandongo Kamu group'. He later joined late Paulo Kafeero's group called Kulabako Guitar Singer, where he spent one year and a half before moving to Kato Lubwama’s Diamond Productions for two years. He then joined Eagles’ production where he spent a couple of months before he and his bandmates agreed to form a band that would play for all artists thus the formation of Jeckaki Band. Aziz backed up instrumentally in the band where he was a back up guitarist for a number of big names in music such as

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on the R&B/Hip hop-driven 'Nakupenda', which was featured on his "Wampisa" album,

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, GNL,

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''Oxygen'' album

In 2011, Azion released his second music album ''Oxygen'' at Kati Kati, Calendar Rest Hotel, and KK beach. The album included songs like ''Oxygen'' and ''Baliwa''.

Discography

* Nkumila Omukwano * My Oxygen * Uganda the pearl of africa * Wampisa

Studio albums

#Wampisa #My Oxygen #Beera Nange #Nakupenda

Music Award

*2011 – PAM Awards – Best R&B Artiste

References