Kumba M'bye (born 5 February 1983), known

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ously as Kumba, is a Swedish rap artist and former model.

Biography

Kumba grew up in

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and

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. In the early 2000s she started rapping and writing lyrics in English. During the summer of 2013 the rapper

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heard her rapping and invited her to do an audition at the record label Redline Records. Inspired by the rappers Linda Pira and Lilla Namo she started writing lyrics in Swedish. In 2014, she collaborated with Pira on her music single "Knäpper mina fingrar". This led to Kumba being able to participate in a hiphop concert at the

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for female rappers only. She has also participated in the Sveriges Radio show ''En kärleksattack på svensk hiphop''. In 2014, her music single "I staden" was released for Redline Records. At the 2015

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, she was nominated for Best Newcomer of 2015. In 2015, Kumba participated in the TV-show ''Lyckliga gatan'' broadcast on

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where she had to make a new version of the Kicki Danielsson song " Bra vibrationer", while Danielsson made a new version of Kumbas song "I staden". Kumba has also been modelling, having participated as a contestant on the first season of ''

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'' where she was eliminated on the fifth episode of Sweden pre-selection round.

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumba Living people 1983 births Swedish women rappers 21st-century Swedish musicians 21st-century Swedish women musicians