Vampino, born Elvis Kirya, is a
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
n dance hall musician
and actor who began his career in the early 2000s debuting his acting career in
Nana Kagga's 2012 film,
The life
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. He was one half of the duo "Benon and Vamposs."
He is a brother to musician
Maurice Kirya
Maurice Kirya was born (4 November 1984) in Jinja and raised in Najjanakumbi to Tonny Munobbi and Sophie Baguma.
He is a Ugandan singer, songwriter, actor, and humanitarian.
He is the founder and Director of 'The Sound Cup Coffee', A Coffee Bra ...
.
He is signed to
Swangz Avenue.
Early life and education
Vampino was born in 1980. He attended Shimoni Primary school, Kabojja and Namasagali secondary before joining Aptech where he attained a diploma in Computer Networking and Maintenance.
Music
Vampino first made his name under a music duo Benon and Vamposs. The duo started doing music in 2000. The duo had successful songs like "Mumulete", "I know", "Nsazewo", and "My lady".
The video for their song "Mumuleete" made it to the top ten on MTV chart in UK.
In 2009, Vampino opted for a solo career as
Benon Mugumbya concentrated on music production. He has had a successful solo career with songs like "Kwekunyakunya" ft
Keko (rapper),
Juliana Kanyomozi
Juliana Kanyomozi (born 27 November 1980) is a Ugandan musician and actress . She is a multiple award-winning pop musician, R&B and Afro Beat Singer. She is one of Western Uganda's descent among other musicians including Angella Katatumba, Al ...
and
Cinderella Sanyu and "Tell it" with
Radio and Weasle. He has also collaborated with R&B singer
Nick Nola on songs like "Nobody Like Me" and "Setula".
He has worked with artists such as Jamaican Dancehall star such as Elephant man ,Maurice Kirya,Sheebah Karungi,Radio and weasel and many more.
Discography
*Amabanja, 2014
Benon and Vamposs
*Extra, Extra Large, 2007
Filmography
* 2012 The Life as Smokey Luciano
References
External links
"Vamposs In Fresh Claims Over ‘Susan/Akon’ Kid"
1980 births
21st-century Ugandan male singers
Living people
Musicians from Kampala
Kumusha
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