Elisa Lisete James Humbane, popularly known as Lizha James, is one of the biggest musicians in Lusophone Africa.She mixes the rhythms of reggae, R & B, dell’hip hop, as well as local Mozambican styles like marrabenta.
She started singing at a very young age. She was part of the groups, Electrobase and the female rap trio Bloody Town.
Her first solo album was Watching you, but it was not released. 5 years later, Lizha James recorded her second album, entitled A Raínha do Ragga, whose song "4 all ya" . Her third album, 'Sentimentos de Mulher', came out in 2007 and was also a massive success. She has since released another album, in 2008, called Verao Lizha James.She is produced by Bang Entertainment.lizha james ft Mandoza-Voodoo
Also i Love this Video by Bang Entremento
check it out on youtube Tseke Lekane
Sara Tavares
Tavares won the 1993/1994 final of the Endemol song contest Chuva de Estrelas (performing Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time"), which helped her win the Portuguese Television Song Contest final in 1994, consequently earning a place in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Chamar a Música" reaching 8th place.
She's also known for singing the European-Portuguese version of "God Help the Outcasts" for the Disney movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," which won a Disney award for the best translation without the original. Love her song 'Balance' check it out...Balance-Sara Tavares she has a voice to die for!!
Da L.E.S.
South African hip hop artist Leslie Mampe (born in Washington, DC), popularly known by stage name DA L.E.S moved to South African in 1993. DA L.E.S first became known to the mainstream community in 2005 when he appeared as a member of the motherland crunk group “Jozi”. He released his debut album, Fresh to Def under Ghetto Ruff Records in June, 2008, which includes fresh tracks “Tippy Toes” and “On Fire” to mension a few
check out this video, which i must say I'm inlove with!! Da L.E.S.- We on Fire
Bruna Tatiana
Does anyone remember Bruna Tatiana Lemmas Estevao from MNET's very popular Big Brother Africa reality television show in 2003? She didn't end up winning the contest but she has gone on to have a successful music career. She is actually a model. Check out her "Donde esta la fiesta" video Donde Esta La Fiesta-Bruna two years ago i used to jump to this song!!!
Apparently, Bruna was a big star in Angola before she joined the show. She had worked with a popular hip hop group called SSP and recorded a couple of albums, 'My zouk side', 'O meu lado', and 'Bruna'. She is probably rivalling Ralph Anselmo, SSP, O2 and other zouk and kizomba singers in Angola now.
She became even more famous after spending 106 days in a confined house with 11 other Africans, living normal lives, but with viewers all across Africa watching. It seems Malawians got too much to watch and ended up banning the show in the country while other people across the continent called for restraints/bans because the show was broadcasting inappropriate content.she is married to a famous Angolan singer popularly known as Paul G....
Gigi
Ejigayehu Shibabaw, or Gigi as she is popularly known, is one of the most successful contemporary Ethiopian singers worldwide. Coming from an ancient tradition of song originating in the Ethiopian Church, she has brought the music of Ethiopia to wider appreciation and developed it in combination with a wide variety of styles.
Gigi was born and raised in the north-west Ethiopia small town called Chagni. She lived in Kenya for a few years before moving to San Francisco in about 1998. She recorded two albums for the expatriate Ethiopian community, but it was her 2001 album, titled simply Gigi, that brought her widespread attention. She had been noticed by Palm Pictures owner Chris Blackwell, who had years earlier introduced reggae to the mainstream through his former label, Island Records. Blackwell and Gigi's producer (and later, husband) Bill Laswell, decided to use American jazz musicians (including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Pharoah Sanders and others) to accompany Gigi on the new album. She has also appeared in 'Running From the Light' in Buckethead's Enter the Chicken.
The result was a fusion of contemporary and traditional sounds. The album was a critical success internationally and generated controversy in her home country for such a radical break with Ethiopian popular music.[1] This release was soon followed by Illuminated Audio, an ambient dub style remix of the album by Laswell.
2003 saw the release of Zion Roots, under the band name Abyssinia Infinite. Bill Laswell played guitar and keyboard (instead of his usual bass), and several of Gigi's family members contributed vocals. The album was a return to a mainly acoustic sound for Gigi, incorporating instruments such as the krar and the tabla. The track "Gole" is in Agewña, the language of Gigi's father's village.
Gigi's voice may be heard in the Hollywood film Beyond Borders (2003), in which Angelina Jolie portrays an aid worker during the 1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia.
She released her sixth album, Gold and Wax on Palm Pictures, in 2006.Gigi live, Emmamma
Juliana Kanyomozi
She has also done a song with Tanzanian singer Bushoke (Usiende Mbali).[1] She was voted Uganda's Fashion Icon in 2008. She is also the first female musician to win the Pearl Of Africa Music Awards(PAM Awards) 'Artist Of the Year' accolade.In 2008, Juliana made her film debut in Henry H. Ssali's Kiwani:The Movie.
Juliana is a cousin to King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru of Tooro. She has a son named Keron Kabugo, whose father is Amon Lukwago, a Ugandan business man. In 2006, she was rumoured to have had a relationship with US-based Ugandan boxer Kassim Ouma. I love this song! i dont know what it means but just when i hear it... i just drop whatever am doing....Juliana Kanyomozi- Kanyimbe
Cheb Khaled
Singers like Khaled articulated socially progressive, more modern themes that many younger people identified with, a way of rebelling against the constraints of the older generations and more traditional Islam. As Khaled says himself, "in rai music, people can express themselves. We break taboos".[3] This open embracing of taboo subjects in Islamic culture can be witnessed in the video of Khaled's hit song, "Didi", showing women provocatively dressed and dancing, both taboos in Islamic culture.
However, due the nature of these lyrics, fundamentalists were infuriated when the Algerian government, in the wake of a hugely popular 1985 raï festival in Oran, officially declared it to be one of the country's native music styles. In response, fundamentalists sent death threats to some raï artists. The danger forced Khaled to move to Paris in 1986 (see 1986 in music). In 1991 Khaled was managed by Marc Céda and Djilali Ourak. They asked Jess-Jemel Dif, a drummer with the already popular band led by Rachid Taha and called Carte de Séjour to find them a good record label to sign Khaled. Cheb Khaled was introduced to Universal Music with the song "Didi", which was an old Algerian song. Thus began the international success of Khaled.
In 1992 (see 1992 in music), after dropping "Cheb" from his name, he released his self titled album Khaled, which established his reputation as a superstar in France and among maghrebian emigrants around the world and sold over a million copies in European alone, an estimated 7 million worldwide, and he scored an even bigger hit with his love song Aicha in 1996. His audience has continued to expand throughout the 1990s, and he has collaborated with several hip hop artists. Khaled had achieved superstar status in France, his homeland Algeria and the Arab world. His signature song, Didi, became extremely popular in the Arabic-speaking countries and also in several other countries, including India and Pakistan. The song was used also used in a Bollywood film titled Shreeman Aashiq. Khaled and Don Was appeared on the "The Tonight Show" on February 4, 1993.[5] However, his popularity in the US, the UK and other countries has been limited to a small but devoted cult following. In the 1997 film The Fifth Element his song Alech Taadi was used in the car chase with Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich. His next album N'ssi N'ssi further strengthened his position. Film-maker Bertrand Blier used it as the soundtrack for his film "Un, deux, trois… Soleil".and sold 2 million copies. Three years would pass before the release of his next album "Sahra". During this time Khaled received the 1994 Cesar Award for the best film soundtrack, the 'Victoire de la Musique' for the 1995 artist of the year, and co-organised a huge night at the Zenith (the Paris concert hall) for peace and freedom of expression in Algeria .
In 1999, he was joined by Rachid Taha and Faudel in a concert at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy for a concert known as 1,2,3 Soleils which was subsequently released as a live album and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.Khaled became very popular in France, Canada , Belgium, Holland, Japan, England ,the Middle East ,India ,Germany ,Spain ,Italy ,Pakistan and Brazil
On 12 July 2008, khaled the legend of rai appeared at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to take part in the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, part of the "Liverpool: European Capital of Culture 2008" function. Khaled has sold over 46 million albums worldwide.His legacy includes 10 diamond, platinum, and gold albums, as well as the highest-selling Arab album in history. In the summer 2009, Khaled played at the Jazz festival of Montreal. I dont know if theres anyone on earth who doesnt know his song Aicha, its been re-sung a gazillion times!! watch it..Cheb Khaled-Aicha
Eric Wanaina
(born 28 August 1973) is a Kenyan singer-songwriter. His career was launched with his debut album, Sawa Sawa, in 2001. Wainaina's music is a blend of Kenyan Benga rhythm and East African guitars, with some modern harmony.
Wainaina first stepped into the world of music with Five Alive, a gospel Acappella group. Five Alive consisted of Victor Seii, Bob Kioko, Chris Kamau, and David Mageria, who was replaced by Joe Kiragu. They drew their musical influence from Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Take 6. Dominating Kenya's airwaves in 1995, Five Alive released their debut album ‘Five Alive’ in 1996, and even went on to tour Europe the same year. His experience with the group convinced Wainaina to pursue a professional career in music. In 1996 he performed and appeared in the video for Get in the Driver’s Seat, a song commissioned by the United Nations Drug Control Programme for a highly successful anti-drug campaign spanning 20 countries. This not only set the stage for his eventual emergence as a solo artist, but also got him into the social concern and activism that characterizes much of his music
When the group disbanded in 1997, Wainaina went on to join the Berklee College of Music in Boston—USA, from which he graduated with a degree in Music, majoring in Songwriting and Record Engineering. He graduated with honours.
During his years at Berklee, Wainaina and his band traveled to different parts of the country to perform, as well as holding regular shows in Boston. Together with his producer, Christian Kaufmann, he worked to produce a sound that would be distinctively Kenyan both in the music and the content of the lyrics. In order to do this, he made sure that he released a new track every time he returned home for vacation, This was well received by his growing fanbase, with his performance at Kenya's 'Beats of the Season’ concert in December 2000 being watched live by 15,000 fans and broadcast nationally.
In 2002, he played at the launch of the International Criminal Court at the UN Headquarters in New York, presided over by Kofi Annan. He has toured in Switzerland for 4 consecutive years and performed at Holland’s Festival Mundial in 2003. The same year he performed at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA). After the concert he criticised Zimbabwe's presiden Robert Mugabe in a media briefing prompting Zimbabwe's state-owned media to give him unfavourable reviews [1]. He also performed at the 2004 Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar, a celebration of East African Music.
December 2006 saw the release of "Twende, Twende", his second solo album. He was among 100 most influential Kenyans as selected by The Standard newspaper in August 2007 [2][3].
He produced the musical Mo Faya, shown at the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Wainaina himself also features in the musical as a singer. It is directed by John Sibi-Okumu [4].Eric Wanaina-Daima
Dama Do Bling
Dama do Bling was born Ivannea Jose in Mozambique. Dama do Bling is the queen of Mozambican hip hop and may be one of the best female rappers from Africa. Dama do Bling has been referred to as Mozambique's Lil Kim.
Her music can be classified as hip hop but has elements of crunk as well as local Mozambican music. She grew up imitating and performing tracks of stars like Da Brat and Queen Latifah.
In 2005, she featured on two tracks on Lizha James' album. They are both signed to Bang Entertainment. The next year, she released her debut single called 'Haterz'. Her self-titled album followed soon and featured artistes like Catya, Denny OG, DRP, Hernani and Lizha James of course. She released her second album called 'Chamadas Para A Bling’ in 2007.Her most recent album is Diferente mas igual (different but equal).
Some of her songs are Debasafo, Ser negro, Vida vip, Vizinhos e peripecias, Quando Me Fazes Assim, Nasty girl, De nada bling, Cala te boca, Keres farar mal, Haterz, Casar com outra, Vai ser hot, etc
Dama do Bling-Casamento
I loooove this video by Dama do bling and Lizha James.... chect it out on youtube
Dama do Bling & Lizha James
Gal Level
The duo have lived together for 8 years in Windhoek city. They started their career late in the 90’s as members of the hip hop group Dungeon Family.[2] The grouped released one album in 2000 before it broke up. After Dungeon Family broke up, the girls reconnected with Sula in 2003 who was the manager of Dungeon Family. Sula eventually signed them to his record label, Butterfly Entertainment.
The girls released their first single "Shake It" in mid 2004, which created them a buzz and reintroduced them to mainstream music fans. The song also earned them comparison to Destiny's Child. Their second single '"Go Back to Her" was also successful, it earned them a Channel O nomination. The two songs songs became street anthems during 2004 and 2005 and won separate awards at the Sanlam-NBC Music Awards.
Check out their song on youtube Falling inlove-Gal Level and my fave Touch me- Gal Level
and the most banging Lala-Gal Level
D'Banj
check out his videos on youtube..Kimono-D'Banj an dMy fave hit, when they play it up in the club, i be onthe tables y'all!!!... You bad-Wande Coal ft D'Banj
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