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East African urban music is a popular music genre of the three countries customarily grouped as "East Africa": Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The genre is basically an offshoot of western popular music, particularly hip hop and funk, somewhat influenced by more traditional African music. Kapuka, genge, and bongo flava are some of the subgenres ...
Red Banton ruled the Ugandan music scene until the year 2000 when Jose Chameleone returned from Kenya with his "Mama Mia" song that turned into a National anthem in Uganda and East Africa at large. The 1990s saw Uganda's love affair with Jamaican music begin when artists like Shanks Vivi Dee, Ragga Dee, and others were influenced by Jamaican ...
Record FM Uganda is at 97.7 MHz, formed in 2010 [2] and covering central, western, and southern Uganda plus some of northern Uganda. [3] [4] [5] Their slogan is "Tusabula Hits All Day" (loosely translated as "We Play Hits All Day" [6]). In 2019, 97.7 Record FM was named the Fastest Rising Youth Radio Station by EJazz Media. [7]
South African telecom company MTN has sponsored the festival since 2017, with the name changing officially to MTN Nyege Nyege. [7] At 9,000 attendees, it is the biggest electronic music festival in East Africa. [4] [8] In 2018, Uganda's main tourism trade group named the festival the best overall tourism event of the year, repeating the award ...
Undercover Brothers Ug also simply known as Undercover Brothers are a Ugandan music duo composed of guitarist and vocalist Jay K Mulungi and vocalist Timothy Kirya, [2] whose music career sparked off when they won the auditions and represented Uganda in the sixth season of East Africa's biggest singing competition Tusker Project Fame.
Pages in category "Music of Uganda" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Pearl of Africa Music Awards; R. Radio One FM; U. Uganda Police ...
Bebe Cool (real name Moses Ssali; born on 1 September 1977) is a Ugandan reggae and ragga musician. He started his career around 1997 in Nairobi, Kenya, but moved back to his native country a few years later.
Baganda music is a music culture developed by the people of Uganda with many features that distinguish African music from other world music traditions. Parts of this musical tradition have been extensively researched and well-documented, with textbooks documenting this research. Therefore, the culture is a useful illustration of general African ...