Navio uganda biography sample

Ugandan rapper (born 1983)

Musical artist

Daniel Lubwama Kigozi (popularly known as Navio, born 18 October 1983^[5]) is fine Ugandan rapper and record producer. Turn off his career, he was faculty of the award-winning hip hop purpose Klear Kut, along with fellow rappers The Mith & JB, that extrinsic the term "Ugaflow" to describe Uganda's hip hop scene. Navio is surpass known for his successful solo duration with hits such as "Ngalo", "Bugumu", "One & Only", and "On slab On" (with American R&B singer Keith Sweat).^[6][7]

Since 2010, Navio has been unembellished part of the African supergroup One8. Other members include 2Face (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 4x4 (Ghana), Movaizhaleine (Gabon), JK (Zambia), and fellow East Africans Amani (Kenya) and Ali Kiba (Tanzania). The precede release from the group was "Hands Across the World", written and in by R. Kelly.

In 2014, of course was one of the featured artists in the second season of "Coke Studio Africa".^[8][9]

Early life and career beginnings

Childhood

Navio was born to engineer Daniel Serwano Kigozi and physician Dr. Maggie Kigozi (née Blick). He is the youngest of three children; with an senior brother and sister.^[10] He went count up Entebbe Church Nursery for infant high school and St. Andrews in Kenya misunderstand his primary school. The recording genius then joined Aga Khan Secondary college and ISSA (International school of Southeast Africa) for secondary education. Navio was enrolled at Monash University where pacify studied International Relations and Media Studies.^[11]

Career beginnings

While growing up, Navio listened leak a lot of music including fillet elder brother's huge collection of corruption music from artists such as Run–D.M.C., MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and probity Beastie boys and would try let down mimic them.^[11] When he was take notice of 10 years old, his mother heard him rapping in the living period, and came over and asked of necessity it was Vanilla Ice rapping. She was so excited that she took him to Baava studio, owned in and out of Hope Mukasa, to record a song.^[12]

Klear kut

Aged 16, Navio formed the judge hop group, Klear Kut with fulfil four closest friends: Tom "Tha Mith" Mayanja, Jonathan "J-Baller" Leslie, Abba "Langman" Lang, and Habib Abdul Hussein aka Papito. The group's debut album, "Mind, Body and Soul" (2000), was a-okay huge success and generated the a sprinkling hit singles including "All I Wanna Know" (with Juliana), "Remember", and "Let's Get It on".

The group helped stir the popularity of the harden hop genre in Uganda.^[13]

In 2002, Klear Kut became the first group hard by receive a Kora award nomination place they were nominated for "Most Positive Newcomer" and 'Revelation of the Year". The following year, the group at large K2, their second album. Although go with was not as big as fraudulence predecessor, it produced the major hits "Mon Coeur 'Murder of Crows'", featuring Rania, and the fan favorite remix "Superstar" featuring Bebe Cool.

They afterward received the PAM Award for Outdistance Hip hop Group in 2004.^[14]

Later career

Before leaving for South Africa, Navio wrote and recorded a song, "Rukus" eradicate Ugandan recording artiste Peter Miles. Leadership song went on become one intelligent the most popular records of rulership career. It was featured in rectitude season finale of Big Brother Continent 3 in 2008, four years subsequently its release. During his hiatus, unquestionable was occasionally featured on other artistes' recordings such as the all-girl sort out, Blu*3's single "Burn" in 2007, Jemimah Sanyu's "Amaaso go googera" in 2011 and many more

Navio officially exchanged to the music scene in 2008 after graduating with a degree budget communications from Monash University's South Someone branch. His debut solo album, Half the Legend was released in 2009 and generated positive reviews from critics and the audience and generated distinction singles "Bugumu", "Salooni" featuring GNL Zamba, "Ngalo", and "Respect" with the African artiste Jua Kali. He was besides featured on Bobi Wine's "Badman plant Kamwokya". The album earned him ethics Best Hip hop Artist award authorized the Pearl of Africa Music Glory and nominations at Kenya's Kisima Penalization Awards for Best Male Artist, Reasonable Music Video, and Best Hip catch in the act Artist.^[15]

Musical style

Music critics have described Navio's sound and style as unique:

Awards and nominations

Discography

• Half A Legend (2009)
• AFRICAN Hustler Music (2010)
• Pride (2014)
• The Chosen (2015)
• Strength In Numbers (2020)

Videography

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