A Pass

A Pass
Birth name Bagonza Alexander[1]
Born 21 December 1989
Mengo, Uganda
Genres Dancehall, Afro, Reggae
Instruments Vocals, Harmonica
Years active 2011 – present
Labels BADI MUSIK
Associated acts Goodlyfe Crew
Website

Alexander Bagonza, better known by his stage name A Pass (and formerly APassKiller), is a Ugandan male musician and songwriter. He was born in Uganda on 21 December 1989.[2] A Pass states that his stage name comes from Alexander his last name and Pass from his picky nickname Percy.[3][4]

Early life

The second born of seven siblings went to Kampala Kindergarten for my nursery school, Nakasero Primary School for my primary, Mary Land and St Lawrence, Cream land for secondary school.[5][2]

Performing career

A pass met rapper Don Mc at St. Lawrence College who introduced him to music producer Imon of South Syde, who they later started recording songs like “Life is getting harder,” Can’t you see,” Kiki Kyomanyiko.” A Pass formed a strong musical relationship with Dave Dash who by then was known as A Dash and the two did a couple of songs together.

In 2011, he met video director Lukyamuzi Bashir who noticed his talent at South Syde in a studio session. Bashir began taking him to various studios around the country and introducing him to different influential people in the music industry. In 2012, BADI built a recording studio in Makindye called Badi Musik Production. BADI went on to shoot videos for A Pass in 2013, which added a steady kick-off to his career. A Pass is currently signed to and managed by LLolypop Entertainment.

A Pass has worked with a number of producers in the Reggae and Dancehall genre including Alex from Jamaica (A.I.P), Black Spyda from Jamaica, Nessim (Badi Musik), Baru (DustVille), Timo (Badi Musik), Just Jose (Swangz Avenue), Benon, (Swangz Avenue), Nash (Swangz Avenue), The Late Mac Elvis (South Syde), Keyner (K Records), Samurae (Talent 256), Don (DustVille) and several others. A Pass states he gets inspiration from music including dancehall, reggae, Rnb, hip hop and afro pop from artistes like Michael Jackson, Lucky Dude, UB40 among others.

A Pass has collaborated with carious musicians including, A.Y. (musician), Goodlyfe from Uganda and Cinderella Sanyu among others.[6] A Pass has written songs for Bebe Cool [7] and co-written 'Love I fell' with Michael Ross.[8] He has recently released a single Wuuyo the official soundtrack to Uganda movie Bala Bala Sese.[9] A pass is commonly known to work with friend and producer Nessim and video producer Lukyamuzi Bashir under the record label Badi Musik.

Discography

Some of A Pass's most popular songs include the following:

  • Love Infection
  • Am loving
  • Tulikubigere
  • KLA
  • Mumpulila
  • So loud
  • Burn OP
  • Nyeya Omugongo
  • Run Bou Ya
  • One Of A Kind
  • Bartender
  • I
  • Tetubatya
  • Wuuyo
  • Muliwa (we deyah)
  • So High
  • Wyne on Time
  • Yuh Don Know Mi
  • Take Time Off

Collaborations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Pass". HiPipo. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "All You Need To Know About Rising Star A Pass". Chano8 Digital Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ↑ satisfashionug. "A Pass talks music fashion women and being cool". SatisFashion Uganda. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Llolypop Records - Events Organisers, Promoters and Marketing". Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Meet A Pass' dad that has supported him in the music industry". Bigeye.ug. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "A Pass to release new video featuring AY and AirporTaxi soon". Bigeye.ug. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Singer A Pass Pockets Shs2M For Bebe Cool’s New Hit". Xclusive.co.ug. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Micheal Ross Opens Up About 'Love I Feel' - Chano8". Chano8 Digital Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "A pass' Wuuyo Soundtrack For The Bala Bala Sese Movie - Chano8". Chano8 Digital Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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