Lyrical G

Lyrical G
Born 1978
Uganda
Nationality Ugandan
Occupation musician

Lyrical G, born Jeff Kintu, is a Ugandan rapper.[1][2][3] He is the Ugandan rapper with the most albums, with a total of eight albums.[4] He has won 4 Pearl of Africa Music(PAM) Awards including back to back Best Hiphop Artiste(2005 & 2006) PAM awards.[5]

Early life and education

Lyrical G was born to Herman Kintu and Barbara Kintu. He went to Nakasero Primary School and Budo Junior School for his primary education. He proceeded to St Charles Lwanga Kasasa and Katikamu SDA for his secondary education. He graduated from Nkumba University.[6]

Music

Lyrical G started his rap career in 1994 while still in school, performing at Music, Dance and Drama concerts. He released his first single “Ato’oba” with Bataka Underground in March 1999 and the crew then released their second single “Ssesetula”, which was launched on Power FM. He performed with Bataka Underground until he formed Urban Thugz (which later became Urban Life) in 2000. He recorded his first single ‘Nothing Compares’ with Urban Life in 2001 after they won a recording deal for being the best upcoming group at the Sanyu FM music Carnival. ‘Nothing Compares’ was released in Feb 2002 on Sanyu FM. In mid 2002, he embarked on a solo career and has since appeared on Ngoni’s single ‘We love to party’ (2002), Steve Jean’s ‘Aint no good’ (2003) Obsessions’ ‘I need 2 know’ (2003), First Love’s ‘My Help’ (003) Bantu Clan’s ‘Party’ (2003).[7] He has worked with South Africa rapper Proverb, Squoggy Bear from California, Typical Fefe & Tyonne from Barbados and Outrageous Records in South Africa.[8] He has 8 studio albums, "Live from east Africa" relesed in 2004, "Narudi" in 2006, "First and Flow most" in 2007, "Back at it again", "Tha GMC Project" released in 2009, "Simple & Plain", 2010, "Grown man talk", 2013 and "Feel Good Music", 2014. He has also featured on compilations such as UG Hiphop Allstars(2005) and the Walter Reed Project collaboration album(2006).[5]

Discography

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Lyrical G now drops grown-man view". http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24035%3Alyrical-g-now-drops-grown-man-view&catid=42%3Asizzling-entertainment&Itemid=74''.
  2. ↑ "Lyrical G completes new album". http://www.musicuganda.com/Lyrical%20G%20completes%20new%20album.html''.
  3. ↑ "TOP INFLUENTIAL UGANDAN RAPPERS". http://thetribeug.blogspot.com/2013/10/top-influential-ug-rappers.html''.
  4. ↑ "Lyrical G". http://www.mtedigitaldistribution.com/#!copy-of-artists/c1oij''.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lyrical G". http://music.bigeye.ug/bio/artist/16/aka/lyrical-g/''.
  6. ↑ "Meet Lyrical G – Uganda’s Hip Hop Sensation". http://chimpreports.com/5093-meet-lyrical-g-ugandas-hip-hop-sensation/''.
  7. ↑ "Lyrical G". http://www.musicuganda.com/Lyrical%20G.html''.
  8. ↑ "Lyrical G: Rap In Uganda Nolonger About Positivity, It’s For Money". http://news.ugo.co.ug/lyrical-g-rap-uganda-nolonger-positivity-money/''.

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