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Edward Mokolo Jr. (Kaysha)

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Edward Mokolo Jr. (born 1974), better known as Kaysha, is a singer/rapper and producer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire). He is the son of Congolese politician Édouard Mokolo Wa Mpombo. He was born in Kinshasa, Zaire but emigrated to France with his parents at the age of seven. Kaysha’s first single, which used a sample from French West Indian band Kassav’s Oulé, was called “Bounce Baby”. Kaysha’s second single was “Telephone”, from his album I’m Ready. The next year, he changed his entire style to record a more urban album called Worldwidechico with a duo with Wu-Tang Clan’s Killah Priest. One of his biggest single is the global African hit “On dit quoi”, from his album It’s All Love, released on his own label Sushiraw in 2003. Some of his biggest hits are “Love de toi”, “One Love”, “Question my heart”, “Fiona”, “Musiquarian” and many more. Kaysha is also a music producer. He produced songs for Passi, Solaar, Jacob Desvarieux, Soumia, Elizio, Ludo, Vanda May, Aycee Jordanu and others. He produced huge hits for other artists like “Deeper” & “Rebound Chick” for Nelson Freitas, “I like it” for Abege, “Close your eyes” for Djodje, “Ceu” & “Love again” for C4 Pedro, and many more hits.

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Kaysha is one of the first African artist to have been nominated in the MTV Europe Awards in 2005 for Best African Artist. He won a Kora award for best African Artist in 2000. He won a Kora award for best African Artist of the Diaspora in 2004 and 2005.

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Edward Mokolo Jr. (Kaysha)

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