Kaysha
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Hip hop artist Kaysha is the stage name of Edward Mokolo (born January 22, 1974 in Kinshasa). One of the most eclectic rapper and producer to work on places like the West indies, South America and Africa. He was born in Democratic Republic of Congo but immigrated to France with his parents at the age of seven. Kaysha is very well known for his first hit single which uses a sample from West Indian band Kassav's Oulé in a song called "Bounce Baby", which introduced him to fans all over the world.
Kaysha's first 2 hits were "Telephone" and "Bounce baby" from his album "I'm ready". The next year, he changed his whole style to record a more urban album called "Worldwidechico" with a duo with Wu Tang Clan's Killah Priest. His latest hit to date is "On dit quoi" a huge hit all around Africa, from his latest album "It's all love" released in his own label Sushiraw.
Kaysha is also a successful music producer. He produced songs for the most known artists in the Afro-Caribbean scene, including Passi, Solaar, Jacob Desvarieux, Soumia, Elizio, Ludo, etc...
Kaysha gained new fans all around the world by doing literally thousands of shows around Africa, the West Indies and anywhere his feet could take him....
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 Apperared on CNN in 2000 and will appear again in 2005 on Inside Africa
Discography
- solo : African Bohemian (http://www.kaysha.com/kaysha) - 2004
- solo : It's all love - 2003
- solo : Worldwidechico - 1999
- solo : I'm ready - 1998
- Produced SR.Dancehall2K4 - 2004
- Produced Teeyah : Metisse - 2004
- Produced Hot Caribbean Miziks - 2004
- appeared on Dis l'heure de zouk - 2004
- Produced Elizio : Original di cabo verde - 2003
- Produced Abégé : C nou mem - 2003
- appeared on Jocelin Demoumeaux's JDX - 2003
- Produced Soumia : Still in love - 2002
- Produced CaribbeanSoul - 2001
- appeared on Jean Michel Rotin's Solo - 1997
- appeared on X-Taz - 1996
External Links
- Kaysha's official label SushirawLife (http://www.kaysha.com/) (French & English)
- buy Kaysha's "African Bohemian" (http://www.cdbaby.com/kaysha/) (English)
--Kaysha 16:13, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)