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with his 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 huge success and generated the several hit singles including "All I Wanna Know" (with
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and would try to mimic them. When he was about 10 years old, his mother heard him rapping in the living room, and came over and asked whether it was
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in 2008, four years after its release. During his hiatus, he was occasionally featured on other artistes' recordings such as the all-girl group,
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was released in 2009 and generated positive reviews from critics and the audience and generated the singles "Bugumu", "Salooni" featuring
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rapper and record producer. Starting off his career, he was part of the award-winning hip hop group
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