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Bebe Cool


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Bebe Cool (real name Moses Ssali; born 1 September 1977) is an African reggae and ragga musician from Uganda. He started his career around 1997 in Nairobi, Kenya, but moved back to his native country a few years later. Bebe Cool was one of the first artists affiliated with Ogopa DJs, a production house and record label in....Visit profile for full biography

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Bebe Cool (real name Moses Ssali; born 1 September 1977) is an African reggae and ragga musician from Uganda. He started his career around 1997 in Nairobi, Kenya, but moved back to his native country a few years later.

Bebe Cool was one of the first artists affiliated with Ogopa DJs, a production house and record label in Kenya. Bebe Cool attended Aga Khan Primary School, in Kampala, Kitante Hill School, and Makerere College School, where he attended school studies, but dropped out of school one year prior to completion.

At high school, he studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics (PCB/M). Bebe Cool (formerly Bebe Bunton) started his music career right from high school when he was acting as an entertainment prefect.

Bebe Cool is a three-time winner of the Artist of The Year Award at the Prestigious HiPipo Music Awards and won several accolades at Pearl of Africa Music Awards (PAM Awards).

He was nominated for the Kora All-African Awards in 2003 and 2005. He has toured in the United Kingdom and the United States. Two of his popular singles are "Fitina" and "Mambo Mingi". He also collaborated with Halima Namakula, a Ugandan veteran woman musician, on their crossover track "Sambagala". He released two solo albums, Maisha and Senta.

His lyrics are in Luganda, Swahili, and English. Together with Kenyan duo Necessary Noize, Bebe Cool has formed a reggae group known as the East African Bashment Crew. They have released one album, Fire, and two hit singles, "Africa Unite" and "Fire". The group was nominated at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2008. In 2013, Bebe Cool had a music battle with one of Nigeria's top artists D'banj in a neutral place, Glamis Arena Harare Zimbabwe. The show was organized under the theme "Battle for Africa". Bebe Cool put up a great performance at the battle. In 2014, Bebe Cool’s remade Born in Africa remix song, a remake of the late Philly Lutaaya's song was voted among Africa’s greatest songs of all time. The song came at number 15 in Fifty anthems for the African continent. BBC World Service listeners suggested the African songs that summed up the continent to them.[8] This was to mark the 50th anniversary of the African Union – formerly the Organization of African Unity, From the suggestions, the BBC’s DJ Edu, who hosts a weekly African music show on BBC radio, compiled them into a special five-minute mix of 50 songs from 50 countries.. Awards Won: 2004 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Best Reggae Artiste/Group 2005 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Best Reggae Artiste/Group 2006 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Best Reggae Artiste/Group 2007 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Best Reggae Artiste/Group 2007 Channel O Music Video Awards -Video of the year 2008 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Best Male Artist & Best Reggae Artiste/Group & Best Ragga Artiste/Group 2010 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Artist of the Year 2010, Best Reggae Artiste/Group and Album of the year 2011 Pearl of Africa Music Awards – Best Male Artist 2013 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Reggae Song with Rema (Missing You) 2013 HiPipo Music Awards – Artist of the Year[25] 2014 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Male REGGAE Song : Love Letter – Bebe Cool and Irene Ntale 2014 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Male RAGGA-DANCEHALL Song : Kokodiosis[26] 2014 HiPipo Music Awards – Best on Stage Performer 2014 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Artist on Social Media 2014 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Male Artist[26] 2014 HiPipo Music Awards – Artist of the Year[26] 2015 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Male REGGAE Song : Love You Everyday – Bebe Cool [27] 2015 HiPipo Music Awards – Video of the Year : Love You Every - Bebe Cool 2015 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Concert Performance - Best of Bebe Cool Concert 2015 HiPipo Music Awards – Most Active Fans Group - Gagamel Phamily 2015 HiPipo Music Awards – Best Male Artist 2015 HiPipo Music Awards – Artist of the Year .


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