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From US to Gambia: Rap meets Afro hip-hop

Baba Israel, an American hip hop star and comedian is currently in the country on the invitation of the United States Embassy in The Gambia to engage Gambian acts and students on ways to improve their performance in lyrics and musical delivery.

Africell signs contracts with two musicians

Africell, a leading mobile telecommunications service provider Thursday signed a new contract totalling over D150,000 with two other young talented Gambian musicians, Modou Kara Gaye and Martin Jeng, alias Martin Luther King at Africell’s main office along Kairaba Avenue.

El Maestro: A Pact with Salsa

Assan Joof alias El Maestro, who started his salsa career in 1975, in Dakar Senegal said, salsa is a music that people think was only meant for the elderly, but as the world is developing, most upcoming young artists in the Senegambia region are now fusing in salsa beats in their songs.
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