Longombas
Longombas are a duo from Kenya performing a mixture of Hip hop and Soukous.
Career
The group consists of two brothers, Christian and Lovy Longomba. They're from a musical family; father Lovy Longomba was a member of Super Mazembe, while their grandfather Vicky Longomba was a member of TPOK Jazz. France-based Congolese musician Awilo Longomba is their uncle.[1]
The group entered Kenyan music scene in 2002 with their song "Dondosa", which became a national hit. Follow-up singles were "Piga Makofi", "Shika More" and "Vuta Pumz". Their debut album Chukua was released in 2005 by Ogopa DJ's.[2] In 2003 they had left Ogopa DJ's record label together with Deux Vultures and Mr. Googz & Vinnie Banton, and formed an own label, Bad Man Camp. Deux Vultures and Longombas, however, later returned to Ogopa [3]
They performed at the 2006 Channel O Music Video Awards in South Africa.[4] The group later relocated from Kenya to Los Angeles.
Awards
- 2005 Kora Awards Africa - Best East African Group [5]
- 2006 Kisima Music Awards - Best Group from Kenya & Boomba Group & Best Song from Kenya ("Vuta Pumz") & Social Responsibility
- 2006 Tanzania Music Awards - Best East African Album (Chukua) [6]
Nominations
- 2006 Pearl of Africa Music Awards - Best Group from Kenya [7]
References
- ^ Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, October 11, 2003: Remembering the great Franco
- ^ Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, October 15, 2005: And the beat goes on for Longomba brothers
- ^ The Standard, February 2, 2009: Musical chairs in production houses
- ^ BBC: Channel O Spirit Of Africa Music Video Awards 2006
- ^ Kora Awards Winners 2006[permanent dead link]
- ^ Tanzania Music Awards Winners 2006
- ^ 2006 PAM Awards nominees