Early life
Mwachumu on 22 October 1989 in the southern District of Mangochi in Malawi. [5] [6] He started his music career when he was 9 years old when he taught himself to play a piano and guitar. His associated genres include Afro Pop, Hip-Hop and RNB. [7] [8] [2] Mwachumu's major breakthrough came in 2015 after releasing "Divorce" (Banja Ndalilephela) Music video which topped charts in Malawi and its music video was premiered on Trace Africa and other major platform across the East Africa making him the most Trending artist in Malawi then. [9] [2] [6]
In 2015, he won a UMP Awards in video of the year for his song "divorce" which also saw achievement within the SADC region. In 2017, he was a winner for song of the year titled "wangongole" in Nyasa Music Awards. In 2018, he was a nominee among the best producer of the year UMP Awards. [2]
In 2019, he and fellow Malawian singer, Tigris, recorded a duet where the song was about the need to save the lives of tigers. The recording was created in partnership with the Lilongwe Wildlife trust and Conservation Music Malawi. The number of tigers has fallen significantly and their song highlighted the issue. Their song was released on World Lion Day which is 10 August. [10]
He has also produced songs for so various Malawian urban artists such as Gwamba, Onesimus, Lucius Banda, Lulu, Suffix, SamSmak, Martse, Nepman, Sangie, Dan Lu, Kelly kay, and Tay Grin, among others. [2] [11] [12] [13]
