Shetta

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Shetta
Birth nameNurdin Bilali Ally
Also known asBaba Qayllah
Born (1990-07-16) July 16, 1990 (age 34)
Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Origin Ilala
Genres
Bongo flava

hip-hop

Occupation
Singer

rapper

InstrumentVocal
Years active2009–present

Nurdin Bilal Ali (born July 16, 1990), better known by his stage name SHETTA, is a musician in Tanzania, with a number of his songs having reached peak positions on various music charts in the country and across the African continent. His single "Namjua" [1] dominated several charts at peak position for several weeks in a row in 2016. The song's video had one million views on YouTube as of 2016. [2]

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Early life

Shetta was born at Amana Hospital, Ilala Municipality in the city of Dar es Salaam. He grew up at Ilala Mchikichini Boma and attended his primary education at Boma Primary School before joining Benjamin Mkapa Secondary School in 2008.

Music career

Shetta discovered his music talents in 2009, when he was a dancer in a local group called Misifa Camp, under a popular singer and producer, Dully Sykes, for whom Shetta later became a backup singer. Eventually, Shetta managed to form his own musical group, Dar Stamina.

He released his debut single, "Mi Naplay", featuring one of Tanzania's hip-hop legends, MwanaFA. The fact that MwanaFA, who is an early name in the East African country's hip-hop scene, agreed to work with such a new artist, indicated that Shetta had star qualities, and was going to have a brilliant music career in the future. Like elsewhere in the world, established artists in Tanzania would only agree to collaborate with new artists who show great potential.

In 2010, Shetta officially released another single that introduced him well to the Tanzanian music scene, named "Nimechokwa", featuring leading local R&B star Belle9. The hit song earned him credibility and provided him with several opportunities to perform across Tanzania.

A year later, Shetta released another hit song, "Mdandanda", featuring two household names in Tanzania's bongo flava scene, Dully Sykes and Tundaman.

In 2012, he released another hit, "Nidanganye", featuring one of the biggest names in African music, Tanzania's own Diamond Platnumz.

In the same year, he released another single "Bonge la Bwana", featuring a top local female artist, Linah, followed by another hit song, "Sina Imani", featuring Rich Mavoko.

After a short hiatus, Shetta came up with another song in 2014, "Kerewa", featuring Diamond Platnumz, again. This single was such a huge success that it made its way to the MTV Africa Top 10, [3] the continent's definitive top ten countdown. The chart is usually frequented by top artists from South Africa and Nigeria, and for an artist like Shetta who had been on the scene for barely five years, it meant Tanzania had now a new force to be reckoned with.

A year later, his successes caught the attention of music industry executives beyond Tanzanian borders, and he was signed to one of the leading record labels in the continent, Spice Africa. There, he had the opportunity to record a song with an international Nigerian music star, Kcee. The hit song, "Shikorobo", [4] became an instant banger which officially introduced Shetta into the mainstream.

The singer also has a non profit organization called Sawa which is an initiative that deals with ending violence against women and children [5]

Discography

TitleYear
"Mi Naplay" ft. MwanaFA2009
"Mi Naplay Remix" ft. MwanaFA, Godzilla & Mabeste2009
"Nimechokwa" ft. Belle92010
"Mdananda" ft. Dully Sykes and Tundaman2011
"Nidanganye" ft. Diamond Platnumz 2012
"Bonge la Bwana" ft. Linah2012
"Sina Imani" ft. Rich Mavoko2012
"Kerewa" ft. Diamond Platnumz 2014
"Shikorobo" ft. Kcee 2015
"Namjua"2016
"Wale Wale"2017
"Vumba" ft. G Nako2017
"Hatufanani" ft. Jux, Mr Blue2018
"Sikupigi tena" ft. Emtee, JayMoe2019
"Uswahilini" &. Mzee wa Bwax2019
"Bonge La Toto2019

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References

  1. ↑ "News : shetta release video to namjua". October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ OfficialShetta (May 6, 2016), Shetta – Namjua (Official Video) , retrieved August 3, 2016
  3. ↑ "Video ya Shetta 'Kerewa' yaanza kuoneshwa MTV Base" . Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "News : New Video: Shetta". March 30, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.sawainitiative.or.tz/
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