Frida Amani

Frida Amani AKA 'Madam President' of Bongo rap is one of East Africa's fast-rising women in hip hop with a few singles to her name. Many of Frida Amani songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay. Frida Amani was born in Arusha, Tanzania, the love for music started at the age of 7 while going to church with Grandparents. Studied media production in college. People started to hear of her around 2014 in Arusha where she released her first song and got played in Arusha local radios.

Career
Frida Amani quit school to pursue her dream, but quickly confesses that it wasn't easy were it not for her family's support. The Rap queen was born and raised in Arusha, northern Tanzania, and takes pride in being acknowledged as a top musician. Frida is no stranger to Bongo's hip-hop. She came into the limelight in 2015, when she participated and came third at the Bongo Star Search competition. She rapped the song Nusu Nusu by Joh Makini featuring G Nako.

Her rap and dance routines distinguish her from the rest of the pack. Thereafter, she took a two-year break and ventured into broadcasting as a radio and TV presenter, but all the while, studying the music industry set-up and seeking to align herself with the best in the profession.

Frida Amani started out at East African Radio's Planet Bongo programme and is currently presenting Bongo Flava at Clouds Media in Dar es Salaam.

In June 2018, she made a comeback to the charts with Jibebe while still working as a radio presenter. The certified artiste mostly composes music and raps on true-life stories from her life's experiences. Her lyrics are simple yet captivating, and her delivery never disappoints.

Frida inspires and advocates for the rights of women and has brought about a revolution in the male-dominated rap industry in Tanzania. Rap, she says is her passion, not something she does for money. "I always dreamt of being an artiste without a care about the genre of music," she reflects. Ironically, Frida started as a church choir singer. "My grandmother used to take me to church where I was an active choir member." She was introduced to rap by one of her biggest fans and producer, Justino who asked her to rap her song instead sing. "Growing up, I liked how rappers Lil Wayne, Albert Mangwea, Lauryn Hill and others presented themselves and wished to emulate them someday," she adds.

Tanzania's music industry is growing and Frida is growing with it, and offers tribute to the late Mangwea as the person that inspired her not to limit herself. To date, she has recorded several collaboration songs with different artistes including Mimi Mars.

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Frida Amani Songs
• Madam President
• Mi Na We
• Imoo
• Tuone
• Anakudanganya
• Pull Up
• Jibebe
• BAD
• Yeye
• DONE
• Fala Mimi
• Pull up Remix
• I Got You

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