Eddy Kenzo is the first Ugandan artist to be nominated for a Grammy award. He is nominated for the song, “Gimme Love,” a collaboration with American musician Matt B. Kenzo noted that the message of ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Eddy Kenzo doesn’t know precisely when he was born, a quirk of personal history that goes to the heart of how the Ugandan singer sees himself: a humble man who’s sometimes ...

Over the past decade, politics has consumed a generation of musicians, deeply dividing Uganda’s music industry, which analysts now predict has a bleak future. President Yoweri Museveni’s main ...

President Museveni (left) and musician Edrisa Musuuza, alias Eddy Kenzo, during the meeting at State House, Entebbe on November 27. Photo/Courtesy of Kenzo’s X Handle Eddy Kenzo’s meeting with ...

On February 4, the Grammy awards announced the first-ever winner of the new Best African Music Performance, with South Africa’s Tyla taking home the title for her hit “Water.” Yet African artists ...

“I try to use my culture and what I know to sell to the world,” he said. Eddy Kenzo is the first Ugandan artist to be nominated for a Grammy award. He is nominated for the song, “Gimme Love,” a ...

And yet Kenzo, who became the first Uganda-based singer to earn a Grammy nomination, keeps scaling heights that defy his expectations and those of his fans and rivals in this east African country ...