By Waiswa Brian
Nigerian sensational and German based singer, Mano Ezoh was born on 25. August 1980 in Nigeria), he is a Soul-Pop-Classic, Dance Hall artiste as well as a Songwriter and Vocal Coach.
He traveled to Germany where he stayed with a cousin and found employment of washing dishes. “I never grew up in a rich family. I come from a family where I am the only child that went to a private school,” he disclosed.
“i organized a choir and in 2011 I received an entry form in the Guinness Book of Records as “the first person with the world’s largest Gospel choir of about 5000 people”. It took me two years to make this project a success, I was a good arranger because I had to travel over 300KiloMetres to practice with different choirs before I brought them together”, Mano Ezoh revealed.
The seemingly calm singer has produced songs where he collaborated with other established international acts like Snoop Dog and John Legend. The talented young singer took his career all the way to the top and even produced his own label in 2014 which he named “Mezoh Music.” He collaborated internationally with other music labels like Sony before joining Universal records as he produced his first album “Fly” which swept away millions of fans all around Germany and the World .
“I have always dreamt of uniting man Kind, I don’t believe in racism that this one if black or white. I always look at the good will of human nature”, the 37 year old singer added on.
Do you know anything about Ugandan music, and mention any artistes you may know ?
One thing is, Uganda has beautiful women. (He laughs, back to the music), these guys are so talented, i know singers like The BET Winner (Eddy Kenzo), Irene Ntale and Irene Namubiru. i look forward to listening to the music here before i go back.
How many song do you have so far?
I have done over 100 songs in my short and fast rising music career. Most of them are solo projects, like my hit songs like ‘Fly’, ‘Brand new day’ and S.O.S.
What advice do you give to Ugandan singers and managers?
Its always spiritual for any artiste to be patient with time, never rush, always take your time with music. You must always be unique and humble. And to the managers, always look at the will of your artiste before making any step forward.
Watch ‘Brand New Day’ by Mano Ezoh, the song that shook the World;
