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According to Zambia’s Official Entertainment Website “ZambianMusic.net”, The late Zambian artist Joe Chibangu was born on 21 August 1975 in Ndola. He started doing music in 1995 after he was inspired by his late father who was a music producer. He was exposed to public performances at a tender age of 13 when he performed in churches and schools. He is said to have written his first song at the age of 15. After he completed his grade 12 in 1994 in Ndola, he chose to pursue music full-time. He went to a musical school in Kitwe where he learned keyboard as well as to read and write music.

He was part of the Rap Prophets, who were among the first rap groups to gain popularity and used to feature on Sounds Good. He came to Lusaka in 1997 and joined the versatile B-Sharp Band with which he toured the country. With the B-Sharp, he was able to perform alongside the likes of Ackim Simukonda, Maureen Lilanda and Maria Nkhoma. His first engineering experience was at Feedback Studio in 1998 before going to Mondo Music in 1999.

He then moved and formed Melt Down with fellow artiste Mainza. The duo released R&B hits such as "Na Bwalya". He also worked with Yesu Culture, a gospel and afro rhythm band. When Chisha Folotiya formed Mondo Music in 1999, he signed Chibangu as head producer alongside C.R.I.S.I.S and Mainza. Before releasing his own album, Chibangu worked and collaborated with other artists. His debut album was “The Ambassador” and was released under Mondo Music.

A reporter with ZambianMusic.net recalls that, In the year 2000, Joe Chibangu Chibangu recorded 7 songs with fellow artiste Chilu Lemba. The most well known was "Shibuka" (Kamale) off Mondo Music’s ‘The Rhythm Nation Project’. He had experimented with the kalindula sound on JK’s album to such great effect as evidenced on the song ‘Bana Malama’, a revamped version of Laban Kalunga’s ‘Bashi Malama’. Some of the songs he did include “Chikashana”, “Sera”, “Bamudala”, "Nakupenda" and K'Millian's “I’ll Be Waiting".


ZambianMusic.net understands that the late Zambian musician Joe Chibangu later took a background role in the music industry but continued working with upcoming artists. In late 2016, Chibangu was featured on the song “I Miss You” by Petersen Zagaze produced by Mzenga Man. He also featured on a song “Sinichitila Kadala” with the new group 408 Empire in 2017, which was made available online few hours after Chibangu's death. Click here for more info about Joe Chibangu’s death.


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