Spending much of his youth on the streets following the untimely death of his
mother, Edrisah Musuuza (born in Masaka on Christmas Day 1989) experienced a
difficult upbringing, although the Ugandan singer’s brand of radiant afropop has
always been exceptionally upbeat. Debuting under the moniker Eddy Kenzo in 2008
with the Mikie Wine collaboration “Yannimba”, he later found success with the
2010 follow-up “Stamina”, which led to a Pearl of Africa Award nomination and
was used extensively as a campaign song throughout his country’s 2011 general
election. By 2014, he had soared to ...