Sophia Byass

Bio

Sophia Byass is dancehall and reggae singer and songwriter from The Gambia. She was born on 26 March 1993. She is one of the few Gambian female artists who ventured into a virtually male dominated dancehall domain. Despite the stiff competition in the dancehall scene, she has managed to survive the heat and continues to conquer the country’s music scene. This has enabled her to become a household name in the country's music industry in recent years.

She started music at a tender age at a local church choir after graduating from senior secondary school. She made a shift to the dancehall scene after realizing her potential in that genre.

In 2013, she signed a five-year deal with a record label called Block Entertainment. In November 2015, she launched her 13-track mixtape called 'Revelation’. In 2014, she quit teaching to release her first single entitled ‘Respect a Woman’.

In 2015, she won best upcoming female dancehall artist of the year at the Purely Gambian Entertainment Awards. She was the first female dancehall artist to perform in the Open Mic Festival in December.

She has collaborated with a number of Gambian artists namely A2, Silky Criss and Royal Messenger. Some of her popular songs are ‘Bad Mind’, ‘Chopoti Ma’, ‘Bad Gyal Zone’ and ‘U Nuh Mean It’.

GMBanjul, Gambia

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Sophia Byass
Profile added by Bakary Ceesay on 28 Apr 2016
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