Oscar Muwonge

Bio

Oscar has been in the music industry for a very long time. He first came into limelight after the release of the “Murembo” video ever since then he as been a household name either through song writing or his own music. He has also released another video "Tuzaale Baby".

Oscar began his musical walk in 1997 when he was in senior one. He started with banging metallic suitcases with a couple of his friends. He then would write lyrics which he would sing over the instrumentals. He confesses he later on got punished several times for making noise in the dormitory. On Sundays he would sing in the church choir.

In his S.6 vacation that was around 2002, he went to AV1 and met Steve Jean and recorded his first song “Tell me why”. Steve told him that besides singing he could write songs too. He recorded more songs like “Call me” ft Ishmo with Fenon Records and in 2005 he recorded “Murembo” ft Ishmo which got him nominated for the 2006 Kisima Awards and in 2007 releases “Tuzaale Baby” with Fenon records.

In between recording his own music, Oscar has written songs for some renown artists. Such artists and songs include; Michael Ross “Yooyo”, Benon of the duo Benon & Vamposs “Nsaba Omuveeko”, Juliana Kanyomozi “Mundeke Mwagale, Yiga Empisa”, Priscilla Kalibala “No Nedda” the list is endless. He confesses that he never writes his songs from his experiences, they are always from people around him, friends’ basically different people.

Music

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Oscar Muwonge 1
Money Talk2 by Oscar Muwonge
03:58
SoundCloud
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Oscar Muwonge 1
Brown skin Oscar Mowonge, Jonty,Diamond Oscar
03:26
SoundCloud

Photos

UGKampala, Uganda
In operation since: 
1997

Contact

+256782888822
Oscar Muwonge
Profile added by Stanley Gazemba on 11 Jun 2015
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