Why Africa deserves its Grammy equivalent – Congolese music star, Mohombi

Why Africa deserves its Grammy equivalent – Congolese music star, Mohombi


Mohombi Moupondo is a Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer, dancer, and a two-time Grammy award winner.

Mohombi’s won his first grammy for Best Latin Album in 2016 for his participation in Pitbull’s album DALE.

In 2018, Mohombi won a Grammy as a songwriter on reggaeton artist J. Balvin’s album (Vibras). He was also a co-producer and songwriter for Jennifer Lopez’s song ‘Dinero’ with Cardi B and DJ Khaled, which won an MTV Video Music Award.

Following the global appreciation of Afrobeats and Nigerian music, the singer, who won Grammys in 2016 and 2018, was recently in the country to record a new album with over 20 songs whilst collaborating with indigenous music makers.

To achieve his goal of exploring Afrobeats, Mohombi, featured in Mr P’s (Peter Okoye) 2021 single, ‘Just Like That’, camped at the Ogidi studios in Lekki, Lagos, for ten days.

Peter Okoye (PHOTO CREDIT: Official IG @peterpsquare)
Peter Okoye (PHOTO CREDIT: Official IG @peterpsquare)

In this exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, he…

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