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Mwila Musonda, more widely known by his stage name Slapdee (also stylized as Slap D) is a Zambian hip hop and rap musician.

His career as a musician began in 2006 when he released the song "Asembe Isebenza".[1][2] Since then, Slapdee has released five studio albums: Asembe Isebenza, So Che, Black na White, True Story, and The Business. Slapdee is currently signed to the Zambian record label XYZ Entertainments.

Slapdee has received multiple nominations and awards, including the 2009 Ngoma Music Award for best hip hop artist,{{fact]} AFRIMM Award nomination(s) for Best Male (artist) Southern Africa,[3] 9 ZMA awards for best male and hip hop artist,[4][5][6][7] and six Sun FM Kwacha Music Awards, winning three in 2017 and three in 2018.[8][9]

[10][5][4][11][12][13][14][15][16].

Slapdee also participated in the 2017 Coke Studio Africa television series.[17][18]

As of 2017, Slapdee was the most searched Zambian musician on the Google search engine, and is the all time most viewed artist profile on the Zambian website zambianmusic.net.[19][20]

He is also the regional brand ambassador for Africa Bet[21] and Itel.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Coke Studio Africa - Artist - Slapdee". www.coca-cola.co.ke. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. ^ "SLAP DEE DATES NASDEC". Times of Zambia. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Cleo, Slap D, Roberto nominated for AFRIMMA". Zambian Daily Mail. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "ZedTop10: Slap Dee to the world". Zed Top 10. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  5. ^ a b "Slap Dee Bags 3 Music Awards". Times of Zambia. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Lusaka Voice". The Lusaka Voice. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Are you voting? A break down of the 2014 Zambia Music Award categories". The Lusaka Voice. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Kwacha Music Awards 2018 Winners". Zambia Reports. 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  9. ^ staff (2017-10-02). "Zambia : 2017 Kwacha Music Awards : and the winners are". LusakaTimes.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  10. ^ "XYZ Ent. & Chef 187 Win Big at the Kwacha Music Awards: Full List Of Winners - AfroFire". AfroFire. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  11. ^ "Rapper Slapdee features in Africa-wide Coke Studio". Zambian Eye. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  12. ^ "We Delve Into The World of Zed Hip Hop Pioneer- Slap Dee". JUMP. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  13. ^ Eye, Big (2015-07-21). "AFRIMMA 2015: Here's The Full List Of Nominees". BigEye.UG. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  14. ^ "FULL LIST: 2015 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) Nominees". Nairobi Wire. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  15. ^ "SLAP D, MACKY II 'CLASH'". Times of Zambia. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Artist Highlight: Slap Dee". The Lusaka Voice. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Coke Studio Propels Slapdee Across The Continent". Zambia Online. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Slap D Cokes Studio Africa". Zambia Daily Mail. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  19. ^ +260979974400. "Full List Of Zambia's TOP 10 Most Googled Musicians Ranked Highly In 2017". ZambianMusic.net. Retrieved 2019-03-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  20. ^ "Artists All Time Most Popular". www.zambianmusic.net. Retrieved 30 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  21. ^ "Slap D grows brand". Zambia Daily Mail. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2019.