| Intro | Sierra Leonean musician, filmmaker, producer and entertainer |
| Is |
Film producer |
| From |
Sierra Leone |
| Type |
Entertainment |
| Gender | male |
Jimmy B, born Jimmy Bangura, is a Sierra Leonean musician, filmmaker, producer and entertainer. He has been called the “Godfather of Sierra Leone music”.
Life
Jimmy B acted in the Eddie Murphy’s 1988′ romantic comedy Coming to America before moving to South Africa, setting up a music studio there and achieving success as a musician. After the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, Jimmy B facilitated the release of several hip hop albums and compilations from Paradise Studio.
In 2014 Bangura privately funded Ebola 4 Go, a video educating people about ebola. He has presented The Jimmy B Show, a radio show on Freetown’s AiRadio which specializes in Sierra Leonean music.
In 2019 his teenage son drowned in the United States of America.
Films
- Paradise Island, 2009
- Guardian of the Throne, 2014
- A Stitch in Time, 2014
- The British Expert, 2019