Lydia Jazmine Biography
Lydia Jazmine is a Ugandan singer who has put out albums such as Guno Omukwano, Meu Marido, and Mwagala Biriyo. She has also worked with Radio and Weasel.
Lydia Jazmine Age
Jazmine was born on 27th July 1991 in Mukono, Uganda. She is around 27-28 years old as of 2019. Her birth sign is Leo.
Lydia Jazmine Family| Early Life
Jazmine was born as Lydia Nabawanuka in Mukono next to the capital of Uganda, Kampala. She was born to father, Kasugi William, and mother, Nakanwagi Scolastica. She later in 1995 relocated to Kyebando a suburb in the Ugandan capital Kampala to live with her grandmother after her mum and dad had divorced.
After the unfortunate divorce of her parents, Jazmine later relocated to Jinja in 1995 where she lived with her auntie throughout her primary school level. She then came to Kampala, Kyebando – Kisalosalo zone, a Kampala suburb to live with her mother.
Lydia Jazmine Education
She was born Lydia Nabawanuka in Masaka. Lydia attended Victoria Nile primary school, St Marys Namaliga and Cityland college school for O level and then Margaret S.S for A level. She attended a Multitech business school where she did a degree in Business Administration and Management. She is also a certified peer educator.
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Lydia Jazmine Music Career
Jazmine started singing way back as a child in her high school choir. She later joined the Passover harvest center and Watoto church choirs. In 2012 after her completion of High school, she joined a cover band called Gertnum, she specialized in doing covers and back up singing.
She did numerous gigs and toured with artists like Coco Finger and Fidempa from Kenya. She later while at university together with guitarist Harry Lwanga formed an acoustic group of two people doing acoustic covers in bars as a way to raise her university tuition.
In 2013 while at one of her acoustic gigs, she met Radio and Weasel producer and manager Bushingtone who later hired her as the official back up artist for Ugandan singing duo Radio and Weasel who she backed on stage and in the studio.
Her voice featured in backgrounds of Radio and weasel hit songs like Ntunga, a breath away, can’t let you go, etc. She has also backed artists like Pallaso, Sheebah Karungi, Bebe cool list is endless.
First Single
At the end of 2014, she got signed to Necta Music under the management of Bushingtone and released her first single “you know” featuring dance hall superstar Rabadaba which was her breakthrough into the Ugandan music industry nominated for Best RnB song in the Galaxy FM Zina music Awards.
She featured on the Reach A Hand “if it’s not on its not safe” campaign song and became one of the cultural icons in 2015. A youth-led non-profit organization focused on youth empowerment programs with an emphasis on sexual reproductive health, rights and HIV/AIDS awareness.
Where she featured on an awareness song “IF ITS NOT ON ITS NO SAFE”. Advising the youths to always use protection against AIDS by using condoms. She spearheaded youth counseling campaigns about AIDS and staying in school as the REACH A HAND(RAHU).
She is 2015-2016 (Uganda Entertainment Awards breakthrough artist. Nominated in several music awards Lydia Jazmine has established her self as the hottest new voice on the Uganda music scene.
In May 2016 she appeared as the big break on the biggest musical show on African soil Coke studio Africa remixing her hot single Cherie with Nigerian superstar Kiss Daniel and Bahati from Kenya. In Jan 2017 she was listed in the 50 African artists to watch 2017 by MTV BASE AFRICA.
Lydia Jazmine Awards
- Best Breakthrough Artist 2015 (Uganda Entertainment Awards) – Won
- Nominee – Best Rnb N Contemporary 2016-17(Zzina Awards)
- Best Female Artist 2016-17(Zzina Awards) – Nominee
- Won – Best Collaboration of the Year 2015-16 (Zzina Awards)
- Best Collaboration of the Year 2015-16(Uganda Entertainment Awards) – Won
- Won – Best Zouk Song of the Year 2016-17
Lydia Jazmine Songs
- Omuntu – Lydia Jazmine & Sheebah
- Drum
- Nkubanja
- Sherry
- Tukumbe
- This Must Be Love
- Same Way – Lydia Jazmine And Geosteady
- Control – Spilla and Lydia Jazmine
- Guno Omukwano
- Tondekangawo
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