Onesimus Muzik

Armstrong Kalua (born April 29, 1990), professionally known as Onesimus Muzik, is a Malawi-born Afropop singer and songwriter[1][2][3].

Onesimus Muzik
Born (1990-04-29) April 29, 1990
Blantyre
Occupation(s)Afropop singer, songwriter
Years active2012–present
LabelsMuthaland Entertainment
Associated actsGwamba, Tay Grin

Early life

Onesimus started singing at the age of 13. His love for singing grew as he performed at different concerts around his community. Apart from singing, Onesimus also has passion for dancing as he first gained expression at the age of 17 when his dance group God's soldiers won the Sprite competition in 2006.[4][5]

Music career

He discovered his knack for lyrics in 2008 when he joined the rap group Blessed Beyond Measure (also BBM Clique) dropping tracks such as “By MySide” and “Random Thoughts” with the outfit. The artist was to venture into a solo career soon after, working on an unreleased hip-hop mixtape called “Beyond Limits” for a year in 2009 before he found his true calling, music. Armstrong started singing secular music in 2010 and finally released two singles: “Beautiful” featuring award-winning Malawian rapper Young Kay and “Without Your Love” which landed him a coveted deal with the record company ‘Nde’feyo Entertainment’. Almost instantly thereafter he began his tour in Malawi under the stable, in 2011. He dropped a R&B mixtape titled ‘BRB’ in 2012 and - in the same year - dropped his debut Afro R&B album: “Ndele”. In this album he showed his diversity as he also sings in his mother-tongue - Chichewa. By this time he had already worked with several of Malawi's urban music icons and also did a song called “Musiye Ayende” with Zambia's musicians Dalisoul and Afunika[6]. He made appearances on many line-ups at acclaimed music festivals in Malawi sharing stages with the continent's industry giants: Oliver Mtukudzi, Freshlyground, Salif Keita, Professor, AKA, Naeto C.[7][8][9]

Awards

At the 2019 AFRIMA Onesimus won the award for Best Male Artist, Duo or Group in African Inspirational Music[10]

References
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  3. Snazo Notho 14 February 2018 (2018-02-14). "Onesimus Is Ready For Love". Dailysun.co.za. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  4.   (2015-03-11). "Onesimus". Music In Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-01.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. "Onesimus Muzik". Afternoonexpress.co.za. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  6. "Onesimus Muzik on his musical journey". YouTube. 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Onesimus Muzik". Home of all music Malawian. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  9. "Onesimus Muzik - Thank you lord :: Free Stream :: NoiseTrade". Paste Magazine. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  10. "Here's the Full List of AFRIMA Awards 2019 Winners". OkayAfrica. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
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