The northern Uganda hip-hop fraternity has organized a memorial concert to celebrate the life and legacy of one of the country’s best rappers, Lumix Da Don, who died in 2015.
The artiste famed for his verse in ‘True manhood’ alongside GNL, Aziz Azion and T Bro died on July 13, 2015 as a result of liver failure.
The concert is scheduled for July 15.
Born Patrick Lumumba in 1978, Lumix, was a Ugandan rapper, record producer, founder and CEO of Valley Curve Recordz based in Ntinda, Kampala.
He started with a group called SNAG N’ O and later formed the Disciples of Apocalypse (DOA).
Lumix won rap battles organized at Club Silk three consecutive years (1998, 1999 and 2000).
In 2003, he recorded his first song, “Get Down”, but felt something was lacking in the production. He then embarked on mastering the art of production, thus creating his own sound. By 2005, he had created a 14 track album titled Inpe Ngeyo (loosely translated as You Don’t Know), from which he garnered a massive following in Northern Uganda. He then became widely known for his rhymes.
In 2006, he became an executive producer for the “Hip Hop Canvas“. Its emcees included Lyrical G, The LuoAncestors (Gipir and Labong), Emma Katya, Saint CA, Krazy Native and Easy Tex.
In 2011, Lumix Da Don was awarded Northern Uganda’s Artiste of the Year in Uganda’s PAM (Pearl of Africa Music) Awards for the single “Dirty Job“.
On January 2, 2016, he won a posthumous award for “Try” as the Single of the Year at the Northern Uganda Entertainment Awards (NUEA).
