Bebe Cool (right) answering questions during the Break The Chains launch. PHOTO/SEJJOMBWE
On October 4, 2003, Bebe Cool changed Ugandan music for good. He did not have a concert that day but it was the day Uganda held the first edition of the premier award show, Pearl of Africa Music Awards, also known to many as the PAM awards.
Bebe Cool, alias Big Size was nominated for as many awards- Best Male Artiste, Artiste of the Year, Song of the Year for his Gaetano, Best Ragga Song for King of the Jungle, and Burn Dem and Best Ragga Artist, among others. He lost each of these awards to mainly Jose Chameleone and Ragga Dee. Yet, after these high profile awards, newspapers, magazine shows and radio presenters were talking about Bebe Cool for nearly two weeks. We can say he indeed went viral, in today’s terms. That night of October 4, Bebe Cool stepped up to perform, Never Trust No People for his dog (he came on stage with a dog).
After losing the last award he was nominated for, it was the first time many people were paying attention to his work. During that performance, Bebe Cool made a bold move stepping on top of the table, where the queen, Nabagereka Slyvia Nagginda was seated.
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