![]() Going to the city’s weekly Jazz Hip-Hop Freestyle sessions for the first time, she went onstage to join the band and continued to go there each week, building up a network of likeminded music heads. Living in Sydney when she first arrived, it was the shock of losing a close friend which prompted her to take the leap to try to become an artist. Moving to Australia four years ago, the connections she made there have propelled her to where she now stands. Working with a close circle of producers to help realise her musical vision - including Kwes Darko, Sensible J and Alejandro ‘JJ’ Abapo - spanning spiritually-minded gospel and chants to neo-soul and hip-hop, it’s intertwined with a clearly-defined, no-holds-barred political outlook, and speaks a message of healing after her own experiences of hurt and pain.īorn in Zambia, raised in Botswana, her upbringing continues to bear an influence on her music. An assured picture of herself, she carries her identity through the many-sided musical influences which she draws from. ![]() ![]() The tape’s points of reference are poised between her closely-held roots and an internationally-minded musical outlook. Joining Big Dada to release her new mixtape, Sampa The Great’s "Birds And The BEE9" is a record that’s both deeply personal and outward-looking.
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