MAUREEN WARUINGE ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST

24 January 2024

• Get to know Bobby Shmurda, US rapper recruited by Harmonize & Bien for a collabo that will be dropping on Friday

• Harmonize, Bien Aime to collaborate with Bobby Shmurda

Tanzanian singer and Konde Gang boss Harmonize aka Konde Boy has kicked off the year 2024 with boss moves.

The singer announced a collabo with Kenya's Bien Aime and US rapper Bobby Shmurda.

"THIS YEAR IS NO LONGER NEW !!!!! SEE YOU ON FRIDAY" he bragged while using King emojis to signify he has made it.

Bien indicated the song would premier Friday, January 26.

"2024 here we gooo! ⛽🌍🔥🚀Konde Boy 🇹🇿 x Man a baldman 🇰🇪 & @itsbobbyshmurda 🇺🇸. I MADE IT out Friday! @harmonize_tz @kondegang" The Alusa singer added.

Celebrities have reacted with excitement. From Jacky Vike to Azeezah, Boneye, Alex Mwakideu, Minnie Cayy, and Frankie Just Gymit, there are countless comments heaping praise on the Two East African musicians.

Here is what you need to know about Bobby Shmurda.

His real name is Ackquille Jean Pollard
He is 29 years old
He rose to fame in 2014 for his popular song Hot Ni**a. He only enjoyed about 5 months of fame.
He sparked a viral dance craze called Shmooney Dance.
His alleged net worth is $2 million
His mother is African American and his father is Jamaican
He started rapping in 2004 and remixed the song "Knuck If You Buck" by Crime Mob.
Bobby's hip-hop inspirations include 50 Cent, 2 Pac, Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, and Trick Daddy
Bobby was signed to Epic Records after the song's viral success.
His debut studio album with Epic Records was scheduled for release in 2016, but it was postponed due to his imprisonment. 1
He had been under investigation since 2010
This led to his eventual arrest in Dec 2014, on several charges that include: conspiracy to murder, drug trafficking, and more.
At 20 years old, he was handed a seven-year sentence but served 6 years in New York’s Rikers Island and Clinton Correctional Facility on one count of third-degree conspiracy and one count of weapons possession.
He was released in February 2021 after serving six years in prison, Quavo picked him up from jail.
He went independent and relaunched his former record label GS9
He has collabo with Meek Mill, DaBaby, Key Glock, 42 Dugg and Rich The Kid, The Game, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich The Kid, Shy Glizzy, Migos, French Montana, Too $hort, Juelz Santana, 6ix9ine and countless others.