UNana (owaziwa nangokuthi u-Darkman / Nana) ungumdlali we-rapper waseJalimane no-DJ onezimpande zase-Afrika. Kwaziwa kabanzi e-Europe ngenxa yamahithi afana ne-Lonely, Darkman, aqoshwa maphakathi nawo-1990s ngesitayela se-Eurorap.
Amazwi ezingoma zakhe ahlanganisa izihloko ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ukucwasa ngokwebala, ubudlelwano bomndeni kanye nenkolo.
Ubuntwana kanye nokufuduka kukaNana Kwame Abroqua
Umculi wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 5, 1969 edolobheni lase-Accra (Ghana, eNtshonalanga Afrika). Igama lakhe langempela nguNana Kwame Abroqua. Umrepha waboleka igama lakhe lokuqamba egameni lesinye seziqu eziklonyeliswe izicukuthwane zaseGhana - nana.
Umfana wakhulela emkhayeni ovamile wase-Afrika wangaleyo minyaka, ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, kwaze kwaba yilapho ngo-1979 abazali bakhe bathuthela eJalimane ngasese nendodana yabo.
Umculi akakaze adalule imininingwane yalesi sinyathelo esingekho emthethweni, kodwa kusukela ngo-1979 waqala ukuhlala edolobheni laseHannover.
Ngisho nasesikoleni, umfana wabhekana nenkinga yokucwasa, ayenayo izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa emsebenzini wakhe womculo. Nokho, ngokuvamile, ubuntwana bakhe badlula endaweni ezolile.
Ngisho nangaleso sikhathi, waba nesithakazelo kumculo we-rap, ama-disc angena ngawo ngokushesha ezweni esuka e-United States futhi ayedingeka kakhulu.
Ngakho-ke, ukunambitheka kwentsha kanye nokubuka komculo kwakusekelwe ekuhlanganisweni kwe-rap yasemgwaqweni yaseMelika enolaka kanye nokubhekwa komuntu siqu kwendlela yokuphila elinganiselwe yezakhamuzi zase-Hanover.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculi
Ngo-1988, uNana waphothula esikoleni esiphakeme futhi kwakufanele akhethe ukuthi yini azoyenza ngokulandelayo. Ngaphezu komculo, le nsizwa yayinesithakazelo esikhulu ebhayisikobho, ngakho into yokuqala eyanquma ukuyenza kwakuwukuzama isandla sayo lapho.
Eminyakeni emine ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, wakwazi ukudlala ifilimu yakhe yokuqala ye-Schatten boxer ("Shadow Boxer"), elandelwa ngokushesha umsebenzi wesibili uFernes Land Paisch ("Far Country Pa").
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi izindima amafilimu zazingencane, abazange banikeze impumelelo ephawulekayo, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, ukwaneliseka kumlingisi we-novice.
Ngakho-ke, le nsizwa cishe ngokushesha yanquma ukushiya umsebenzi wayo wokulingisa, ithembele emculweni. Umyalo omuhle wesilawuli kude sika-DJ wamvumela ukuthi aqhubeke ehola imali emicimbini yasebusuku kumakilabhu endawo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi phakathi kwabamnyama ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyisiko ukudlala i-hip-hop ne-breakbeat, kodwa uNana wakhetha indlela ehluke ngokuphelele.
Imizamo kaNana yokwephula imibono yabantu
Wazama ngamabomu ukucekela phansi ama-stereotypes ahlukahlukene, ngakho emicimbini wayedlala ikakhulukazi umculo we-house, i-rave ne-techno.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wayevame ukubhekana nokungabaza kwezivakashi nabaqashi bendawo ukuzwa lokho kuhlola. Ngaphezu kwalokho, enye impikiswano yabangelwa ukusabela ekubukekeni kwakhe.
Abamnyama e-Europe ngaleso sikhathi abazange babe nezikhundla zomphakathi futhi empeleni babengasebenzi emkhakheni wezokungcebeleka.
Isimo saqala ukushintsha kuphela maphakathi nawo-1990, lapho inqubomgomo yokubekezelelana okukhulu yamukelwa eYurophu - ama-anchormen amnyama aqala ukuvela emoyeni wezindaba zendawo.
Manje emakhonsathini kwakuya ngokuya kwenzeka ukuhlangana nezihlabani ezinezimpande zase-Afrika, uNana wayephakathi kwamaphayona.
Inkundla yekilabhu yanikeza owayesafuna umculi umfutho onamandla futhi yamnika ukuxhumana okuwusizo okwaba nomthelela ngokuqondile kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe owalandela.
Lapha wahlangana neqembu le-Fun Factory eliholwa ngumdidiyeli (ozayo) odumile u-Toni Cottura, u-Bullent Eris nabanye.
Abazange bathinte kuphela isitayela sekusasa lomculi, kodwa futhi bammema ukuthi ajoyine iphrojekthi yabo yokukhiqiza ethi Ubumnyama.
Kanye nabo, uNana wakhulula i-single ephumelelayo Emaphusheni ami, kodwa wanquma ukungaqhubeki nokubambisana - isitayela se-Eurodance, iqembu elalizibheka kulo, lalingekho eduze kwakhe.
Ngo-1996, uNana wayesethathe umhlalaphansi ngokuphelele emsebenzini ka-DJ futhi wanquma ukuzinikela ngokuphelele ekurep.
Ikusasa lokuduma kweciko
IBooya Music iyinkampani yokuqala yokuqopha lo mrepha asayine nayo inkontileka egcwele.
Ithimba labakhiqizi nonjiniyela bomsindo basebenza lapha, umsebenzi wabo ohlangene udale i-symbiosis eyingqayizivele - i-topical rap.
Amathrekhi agqamise zonke izinkinga zomphakathi kanye nomsindo oshisa izikhotha womculo womdanso wesimanje, odingeka kakhulu kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
Umphumela waba ingoma ephumelele u-Darkman, eyaqoshwa ngokubambisana no-Jan Van De Toorn, umngane wakudala womculi. Futhi ngemuva kokushaya komdanso othi Lonely, ongene kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezingoma zaseJalimane, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yokuqala ethi Nana.
Icwecwe lesibili elithi, Ubaba (1998), aliphumelelanga kangako, lalingumuntu siqu futhi lizithibe kakhulu.
Ushintsho lweMillennium - ukwehla kokuthandwa kohlobo lwe-Eurorap
Ngemva konyaka nesigamu, kwakhululwa eyokuqala "eyehlulekile" ethi I Want to Fly, eyabonisa ngokusobala ukuthi i-rap yokudansa yasheshe yaphuma emfashinini, yavulela ithuba lokuqina "lomgwaqo" onolaka.
Ama-albhamu amabili aqoshwa ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yeminyaka awazange akhishwe ngenxa yezinkinga zomthetho.
I-albhamu elandelayo, ngemuva kochungechunge lokwehluleka kanye nokukhishwa okukhanseliwe okuthathu, yakhululwa kuphela ngo-2004. UNana wahlala ezinikele esitayelani, naphezu koshintsho olukhulu ezidingweni zomphakathi.
Noma kunjalo, wathola izethameli zakhe, ngenxa yokuthi umsebenzi wakhe womculo usaqhubeka uphila nanamuhla.
Ukukhishwa kwakamuva #Phakathi kukaLusifa noNkulunkulu ikhishwe ngo-2017 kulebula yomculi ozimele i-Darkman Records. Umculi uvakashela i-Europe ngempumelelo kuze kube namuhla.
