Added: Jun 01, 2017
I Gagamagoo Kinene aka Kinene Michael Bernard was born on 29th September 1992. I was raised by a single mother after my father got himself another wife. After my father left, life got real hard for us. It was hard both physically and psychologically, but by God’s Grace we carried on. I grew up in a now-growing town called Nansana, Wakiso district of Uganda. I have three biological brothers and grew up with three female cousins who are like sisters to me. My cousins had lost their mother; my Auntie, so they have been living with my family since childhood.
At the age of 10, I developed a love for rap music. I put my passion to work, and started writing my own lyrics. I got most of my ‘basic’ phrases and words from the English Language and Literature study books I borrowed from the school library. I would then use these stories as a body for my rap together with the new words I’d learned. I gained fame at Irma Pfeifer, Bweeya High School where I studied O-level.
In A Level, I went to Lubiri Secondary School. I then adopted the Nick-Name of “GAGAMAGOO”, an acronym of the “Gospel Accurately Giving Answers Maximally as GOD Overcomes Oppression”. ” This name was conceived when I first heard his brother execute what later became a failed attempt at making a comic book.
In 2009, when I was in A-level, I joined the school choir and told them I could not sing, but could rap.They allowed me to join the choir and when they had a music competition, I wrote a rap verse for the song that had to be performed for the competition. This rap verse spiced up our song in a way and our choir won that competition and part of the prize was a recording session of that song in the studio.
In 2010, I went to Crystal Revolution Studios under management of Crystal Fabulous and recorded a collaboration with my friend and mentor, named Swaib Kaweesa and the song was produced by Mac Elvis (R.I.P).
I have been nominated at both the 2014 and 2015 editions of VIGA Gospel awards in the category of “Best Rap/Hip Hop song.
