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bebe cool

bebe cool -lrb- born 1 september 1977 -rrb- -lrb- real name moses sali -rrb- is a top african reggea and ragga musician from uganda .
he started his career around 1997 in nairobi , kenya , but a few years later he moved back to his native country .
bebe cool was one of the first artists affiliated with ogopa djs , a production house and record label in kenya .
two of his popular singles are `` fitina '' and `` mambo mingi '' .
he also collaborated with halima namakula , a ugandan veteran woman musician , on their crossover track `` sambagala '' .
he has released two solo albums , `` maisha '' and `` senta '' .
his lyrics are in luganda , swahili , and english .
bebe cool is a three times winner of the artist of the year award at the prestigious hipipo music awards and won several accolades at pearl of africa music awards -lrb- pam awards -rrb- .
he was nominated for the kora all-african awards in 2003 and 2005 .
he has toured in the uk and the us .
together with kenyan duo necessary noize , bebe cool has formed a reggae group known as the east african bashment crew .
they have released one album , `` fire '' , and two hit singles , `` africa unite '' and `` fire '' .
the group is nominated at the inaugural -lrb- 2008 -rrb- mtv africa music awards .
in january 2010 he was injured when a policeman shot at him .
on 11 july 2010 , bebe cool was performing at the kyadondo rugby club when a bomb set by somali islamist terrorist group al-shabaab exploded -lrb- july 2010 kampala attacks -rrb- .
according to cool , `` most people who died were just in front of me .
the blast was so loud -- the next thing i saw were body parts flying over . ''
bebe cool performed nelson mandela 46664 concert at hyde park london and was also named the by nelson mandela as the 46664 african ambassador .
46664 is a campaign of raising awareness against hiv / aids that was initiated by the late nelson mandela .
at the concert bebe cool put up a great live performance that is still memorable to millions of music fans across the globe .
in 2012 , bebe cool was voted uganda 's greatest artist since uganda 's independence on 9 october 1962 .
a poll conducted was conducted by kasuku media services all over uganda as part of the event `` ugandan music at 50 years since independence '' bebe cool polled the highest number of votes beating his bitter rivals .
in 2014 bebe cool 's born in africa remix song was voted among africa 's greatest songs of all time .
the song came at number 15 in fifty anthems for the african continent .
bbc world service listeners suggested the african songs that summed up the continent to them .
this was to mark the 50th anniversary of the african union -- formerly the organization of african unity , from the suggestions , the bbc 's dj edu , who hosts a weekly african music show on bbc radio , compiled them into a special five-minute mix of 50 songs from 50 countries .
bebe cool has performed in the `` big brother '' house twice .
in 2013 bebe cool had a music battle with one of nigeria 's top artists d'banj in a neutral place glamis arena harare zimbabwe .
the show was organized under the theme battle for africa bebe cool put up a great performance at the battle .
bebe cool is husband to model and former miss uganda contestant zuena kirema and is now a father of three ; two sons and a daughter , alpha thierry , beata and caysan respectively .
