Lady Jaydee (born Judith Daines Wambura Mbibo ) is considered by many as Tanzania’s premiere lady of RnB , having pioneered the genre in Swahili. She released her first album in 2000 and was voted as Best Tanzanian Female R&B Artist in 2002.
Lady Jaydee draws her inspiration from artists such as Whitney Houston of the USA and Vyonne Chaka Chaka of South Africa, Monica, Lauryn Hill, Lil Kim, and Dr Dre.
She credits her mom Martha and manager Ruge Mutahaba for helping her blossom. She sings in Swahili, Zulu, Lingala, Kinyarwanda, French and English. One of her most popular songs, Distance (filmed by Tanzanian company African Pictures), used all those languages. She has also won countless awards throughout her career also known as Binti Machozi, she started singing in church at the age of 7 as a member of the Afro Reign group in the mid 90's then later became a presenter at Clouds 88.4 FM radio station after completing school and soon began recording music, starting with Nakupenda (I love you) in 2000 and then following up with Mpenzi Wangu (My love).
The success of these singles made her quit her radio stint to pursue a music career. She had also been singing in her church choir at the time. She has formed a band called Machozi to aid live performances.
Her albums include Binti, Moto, Shukrani, Ya 5 amongst others.
Some of her popular songs are Machozi, Mawazo, Nishike mkono, Tatiza, Pumziko, Uko Juu, Waweza kwenda na umuhimu wako, Siku Hazigandi, Siri yangu, and Usiusemee moyo.
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