Muhammed Hakeem Mahoney born in Gambia, also known professionally as Gambino Akuboy, is an
Afrobeats singer & songwriter, actor and screenwriter. Born in
the Gambia
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, he now lives in
the UK
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
. Muhammed H. Mahoney is known for acting and film script writing and has written for
Gambia national TV. In 2016 he won the ''Best Music'' Video at the Wah Sa Halat Music Awards in The Gambia and his music is frequently played on BBC radio. Muhammed H Mahoney together with Ousman Jarju founded RebelVZN, an independent multimedia production company, that produced short films like ''MEBET''.
Early life and acting / screenwriter career
Muhammed Hakeem Mahoney was born in
Banjul, capital of the Gambia. As a teenager he started his career as an
Actor
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and played several lead roles. Movies he starred in were also aired on Gambia's National Television. In 2006 Muhammed H. Mahoney wrote the film "Calabash".
British Army / music career / film industry
After traveling to the UK to study multimedia, Muhammed H. Mahoney joined the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
for eight years. In the summer of 2013 he was posted to
Kenya
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, where he met the Kenyan rapper Chieftain, with whom he recorded his first song. In 2015 he left the army to start his music career and to continue his work in the
Film industry
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At the start of 2016, Gambino Akuboy released the song ''Dancefloor'' on which he featured ''Saint Da Gambian'', known well in the Gambian
rapping circles. The video was produced by David Nicol-Sey and adjudged Best Music Video at the Gambian Wah Sa Halat Music Awards. In December 2016, Gambino Akuboy released the song ‘Wish You Well’ with a video shot by Enos Olik in Kenya.
Music releases
During 2017 Gambino Akuboy released several songs including: ''Chameleon''featuring Sati (Kenyan Singer), ''What A Bum Bum''featuring MLK (Gambian Rapper) and Tsunami. In October 2017 the song ''Worry Them'', a collaboration with the London rappers Yun Kilz and Uncle Bimz, was released with a video published on GRM.
2018 was the year Gambino Akuboy released further singles like the
Dancehall song ''Kolo'', featuring ENC, which was aired on
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Introducing and 6 Music, ''African Baby'', and ''The Ding Dong Song – NG10 is Calling'', which also aired on BBC Introducing. The single ''No Man No Cry'' featuring Uncle Bimz and Yun Kilz, produced by Killmatic, one of
beat-makers is from 2018.
''Shining Star'' was Gambino Akuboy's first releases of 2019, it also aired on ''BBC Introducing''. In 2019 he released ''Party Alien'' and ''Ready to Go''.
One of his 2020 singles released in the spring of that year is called ''Corona''