Mohamed Saccoh(born in Koidu Town,

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), better known by his stage name K-Man, is a Sierra Leonean rapper and one of the most famous musicians from Sierra Leone.{{By whom, date=November 2016 K-Man is known for his soft rap tone. He rapped mainly in English and the Krio language as well as occasionally in the Madinka language.

Early life

Mohamed Saccoh was born in Koidu Town,

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in Eastern Sierra Leone to Mandingo parents. K-Man attended primary school in Koidu Town, Kono District. He and his family left Kono District and moved to

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, the country's capital city, during early stage of the Sierra Leone Civil War. K-Man started his music career while attending the Ahmmaddiya Muslim Secondary School in Freetown. His passion for music, in particular Hip Hop, R&B and

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forms the single most important driving force in his life. From then he rose to an incredibly high standard in the growing post civil war music industry of Sierra Leone while still in Secondary School.

Music career

In 2004, K-Man, along with fellow Sierra Leonean youth

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rappers C-Jay and Camouflag, formed the Freetown based Hip Hop group called Conscious Knowledge, more commonly known as ''CK''. The group released their debut hit single called 'Africa' in the paradise compilation volume 1. K-Man's soft voice and densely packed rap

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came to be recognized and he quickly rose as the most prominent members of the group. K-Man left Freetown for neighboring

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to develop his music career. While in Guinea, K-Man worked with several prominent Guinean rappers including Bill De Sam and Sierra Leonean born in Guinea reggae musician Daddi Cool. With enough time at his disposal, the Mandingo young star K-Man decided to go solo. This would mean doing all eight tracks in his debut album "watch u back" alone. Songs like ''Bombat'' and ''Watch your back'' became hits in Sierra Leone Guinea and

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. His second album "Leh Wi Make Salone" (let's build Sierra Leone) was internationally successful in West Africa and within the Sierra Leone community abroad. The album helped to rebuild the image of the country and build confidence in the international community that Sierra Leone is peaceful and investor-friendly, a goal pursued by the Sierra Leonean government.

External links

*http://www.news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20054478.shtml *http://myafrica.allafrica.com/view/music/main/id/07WW7BPybUchTCKr.html *http://allafrica.com/stories/200807300639.html Sierra Leonean male singers 1984 births Living people People from Koidu Sierra Leonean Mandingo people