Papa Cidy (born Hamidu Sekyeru, 8 March 1986) is a

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singer and music executive. Papa Cidy sings in

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and Swahili. He is vice president of Ugandan music label Leone Island. Papa Cidy himself says "I'm ready to entertain whatever is on planet earth."

Musical career

Papa Cidy joined Leone Island as a costume designer in 2009. He had previously recorded a single title "Tolina Kisa". When label president

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heard those vocals, he decided Cidy's talents were being wasted as a tailor. Cidy and Chameleone recorded a song together that proved to be Papa Cidy's big break. The pair has since released other duets, including "Joselina", "Daniella", "Meeme Katale" and "Nishike Mukononi". Apart from his collaborations with Chameleone, Cidy has released such singles as "Your Name", "Ba Mugumu", "Fuse", "Akazinga" and "Noonya". One of his hits from 2012, "Evalina" is not only the title of his first album, but also nominated in the Global Rockstar contest 2014. In August 2014 Cidy put together his first album, Evalina, which is now available on

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and

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. Shortly after releasing the album he made two single follow ups. "Daniella" feat

and "Nkubira" feat MC Norman, both on

and

. In October, Cidy put together the rest of his songs and created another album called ''Nkwata'', and is also the name of the first song. "Nkwata" is the first version of the song "Nishike Mukononi", but was remixed and featured by

in 2014 and then also name changed. In 2022, Papa Cidy joined Sage Music, an Australian based artist management service. The African branch of Sage is based in Kigali, Rwanda and looks after a variety of East African artist. Under this new management, the world will start to Papa Cidy in a new light and reach platforms and audiences he has not reached before. In 2022, Papa Cidy has released a new single with Spice Diana, Nze Wuwo on 15th of April, 2022.

Clothing

Papa Cidy is not only known for making big hits but he also has a clothing line called "BAKNA" which makes apparel for celebrities. He recently made a shirt from the Uganda flag to celebrate Uganda's independence. This shirt became popular when Jose Chameleone dressed it at the Uganda comedy store on the 21 September 2019.

References

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