Stanley Ebai Enow (born 2 August 1985) is a

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ian rapper, and music producer. He is the co-owner of the record label, Motherland Empire. Enow is best known for his 2013 single "Hein Père". He was the first Cameroonian to win in the Best New Act category at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards.

Biography

Early life

Enow was born in

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, the capital of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. He is Bayangi from the Southwest Region, giving rise to his nickname "Bayangi Boy". Enow grew up in

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, the capital of the West Region, where he completed his primary and his secondary school at the Government Bilingual High School. In 2007, he relocated to

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, the capital of the Littoral Region, where he graduated with a degree in

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from the University of Douala.

Career

Enow started writing rap lyrics and break-dancing while in high school. He later performed on ''Groove'' and ''Cocktail Hit Parade'', two popular night shows in Cameroon. He also performed on several private radio stations, where he worked as an animator and director. Enow hosted the television music show ''Mboa'', and has done

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telecommunications company

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. Enow released his debut single "Hein Père" in June 2013, prompting

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to label him "African music Revelation of the Year." The "Hein Pere" music video won the award for Best Video of the Year at the 2013 Balafon Music Awards. The song was ranked at number 1 on Reverbnation's Cameroon list, and on

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. The remix of the song features South African artist F.A.B. Enow's second single "TumbuBoss" ("Toumbou Boss Deluxe") was released in April 2014. At the first Cameroon Academy Awards in 2013, Enow took home two plaques: Male Artist of the Year and Urban Artist of the Year. Enow is the only Cameroonian to be nominated for the MTV Africa Music Awards, where he won the Best New Act award in 2014. He also won Best New Act and was nominated for Best Male Central Africa at the 2014 African Muzik Magazine Awards. Enow released "TumbuBoss" as the second single from his debut studio album, ''Soldier Like My Papa''. The music video for the song was shot and directed by Shamack Allharamadji. In March 2014, Enow told Pulse Nigeria that he worked with Nyanda on the song "In The Middle", which was produced by Jamaican producer Black Lion. On 5 October 2014, he released the music video for "Njama Njama Cow", which was directed by Shamack Allharamadji In July 2015, Enow dropped his debut studio album titled ''Soldier Like My Papa''. "Work Hard (Le Père Noël)" was released as the fifth single from the album. Its music video was released on September 11, 2015.

Discography

Albums

*''

Soldier Like Ma Papa ''Soldier Like Ma Papa'' is the debut studio album by Cameroonian rapper Stanley Enow. It was released in Cameroon on July 25, 2015 and worldwide on September 11, 2015. The album was distributed by Sony Music Entertainment via Rockstar4000. The ...

'' (2015) *''Stanley vs Enow'' (2019)

EPs

*''Tumbuboss'' (2014)

Selected singles

*"Hein Père" (2013) *"TumbuBoss" (2014) *"Slippery When Wet" (Remix) (

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featuring Stanley Enow) (2014) *"Njama Njama Cow" (2014) *"Black Commando" (

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featuring Stanley Enow and Olamide) (2014) *"Njama Njama Cow" (Remix) (featuring Sarkodie) (2014) *"How E Go Be" ( 2face Idibia featuring Stanley Enow) (2015) *"Black I Am" ( Gasha featuring Stanley Enow) (2015) *"King Kong" (featuring

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) (2015) *"Work Hard" ("Le Père Noel") (2015) *"Phoenix" (2016) *"Adore You" (featuring

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) (2017) *"Elle est Là" (2018) *"Caramel" (featuring Davido) (2017) *"Casanova" (2018) *"My Way" (featuring Tzy Panchak and Locko (2018)

Awards and nominations

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References

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