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Biography:
Sing "a" teh or Freaky
Joe is a performer of Gambian
hip-hop, Afro Manding, reggae and ragatone.
In February 2008 he won the best selling solo artist
award by Gam-Spirit Music Award organised by Champion Sounds
Promotions at a colourful ceremony held at the
Kairaba Beach
Hotel. Singateh’s Inc is a
company established by Singateh a.k.a Freaky Joe and his
Manager Pa Ousman Joof on April 10th 2006 during Singateh’s
USA tour in college park , Atlanta, Ga.
Born as Alhagie Singateh in 1982 in a small riverine
community in the hinterlands of The Gambia,
Sing-a-teh (A.K.A. Freaky Joe) at a very tender age, has
portrayed a resounding talent as both an academician and a
musician. Between spending Friday nights doing acapellas in
street squares to performing at school events, Sing-a-teh
was already on the track to creating a hobby that would
eventually lead to a life-long passion for him.
Sing-a-teh spent his entire Primary School education and
Middle School education in Bansang, and shortly attended Armitage High School before transferring to
Gambia High
School in the Greater Banjul Area. Sing-a-teh has played
numerous roles in and out of his school career. He has
served as a student prefect and a student deputy head boy
during his school days in Bansang.
Sing a teh's music career started in 2001 when he composed
his first single "GAMSAINTS RECONCILIATION" a song dedicated
to Gambian students urging them to reconcile and put aside
there differences for national interest. Composed during the Gamsaints Reconciliation week The success
from this effort earned him the much needed respect, and
popularity from all sectors of the Gambian community and
afar.
Following the popularity of his first single, he dropped
another one entitled "More Message", a song that calls for
youth empowerment. The reception and success of these two
singles earned him the "Best Solo Artist of the Year 2001","
West Coast Radio Artist of the Year 2002", YIDAC PILLAR of
the Year 2002, "FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN" and several other
titles and awards. From then on, he kept on excelling to
higher heights winning more awards and soon started his own
concerts across the country making his music and lyrics well
known and loved by all and sundry.
The Gambian show biz witnessed a dramatic wind of change
since after the discovery of Sing-a-teh's unique and
melodious voice and due to the quality of beats produced by
his mentor, and producer-friend HAKIM of "THE SUNS OF
LIGHT". Sing a teh is the first Gambian artist whose voice
was heard on BBC's famous morning programme "NETWORK
AFRICA”.
He released his first 9 track Audio Album in the local
market of the Gambia in July 2005 and in December of 2005, a
13 track CD released was for the European Market which was
distributed in major European Countries including Sweden ,
Germany , England , Norway Finland. This CD was re-mastered (featuring two
new songs) with a promotional DVD his 2006 U.S. tour, a tour
that was facilitated by the African Artist Association (an
agency in the business of tapping and promoting African
Artist the world over headquartered in Queens-N.Y) served as
an eye opener and an extra step in the right direction for
Sing-a-teh as it gave him the opportunity to forge new
relationships and to horn his skills in the music biz.
Sing-a- teh just finished his 2nd Album with the Sun's of
Light studios in Atlanta and he is back in the Gambia
promoting it. This new album is more of Dance Hall, reggae
and Raggatone; Hip hop compilation and a fusion of
indigenous Senegambian boom "Mbalax", that is fully fit for
any market. He did collaborate with few American up coming
stars.
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