Damso

William Kalubi Mwamba born 10 May 1992 in Kinshasa better known by his stage name Damso is a BelgianCongolese rapper singer and songwriter He is popular in France where all of his albums were certified at least platinum Kalubi was born in Kinshasa Zaire presentday Democratic Republic of the Congo When he was nine years old he and his family left the country because of the bloody armed conflict and moved to Belgium They eventually settled in Matonge a largely Congolese neighborhood in Ixelles Brussels Williams mother is Rose Marthe After completing secondary school Damsos parents urged him to pursue a degree in marketing and psychology but his passion for music led him to spend more time in recording studios causing his academic performance to suffer This resulted in conflicts with his parents especially his father who had been a medical doctor in Kinshasa ultimately leading to Damso being kicked out of his home Struggling to make ends meet Damso resorted to living in squats and engaging in illegal activities for financial survival driven by his refusal to tolerate racism and mistreatment in traditional workplaces Damso started his rap career in 2006 by performing at local and underground events At the start of his rap career he formed rap collective OPG with childhood friend Dolfa They later recruited Ducke Lio Brown and Rex He released his first solo project Salle dattente online as a free download in 2014 In collaboration with his band OPG and significantly inspired by his older brother Mehdi Rais he released his mixtape MMMXIII on 24 September 2014 Damso made his name in 2015 thanks to his song Poseidon which appears on Boobas OKLM mixtape Following this he joined Boobas 92i collective and signed with Universal Music He made an appearance on Boobas album Nero Nemesis on the track Pinocchio in collaboration with Booba and rapper Gato Da Bato Damsos verse was noted by the public and the media increasing his popularity and widening his audience In France all of Damsos albums have attained at minimum platinum certification On July 8 2016 his first studio album entitled Batterie Faible was released on Boobas label 92i Records The project fully mixed and recorded by Krisy has been certified platinum in France selling more than 300000 units His second album Ipséité was released on April 28 2017 and was certified triple platinum in less than six months The album is now certified diamond with over 900000 cumulative album sales in France In 2018 Damsos third album Lithopedion was certified platinum within a week of its release and is now certified Diamond with over 500000 units sold He won the best musicer awards In 2020 he released album QALF Which is now certified Diamond with over 500000 units sold Source Article Damso from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30