User:Africatop/sandbox/Charlie Gunman Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Charles Dimoke born (August 22,1993), better known by his stage name "Charlie Gunman". is a Hip Hop recording artist, fashion & fitness model based in South Africa. He started attending music lessons at the age of 14 which he later dropout and at the age of 18 he decided to pick up a blue pen and compose his own never I heard tracks.

Charlie debut started by his first single named "Reality Check" and plotted by his powerful Mix tape called "Broken Home" which was made available for free download on a popular music hosting website called 'Datafilehost', The mixtape was well received by over 30 000 people.

EARLY LIFE

Charlie Gunman was born in the second largest city of Republic democratic of Congo called Lubumbashi which is situated in the province of Katanga. To parents Marie Louise who is an evangelist and Congolese business magnet Albert Yuma.

He attended primary school at LYCEE LES BOURGEONS.

In school he participated in various sports activities like soccer, basketball and swimming.

Charlie relocated in south Africa in 2007 when he was 13 years old. One year later he started High school at Kenilworth junior secondary school.

He attended Grade 8 & 9 at Kenilworth Junior Secondary, Grade 10 at Leeds College Business , Grade 11 at Supreme Business College which he later got expelled in second term and carries on at Education Alive School and finally wrote his grade 12 finals at Rand hills College.

In School he chose science subjects like Mathematics, Physical Science , Life Science , Geography etc...

After being inspired by an American broadcasting TV called CI, He decided to pursue his dream of studying law.

MUSIC CAREER 2004-2012

EARLY LIFE

Early beginnings In 2004

He was a member of a group called ZX which was popular for winning rap battles in the east of lubumbashi (DRC) Unfortunately the group disbanded in 2007 after Charlie relocation.

In 2012 He joined a group which was based in Johannesburg called Young Blood which included the Producer Bzel whom has produced over 100 songs for different artist.

After spending a year with Young Blood in 2013 he decided to go solo and work on his mixtape called 'Broken Home'.

After a year without releasing he never regretted wasting a year without releasing he believes in strategy & patience, which he observed and researched a lot about the music industry.

2014 : Broken Home

Charlie got involved in music because of his family issues, he decided to express his feelings through his music affair. On an interview with an online magazine he described Broken Home as a symbol of what he went through as a young star & the results of being a product of a broken home.

The tape contains 7 songs which was produced by different local Producers. It received over 30 000 free downloads and was physically distributed to friends and fellow artists. ''' DISCOGRAPHY ' Broken Home'' 1 - Broken Home (Prod.by Emster ) 2 - Untold Story (Prod.by Balo) 3 - Abortion feat. Paciane (Prod.by Mc E) 4 - Victim of Poverty (Prod.by Mc E) 5 - Corrupted Childhood (Prod.by Mc E) 6 - Reality Check (Prod.by Twilzy) 7 - My Haters (Prod.by M_jay)

ACHIEVEMENTS :

Since departing from the corporate world in 2012, Charlie has had the honor of performing over 20 successful gigs around the country with top South African promoters beside counting night clubs performances.

His work has been featured on numerous international websites and published in both local and international platforms.

PERSONAL LIFE

On the 9th of march 2007 just few months before he moved, in the city of gold (South Africa) He got involved in a fatal accident which almost left him dead trying to switch on the generator for electricity at home which exploded near the petrol tank at approximately 1pm He was rushed to the nearest hospital for primary treatment Then was sent for higher treatment in South Africa.  MODELING CAREER

Height : 1.78 cm Hair color : Black Eye Color : Brown Shoe size : 9 Chest : 101cm Waist : 31- 32 Official Brand Ambassador for high tailor made suits #Raphaelm http://www.raphaelm.co.za Manager : (Pending)