User:Chali Bravo

Chali “Bravo” Mulalami born in Lusaka, Zambia in December 1975, is a son of Winston Chansa Mulalami a bank librarian and Molly Kabwata, a career secretary, parents who he lost by the age of 16.

Venturing into business straight out of secondary school, Chali Bravo set up his first business at the age of 19 and went through various types of trading before opening up a real estate and property management company.

A natural artist he was always looking for a creative outlet which he maintained through hobbies ranging from abstract painter to graphic designing. But he never quite settled ‘till he tried his hand at music.

Frustrated at failing to bring his own music ideas to life via local studios, he decided to place power in his own hands by learning how to play guitar and produce music. He later opened up Sling Beats Music to control the process of creating music in the studio and distributing it to fans.

Originally looking to perform and release his own works, Chali Bravo deviated and focused on writing, producing for, and promoting other artists’. This he says provided opportunities to process more ideas. And this fact coupled with Sling Beats introduction of a highly popular local fusion of RnB, hip hop and local music provided the platform for the label to change the very fabric of Zambian music. The sheer bulk of hit albums from Sling Beats (as many as 7 albums released in some years) quickly brought about the swift domination of the legendary label and earned it a place in Zambian music history.

Chali Bravo is the most influential living individual in Zambia’s music publishing industry with an official release record of 32 albums (400+ songs). He is also credited with debuting more artists than any other music promoter after facilitating the rise to fame of influential acts like K’millian, General Ozzy, Mampi, Roberto, TY2, Kanji, Alice Chuma, Hamoba, TY2, Namanje and Crystal Shaun.

In 2009, and after an undisputed 7 year run dominating the Zambian music industry, Chali Bravo deviated again and expanded his business morphing it into a media production company where he still stays active working hands-on or overseeing video and audio production, as well as event management.

Apart from working to setup “One Drum Village”, a nonprofit that supports artists in their quest to harness the power of art and the artists’ brand to effect social change in marginalized communities, Chali Bravo is still active as a song writer and music producer for his Sling Beats Music label.

Now over 40 years old and still driven by the motto “Dream-It, Think-Through-It, Do-It”, and that same spirit of adventure that continues to extend existing artistic boundaries, Chali Bravo will continue to be a force to reckon with.

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