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Elcee Gweja
Elcee Gweja born (Lazarus Reason Chipangura,4 March 1993) is a Zimbabwean Afro pop and Zimancehall singer, songwriter and record producer. Born Gutu and raised in Shurugwi, a mining town in the Midlands provice of Zimbabwe, he is regarded as one of the most versatile artists in Zimbabwe because of his ability to switch from genre to genre as a Producer and artist. Elcee Gweja's career began in 2013 when he did a song with Nox Guni called Ndakakutaurira. From then on, he continued working and dropped his first album in 2016 called Yours and Hers.

Early Life
Gweja was born in Gutu, a rural district in Masvingo Province, southern Zimbabwe. He then moved to Shurugwi, where he he learnt at Railway Block Primary School and later on at Chrome High School. He liked music at an early age, he was part of the school choir from primary and secondary levels. When he turned 18, he started to learn how to use FL Studio for music production. He started by recording himself until he was confident enough to invite some of his friends to his bedroom studio. When he started getting attention in the local community, he began to perform in local clubs and at parties for free just to get exposure. Elcee got his first break when he was contacted by Zimbabwe's popular musician Nox Guni in 2013 and told him that he liked his work. They then agreed on working on a song together which they later did and named it Ndakakutaurira, the song did very well on radio. In 2014, Elcee moved to South Africa where he put together a recording studio. In the year 2016 he released another song called Kajongwe featuring Crazy P, the song was a hit, it got attention from all age groups.

Music Career
With financial assistance from his older brother Nick, Elcee had a chance to push his music forward. Some of his first notable hits were, "Kajongwe" and "Eriya". He has released three albums to date and multiple singles. He has done songs with a couple of well known local acts such as Tocky Vibes, Betty Makaya, Poptain, Takura, Nyasha David and Oskid just to mention a few. Working as a music producer, Elcee gained an international platform. He has worked with a lot of musicians from different countries, the likes of Cameroon's Mr Leo on a collaboration he did with Alino Alino and Ziqo from Mozambique. He also worked with South African Artists like Nokwazi, TDK Macasette, Ntosh Gazi. He has also done some music with Nigerian acts like Rhyma, Omo Phola and KDDO. His music skills have reach the eastern part off Africa too, in countries like Kenya & Tanzania where he worked with singers like Mad Nyani. Elcee had done shows in Zimbabwe and South Africa, some of his shows featured the Legend of Zimbabwean music named Thomas Mapfumo and Winky D. In 2020, he released a song called Ginimbi, which spoke about the late businessman Genius Kadungure, the song received so much love from his fans and became one of his top 3 well known songs.

Awards and Nominations
In 2016 Elcee received a Zimba Nice award where he won "Best Afropop/Afrobeats male", this was his very first ever merit. He then won another award in 2022 under the category of Best Afrobeats, the award show was hosted by ARTES in Johannesburg, South Africa.