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Kombonka is a renowned Gambian rapper. He is known internationally as the "King of Manding Rap." His music fuses traditional kora and Manding percussion rhythms with modern hip-pop music, often referred to as "Manding rap".

Life
Born Ebrima Touray from Medina Salam, "Kombonka" Alias “The King of Manding Rap is a Top Gambian rapper currently signed to GSC Records, and working on his second studio album. His style of music is a fusion of rich traditional Afro-manding Music from The Gambia with Trap and Hip Hop in general.

Rapping in Mandinka and English, Kombonka’s style could be associated with that of top African rappers such as Sarkodie, Eldee, Phyno, and Olamide. His technique and delivery always carry the right amount of energy required to convey the message making this young man incredibly talented in creating music that both entertains and educates.

Career
Ebrima Touray, stage name Kombonka started his career as an artist performing in the music scene back in 2012. After recording his first song in 2013, he went on to perform on various platforms and events both in an out of the country. In 2016, during the peak of the backway journey, like many other youths wanting to better their lives he also took the dreadful journey to Libya hoping to enter Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in search of greener pastures. However, this did not end well as he end up being locked up for 7 months in Libya after which he decided to come back home early 2017 to continue his music career.

Despite the fact that it was already a difficult decision coming back home, Kombonka faced so many other struggles as a youth growing in a single parent family as well as an artist having access to quality studios, struggling to get good music videos, struggling make ends meet for his family amongst others. In 2018 some help came in the form of a small independent record label starting in the Gambia (GSC Records) to whom he was the first Artist to sign on. Although this eased some of the recording, production and career management burdens, as the label itself is also new and run by fellow young inspired individuals there was still a lot of support needed.

Accomplishments and awards

 * Artiste of The Year 2022 during the Book Launch of Don't Judge Book By The Cover

Albums

 * Yalong Nga Long (2021)

Collabos

 * Kombonka ft Hussein Dada- Nyaal Beh Loring Nnkang
 * Kombonka ft Gaston- Africa Bataa