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Emanali is an 18-year-old music artist and producer from Saskatoon Canada. He has opened for many big names such as Nelly, T-Pain, Ayo & Teo, Roy Wood$, and more. Being a strong believer in doing it yourself, Emanali is a writer, producer, rapper, singer, and audio engineer. His unique style and voice acknowledges his favourite genres, classical Hip-hop, Rnb, Afrobeat, as well as Pop.

Emanali is of South Sudanese Equatorian descent; in which his mother is from the Acholi tribe and his father is from the Ma’di tribe. Emanali was born Emmanuel Yusuf on December 25th 2001, in a refugee camp outside of Kakuma Kenya. While growing up in Africa, he was called ‘Somali’ (a nick name given to him by his older brother), which he later combined with ‘Emman’ (an abbreviation of Emmanuel) to form ‘Emanali’. Growing up in a refugee camp, he had to endure many hardships such as poverty, starvation, and lack of necessities. However, his family was fortunate enough to move to Saskatoon Canada in 2007.

Emanali fell in love with music at a young age, teaching himself how to play the piano which later lead to producing. After his eighth-grade teacher introduced him to making beats, Emanali began creating his own music as well as developing his own style. However, self doubt and insecurities held him back from sharing his musical content. Being an honour roll student, and wanting to help people, Emanali initially wanted to study medicine. However, after seeing how French Montana’s song ‘Unforgettable’ was able to provide a clinic for an impoverished community in Uganda, Emanali realized that he can help more people through music than he ever could as a doctor. His older brother who strongly believed in him, bought him his first recording set up; this motivated Emanali to take his music more seriously, and lead him to later release ‘Only 15’. Through music, Emanali hopes to give back to South Sudan and to help those who are less fortunate.

Sources:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3WO7JJG1j4e8RnDxWsulQF