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Michael Takunda Pfaira
Michael Takunda Pfaira(born May 2nd,2002) is an native British rapper and songwriter. Raised in Swansea, Wales, Michael embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name Sensei.He started his music career in early 2018.He independently released a single called 90's shit. He attends a school called midlands christian collage in Gweru Zimbabwe.

Early life
Michael Takunda Pfaira was born in Swansea, Wales on may 2nd ,2002.He is the son of Innocent Pfaira and Nyria Pfaira.His name was given to him in respect to the biblical arch Angel Michael the angel of war. Michael was raised in a Christian background but the family went out their way to listen to good music.growing up Michael listening to,jazz artists such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.Also he listened to hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar,HOV,Eminem and OFWGKTA ,OUTLAWZ,ASAP ROCKY AND J.COLE. Mike's farther worked as a pharmaceutical manager with Lloyd's Pharmacy and as for his mother worked as a nurse at Morrison hospital. around 2006 Michael moved closer yo the city as they entered an housing estate in Fforestfach.In 2008 mike was diagnosed with Leukemia and was admitted into Cardiff hospital's children ward at age7.During this time he was attending st.Josephs primary school.

During 2012 he was then discharged from the hospital but not cleared.He then went back to school and carried on attending st.Joseph's.As the years then passed forwarding to 2015, Michael's parents felt like he was lagging behind in school and decided to send him to a boarding school in zimbabwe.he then first attended saint johns collage for his first 2 weeks he then changed school due to influential reasons to Midlands christian collage(MCC)during his first post year at school he struggled to fit in and majority of his peers didn't know how to relate to him.During 2016-2017 The family started to move house out of wales and around England due to the fact that his mom got a social working job in England and his dad was in university in Germany.As time came they finally settled and mike came to conclusion that he wanted to become a rapper.As he returned to England during his school holiday he bought equipment for him to start his fantasy and dream. In the beginning of the year Michael dropped his first testing track with a handful of his friends for fun. Reportedly in a conversation with his friend he said he would be having a stand still with his music until he was done with his exams.

2018-present career beginnings
After becoming musically inspired by Kendrick,j.Cole,HOV,asap rocky,and sweatshirt, Michael worked on developing his basic understanding of rhyming and wordplay. HE then purchased a rode nt1a so he could start recording his first recording was 990's shit and he said that after this track he was going to become way better in a span of three months.

upcoming work
According to small talk on Instagram.It is presumed on June the 29th he would be releasing 90's kids the EP(EXTENDED PLAY)

Artistry
'Influences' Michael pfaira has said his top 5 rappers are Kendrick Lamar,J.Cole,ASAP Rocky,Logic and Earl-sweatshirt.saying that they all bring him some sort of value and he learns what rap is really and not just putting on headphones and spitting out words of your dome but really expressing true feelings and remembering the audience.Yet he go's on to say " BUT Duksworth is the goat i get time to really feel this is rap and this is the shit and i ain't gone fall away from this,that is tradition i mean ya i know the game is changing but what can you really do the most you can do is fight for what you love for you get."