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Emmanuel Mkono (born February 18, 1990), known by his stage name Nahreel, is an Tanzanian record producer, rapper and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Nahreel Entertainment. Nahreel was previously the co-founder and artist with Pah One Music Group. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Joe Makini, Nikki wa pili, Izzo Biznes, Pah One, G nako, Nakaaya, Roma and more recently shrekeezy. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of the English rap in Tanzania which is a swahili speaking nation.

Early life
Nahreel places his interests in music at the age of 14 when his father bought him a piano and a teacher to tuition him on how to play. He officially began his career as in music an assistant music producer at Kama Kawa records in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. He worked there for a period of two years before leaving to India to further his studies at Punjab College. His Riz One instrumental for Izzo Bizness, released under MJ Records, led the rapper Izzo Bizness to become one of the best-selling Tanzanian performing artists of 2009,to get nominations for major awards and meet the son of the President of the republic of Tanzania Mr Rithiwan Kikwete. He was still in India by this time but the demand for his instrumentals was getting really out of proportion back home in Tanzania as most Hip-hop artists were interested in working with him.

In 2011, he completed his education in India and came back to Tanzania. He produced a couple of singles before linking up with a couple of his old friends to form the Music Group Pah One.

Pah One
Within the short period of recording,Pah one became a house hold music group in Tanzania with their premier song Amatita and You. They got so popular due to the uniqueness of their music, sense of fashion and overall outlook. They later on released a single Ghetto which placed them to even higher grounds and gave them a chance to curtain raise for Mayback Music Group CEO and Founder Rick Ross. In November 2012,the group teamed up with Kenyan rapper shrekeezy to release their best selling single I wanna get paid which enjoyed and still enjoying massive airplay in most African television stations including Trace Urban, MTV BASE and Channel On. The group split to pursue solo careers in January 2013.