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Barakah The Prince

Baraka Andrew Odiero (born 13 March 1994) better known as Barakah The Prince or by his alias The African Prince is a Tanzanian born singer, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur. Barakah was born in the lake side city of Mwanza, Tanzania but has roots in Kisumu, Kenya. He made his musical debut in his local church choir in Tanzania. He's breakout and debut song 'Jichunge' garnered over 115,000 views on YouTube. He has done other hits like Nisamehe of which he featured Alikiba, Niseme Nawe featuring Otile Brown, a Kenyan artist which topped East African chats in 2016 garnering a whooping 1.5 M views on YouTube as of 16 July 2020. He has also done singles like Mila(ft King Kaka), Nisamehe,Mawazo,Nipe Nguvu, Sina and others. In 2016, he was signed at Sony Music under Rockstar 4000 Records, of which he stayed from 2016 to 2017 after a fall out with label owner Ali Kiba. He established his own record label Bana Music shortly after that.

Early Life
Barakah was born in Mwanza, Tanzania on 13 March 1994. He attended primary school in Pamba Primary School and did his secondary education at Tabasamu Secondary School.He studied at St. Joseph's University, Dar Es Salaam where he attained a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering. He started off his musical journey as a member of his local church choir with inspiration from his brother.

Career Life
He started off his career when he was still young under the inspiration of his brother at a local church choir. He then ventured into Bongo Flava in 2007 after taking music as a profession. He got signed into Sony Music's Rockstar 4000. He later fell out of the label due to issues with Ali Kiba,Rockstar's owner and formed his own record label Bana Entertainment. His breakout song 'Nisamehe' (ft Ali Kiba) garnered 1.9 million views on YouTube and topped East African charts. He has performed other hits with international artists like Otile Brown in 'Niseme', Mola, Nipe nguvu of which are singles.

Personal life
He has brother who helped him through the early stages of his career. Barakah's partner is Najmah Hassan. He's net worth according to his management is estimated to be $200,000

List of Albums and EP

 * 1) African Prince - (2018)

Barakah released an album called 'African Prince" that debued on April 16, 2018.