Mamadee

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Mamadee, June 2012
Chart positions
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Singles
let go
  DE 79 01/21/2005 (3 weeks)

Mamadee (* 1979 in Dresden as Mamadee Wappler ) is a German reggae singer and songwriter.

family

Mamadee grew up near Zwickau as the daughter of an African from Sierra Leone and a German mother . She now lives in Cologne .

music

Mamadee (in the background the American soul and reggae singer Tamika) at the Africa Festival in Würzburg . (2005)

With her song “Farbgesetz”, Mamadee became a member of the Sisters Keepers in 2000 and is now a member of the board. Since her tour of Germany in 2002 she has accompanied gentlemen as a background singer. On the album “Gentleman And The Far East Band Live” you can also find her song “Good Days”, which she wrote and sang together with her colleague Tamika. She also appeared on various albums by other artists, such as Mellow Mark and Seeed .

Mamadee does not only do reggae, but also jazz , gospel and soul , among other things . In 2004 her first own EP “Lass los” was released. With this song she and Gentleman competed in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , where they achieved a total of 10 points and thus had to share 15th and last place with Sandy Mölling , who competed for Rhineland-Palatinate . Your CDs appear in the label Bush House Records .

Documentary film

At the beginning of February 2007 the documentary “Yes I Am” was released in some German cinemas, in which Mamadee is portrayed alongside Adé Bantu and D-Flame . The film shows the path taken by the Afro-German artists born in Germany and the circumstances with which they are and were confronted due to the color of their skin.

Discography

  • Turtle Bay Country Club: No Easy Path (with the singles "Baby" and "No Easy Path")
  • Brothers Keepers: Lightkultur (with the Sisters Keepers single "Liebe & Verstand", 2001)
  • Mellow Mark: Sturm ("Babies" feat. Mamadee, 2003)
  • Gentleman & The Far East Band: Live (CD, DVD) (background singer; with the song "Good Days", 2003)
  • Seeed: Music Monks ("What You Deserve Is What You Get" & "Double Soul" feat. Mamadee, 2004)
  • Let Go (EP, 2005)
  • Good Days (album with Tamika, 2008)
  • Africa Is Calling (Single feat.Ky-Mani Marley, 2011)
  • Beautiful Soul (album, 2013)

Web links

Commons : Mamadee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE1 DE2
  2. ↑ MAMADEE . Kompass, the city magazine for Zwickau, Vogtland and the Ore Mountains. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.brotherskeepers.org/film_mamadee.php
personal data
SURNAME Mamadee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wappler, Mamadee (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reggae singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden