Lady May (singer)
| Lady May | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Martha Namundjebo |
| Born |
20 December 1986 Cuanza Sul, Angola |
| Origin | Windhoek, Namibia |
| Genres | R&B, Afro pop, house |
| Occupation(s) | singer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Turntable King Productions, Big Ear Records, Faluma Africa |
| Associated acts | TeQuila, DJ Kboz, Gal Level, M-Poser |
| Website | www |
Lady May (born Martha Namundjebo, 20 December 1986) is a Namibian singer. She came to fame in 2004 with the release of her first album Kamali which won her her first award at the Sanlam-NBC Music Awards. Namundjebo is one of the most popular female singers in Namibia. Her music is also recognized beyond the Namibian border and she has been nominated and won several awards at the Channel O Music Video Awards.
Lady May's music is a mixture of Oshiwambo traditional music and western pop. Most of her music is categorized under the Afro pop and house genre. Her early styles were a combination of R&B and hip hop. She is signed to a South African record label, Big Ear Records.
Lady May was Namibia's celebrity housemate for the seventh season of Big Brother Africa, where she came out as runner-up.
Martha was born in Angola from exiled parents at Calulo, a small village near Cuanza Sul. Just before Namibia's independence she returned with her parents and settled in Ovamboland and in 1994 she moved to Windhoek City.
Lady May started to sing from the age of six, during her teenage years she started performing at school concerts. She recorded her first song "Lady for Life" with the help of producer Kanibal in 2004 which won her an award for Best Female Artist at the 2004 Sanlam-NBC Music Awards. In 2005 Martha released her debut album titled Kamali which means little Martha in her native language Oshiwambo.
Her second album Come And Get Me was released in 2006, it was a change in style as she was moving into the afro pop genre. The album included 3 hit songs "Come and Get Me", "Bubblgum" and the popular "Chokola" whose video received a lot of play on Channel O and MTVBase Africa. The video was shot in Namibia in two locations by Tim Huebschle as part of an MTVBase Africa initiative. The video also charted on the channel and won the award for Best Dance Video at the 2008 Channel O Music Video Awards.
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