Navio (rapper)
| Navio | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Daniel Lubwama Kigozi |
| Born |
18 October 1983 Kampala, Uganda |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | NavCorp |
| Associated acts | Klear Kut, One8, GNL Zamba, Michael Ross, Blu*3, Keith Sweat |
Daniel Lubwama Kigozi (popularly known as Navio, born 18 October 1983) is a Ugandan rapper. Starting off his career, he was part of the award-winning Hip hop group Klear Kut that introduced the term "Ugaflow" to describe Uganda's hip hop scene. Navio is best known for his successful solo career with hits such as "Ngalo", "Bugumu", "One & Only", and "On and On" (with American R&B legend Keith Sweat).
Since 2010, Navio has been a part of the African supergroup One8. Other members include 2Face (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 4x4 (Ghana), Movaizhaleine (Gabon), JK (Zambia), and fellow East Africans Amani (Kenya) and Ali Kiba (Tanzania). The first release from the group was "Hands Across the World", written and produced by R. Kelly.
In 2014, he was one of the featured artists in the second season of "Coke Studio Africa".
Navio was born to engineer Daniel Serwano Kigozi and physician Maggie Kigozi (née Blick). He is the youngest of three children; with an elder brother and sister. He went to Entebbe Church Nursery for infant school and St. Andrews in Kenya for his primary school. The recording artist then joined Aga Khan Secondary school and ISSA (International school of South Africa) for secondary education. Navio was enrolled at Monash University where he studied International Relations and Media Studies.
While growing up, Navio listened to a lot of music including his elder brother's huge collection of rap music from artists such as Run–D.M.C., MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and the Beastie boys and would try to mimic them. When he was about 10 years old, his mother heard him rapping in the living room, and came over and asked whether it was Vanilla Ice rapping. She was so excited that she took him to Baava studio, owned by Hope Mukasa, to record a song. It was at the studio that he met producers Franco and Steve Jean.
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