PROFFESER JAY!

ARGUABLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST MC'S WE HAVE IN EAST AFRICA...PROFESSER JAY BORN JOSEPH HAULE, STARTED RAPPING IN 1994 AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP "HARD BLASTERS" WHICH WON "BEST HIPHOP GROUP TANZANIA" IN 1995.

BUT ITS NOT UNTIL 2001 WHEN HE DECIDED TO GO SOLO THAT HE BECAME DEFINED BY HIS MUSIC AND HIS TALENT SHONE THROUGH...

HIS FIRST ALBUM "MACHOZI, JASHO NA DAMU" (TEARS, SWEAT AND BLOOD)BROUGHT HIS LYRICAL GENIUS TO THE FRONT AND MADE PEOPLE ASK WHO IS THIS GUY? HIS LYRICAL PROWESS IN HIS SINGLE "NDIO MZEE" MEANING YES ELDER, AND TALKING ABOUT POLITICIANS AND THEIR VAGUE/FAKE PROMISES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS MADE HIM A DARLING OF TANZANIA. THIS ALBUM AND SINGLE WON HIM BEST COMPOSER AND BEST SINGLE RESPECTIVELY IN THE TANZANIA MUSIC AWARDS.

BUT IT IS NOT UNTIL 2003 THAT HE BLEW EAST AFRICA (TANZANIA, UGANDA,KENYA,BURUNDI & RWANDA)HIPHOP SCENE INTO A STORM WITH HIS SECOND ALBUM "MAPINDUZI HALISI" (ABSOLUTE TAKE OVER)....THIS IS BECAUSE AT THIS TIME A PORTAL OF EAST AFRICAN MUSIC HAD BEEN CREATED IN THE FORM OF EAST AFRICA RADIO AND TV BOTH SIGNALS AIRING IN ALL EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES...HIS FIRST SINGLE OFF THIS ALBUM "ZALI LA MENTALI" IN WHICH HE FEATURES JUMA NATURE STAYED IN THE EAST AFRICAN CHARTS FOR OVER TWO MONTH!!

ANOTHER HIT FROM THE ALBUM WAS "NIKUSAIDIAJE" (HOW DO I HELP YOU) WHICH FEATURED FEROOZ ...THIS SONG ALSO STAYED IN THE EAST AFRICAN CHARTS FOR OVER TWO MONTHS!!
THIS ALBUM WON HIM "BEST HIPHOP ALBUM TANZANIA" AT THE KILIMANJARO TANZANIA AWARDS, AND NIKUSAIDIAJE ALSO WON BEST SONG IN KILIMANJARO MUSIC AWARDS TZ, AND BEST TANZANIAN SONG IN KISIMA AWARDS, KENYA.
IN 2006 HE RELESEAD YET ANOTHER ALBUM CALLED "J.O.S.E.P.H" WHICH INCLUDED HITS SUCH AS "HAKUNA NOMA"


AND "JUKUMU LETU" (ITS OUR OBLIGATION) FEATURING MWANA FA
THIS ALBUM JUST LIKE THE REST, WON HIM MANY AWARDS INCLUDING THE AWARD FOR BEST MALE ARTIST IN THE PAM AWARDS, UGANDA!

IN 2007 HE YET AGAIN RELEASED ANOTHER ALBUM "ALUTA CONTINUA" AND THIS ALBUM JUST LIKE THE OTHERS WAS AN INSTANT HIT AND EVEN LED TO HIS NOMINATION FOR BEST HIPHOP ARTIST IN AFRICA AT THE MTV AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS (2008)...THIS ALBUM ALSO PRODUCED ANOTHER BIG HIT: "HAPO VIPI"



15YRS IN THE INDUSTRY, AND PROFESSER JAY IS STILL GOING STRONG..HIS MUSIC REMAINS RELEVANT AND HIS LYRICS STILL ON POINT! THERE IS NO LOOKING BACK FOR THIS GUY AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE FOR MORE HITS IN THE FUTURE.

HIS STYLE OF MUSIC/HIPHOP IS COMMONLY KNOWN IN TANZANIA AS BONGO FLAVA..AND IT SHOWS THE TANZANIAN LIFESTYLE...