Umaru Tejan Kabba, aka WarChild, a recording artist on ACM Records, was born May 1982 in Koidu town, Sierra Leone, West Africa, youngest of 16 children. His parents traveled excessively, necessitating his relocation to the one woman who was everything to him, his grandmother. When he was 12 she passed away, which sent him to an uncle's house, where he was treated like a slave because he was thought to be smarter, more brainy than his cousins, who shared the home. Throughout wars, uprisings, and relocations, music truly changed his life...
A bit of WarChild's Story: "I would consider myself a type of poet-musician. When I lived with my grandma I listened to loads of Bob Marley since this was her favorite English artist, but I also enjoyed 2pac, Wyclef, Michael Bolton, Phil Collins and many other storyteller types. When I was around 14 or 15, rapping became my pastime and I was allowed to enter school carnivals with my newfound form of expression. I would mostly sing in mixed Krio/English. Singing was not really my strength, since I had all these bottled up feelings, I just couldn't get it out. Too scared I think...." While WarChild experienced his struggles, the country around him was seeing many new economical changes and problems. A 'rebel war' broke out and the troops with their soldiers began attacking all the villages. An election was called while the present governor of that period refused to take part. That's when everything got out of hand. The military and the rebels joined together and overthrew the governor Momoh. His country became a rebel country with no rules or security, only "gun power". The United Nations called for a Democratic election and things changed...
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