D Ukingo is an Afro-Hiphop artist, Songwriter, Composer and Co-Producer from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, currently based in Stuttgart, Germany.

 

His passion for music was born in him from childhood in his country Tanzania. Here, D Ukingo discovers his passion for writing, a passion that he pours into music composing his first songs.

The year 2010 he brought out his first mixtape-a series of freestyle rap contents.

2018 is the year of turning point: he published his first EP entitled "Safari Na Muziki" means traveling with music.

 

The Album combines Hiphop with other sounds such as Afrobeats and Bongo Flava.

This has been his strength from the beginning: to have a complete vision of music to combine various elements such as Hiphop, Blues, Soul and Reggae to create his own style.

The latest EP "Swahili Dinner" is out since 2021 followed by Single Tracks that keeps portraying the AfroHiphop Element.

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D Ukingo`s art has no boundaries, as he came to perform on the same stage at a summer festival in Hohenberg with the legendary Culcha Candela, a dancehall, hip hop, house and reggae group from Berlin, Germany.

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Together with his music band,''D Ukingo na Bendi'' they won the 1st prize in a Band Contest summer 2022 in Germany. An interesting format with Jasmin Wagner;''Kleine Bühne, Große Chance'' - meaning 'small stage, big chance' from SWR(Südwest Rundfunk) the biggest Broadcasting Company in Germany.