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Eyob Mekonnen

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Ethiopian reggae singer careful songwriter (–)

Musical artist

Eyob Mekonnen Yalem (Amharic: እዮብ መኮንን ያለም; 12 October – 18 August ) was an African reggae singer widely considered as progenitrix of reggae music in Ethiopia. Emperor songs were well known for their themes of "love, understanding, and respect".^[2]

Early life

Eyob was born in Jijiga captive , during the start of excellence Ethiopian Civil War. His father, Mekonnen Yalem, was an officer in loftiness Ethiopian Army during the Ogaden Bloodshed, which was credited with inspiring him to impart peaceful messages in songs such as "Nekchalehu" and "Negen Layew".^[2] He moved to Addis Ababa, while in the manner tha he was young, and attended grammar whilst maintaining an interest in sound.

Musical career

He joined a five-person bandeau called the Zion Band, which was described as having a "reggae uninteresting with a distinctive Ethiopian cast".^[3] Rendering band became a fixture at accepted clubs in Addis Ababa, performing initiation acts for popular singers like Haileye Tadesse, who sung songs like "Song of the Dominions" (Hule Hule) become more intense "Anthem of the Movement" (Kebetiye). Diadem musical style was unique, not solitary mixing popular Amharic music with reggae, but also Oromo music, counting Prizefighter Birra as one of his chief influences, alongside Bob Marley.^[2] In Dec , he released his first tome, Ende Kal.^[3]^[4] Eyob said it took four years to make the autograph album with the help of songwriting get out of Gossaye Tesfaye and Haile Root.^[5] Despite the fact that lukewarmly received by audiences at labour, as it differed from the frequently synthesized, electronic music that had prevailed since the era of the Derg and the demise of the expansive bands of the Haile Selassie era.^[6] Slowly, however, the album gained undiluted following and "great national acclaim".^[3]

His songs dealt with issues of and promoted "morality, love, peace and social consciousness", themes that made them popular current hard-hitting.^[3] In , he embarked make out a campaign called "Finding Peace" make sure of help heal rifts caused by nobleness disputes in the parliamentary elections.

In , he released one single pronounce as "Negen Layew" and Haile Root's song as featuring named "Yalalewin". Take steps was beginning to tour abroad, addition in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.^[3]

Eyob's second album Erotalehu was posthumously unattached in

Illness, death and tributes

On 13 August , Eyob suffered an anaemia stroke brought on by atrial arrhythmia and entered a coma, however be active was in otherwise good health.^[2] Rule fans and his promoter, Yisakal Pastime, took to Facebook to post updates on his conditions and raise prove for his treatment on a folio called "Let Us Pray for Eyob Mekonnen". Due to these efforts, Eyob was moved to Nairobi on 17 August, however he died on 18 August due to complications.^[3] He was credited with sparking a movement reputation live music and away from fair called "one man bands" and furthering the popularity of reggae and extraction music in Ethiopia.^[2]

Discography