Ugandan president may release rap album
President Yoweri Museveni says he might release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda's radio stations and nightclubs.
The leader, nicknamed "M7", performed two children's folk chants at several election rallies over the last few months;
- "Naatema akati" (I cut a stick) and "Mp'enkoni" (Give me the stick).
Record producers then mixed the performances with hip-hop beats and audio of Museveni talking to the crowd about a genre of music that he said was new to him.
"Today these young people taught me about this 'rap'. I was not following what they were saying. Well, I can even give you some rap myself,".
- The song was titled, "You want another rap?".
Ruling party officials were pleased with the popularity of the song but issued warnings to some newspapers after they published doctored photographs of a topless Museveni with a muscled and heavily tattooed torso.
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