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Ijah Menelik малоизвестный исполнитель из Монтсеррата (заморская территория Великобритании в Вест-Индии на вулканическом острове Монтсеррат). С малых лет вдохновлялся лирикой Боба Марли и выступлениями Джеймса Брауна. Его дядя The Mighty Arrow известный калипсо и сока музыкант так же оказал влияние на племянника. С четырнадцатилетнего возраста являлся участником группы Militant Youths, которая разогревала небезызвестных Yellowman, Admiral Bailey, Tiger и Junior Reid. В 94 году IJAH переехал в Вашингтон, где позже основал лейбл и журнал.Только в 2005 году выпустил альбом под названием Utopia, все треки на альбоме пропитаны коншенс лирикой и большим разнообразием риддимов и стилей. .

Menelik Wèsnatchèw started out in 1961 at the Haile Sellassie I Theatre under the brilliant tutelage of Nersès Nalbandian, before joining Girma Bèyènè’s Ras Band in late-1965 / early 1966. He belongs firmly to the modernists who made their first, bold mark in the 1960s. In 1979, he took up a job in Sudan, leaving behind the Wallias Band and the comfort of the Hilton to flee Mengistu’s Ethiopia, and with a brief Egyptian interlude in 1983-85, he remained in exile in the Sudan until the fall of the dictator. .

Sir Menelik first emerged on the Beat Terrorists EP titled Big Willie Smith and went on to drop verses on the Dr. Octagon LP, which he followed up with an appearance at the Kool Keith Sex Style After these cameos, he released "Physical Jewels" single on Rawkus In addition, the he published "Space Cadillac" / "so intelligent" 12 "and" Space Cadillac (Remix) "b / w" gametime codes "and" Terror Works "Records in 1998 he arranged Lyricist Lounge with Kool Keith Shortly after these appearances KRS-One, which appears Menelik at The Temple of Hip Hop LP Finally he released the 7...

Ménélik (born Albert Tjamag on September 10, 1970 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a French rapper. Albert Tjamag came to France with his family in 1979, at the age of 9. In 1990, he met and befriended with Claude M'Barali (MC Solaar) at the university of Paris VIII Saint-Denis, and one year later, MC Solaar was starting his career with the song Bouge de là. From then, Tjamag took the stage name Ménélik to collaborate with his friend MC Solaar and some other artists, such as Jimmy Jay, RPM, and No Sé, quickly becoming famous on the rap jazz scene, before...