Chef 187

Kondwani Kaira, better known by his stage name Chef 187, is a Zambian hip hop musician, a former Infinix ambassador and former Proflight ambassador[2][3] from the Copperbelt Province signed under Alpha Entertainments Music. A younger brother of Macky 2, he says that the name Chef 187 means to kill, cook and serve (chef) while 187 is the slang term for murder used by the American police. Another interpretation states that if music is like food, then he is the chef.

Chef 187
chef 187
Born
Kondwani Kaira

May 23
Lusaka, Zambia
Other namesNumeral uno, Lyrical Sensei, The People's rapper, Sabala, Lyrical Joe mbuzi,
Occupation
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • Rapper
Spouse(s)Yolanda Kaira
RelativesMacky 2 (brother)[1]
Musical career
Genres
  • Zed Hip-Hop
  • New Kalindula
  • R&B
  • Zed Beats
Years active2009–present
LabelsAlpha Entertainments

Career

Chef 187 1st showed interest in music when he was 5, but he only considered it as a career in 2003 after seeing his elder brother Macky 2[1] becoming successful in the music industry. In 2005 he recorded his first song. In 2010 he collaborated with Macky 2, performing a diss track entitled "2010", targeted at rapper Slap Dee of XYZ entertainment records. Chef 187 has stated that he chooses not to reveal his year of birth so that people do not associate his music with his age. In a 2018 post on his Twitter, he posted "But how come not a single was brave enough (or cared enough) to ask me how old I was turning. Anyways I was celebrating my 25th birthday FYI." However, due to the nature of the context it is unknown whether he was joking or not, and is yet to officially reveal his year of birth.

chef 187

Discography

Albums
  • Bon Appetit - 2019
  • Amnesia - 2017
  • Heart of a Lion - 2015[4]
  • Amenso Pamo (Deluxe Edition)

Selected songs
  • "Kumalila Ngoma" - 2014[5]
  • "Foolish me feat P Jay"
  • "Big Shofolo"[6]
  • "99 jobs"
  • "Love you"
  • "Court session"[6]
  • "Amnesia"
  • "Good Teacher Bad Kasukulu"
  • "Mundowe ndowe" ft. Mumba Yachi x Dope G
  • "Winning feat Wilz Nyopole"
  • "Can't Wait to Tell You I Told you" ft. S Roxy
  • "Unbeatable" ft. S Roxy
  • "Sensei"
  • "No Minyo Minyo"
  • "I need you"
  • "Coordinate" ft Skales
  • "One more" ft Mr-P(P-Square)

Awards
  • 2015 - Mainstream Album Award - Heart of a Lion[7][8]
  • 2015 - Best Hip Hop Album - Heart of a Lion[8][9]
  • 2015 - Best Mainstream Male Artiste award - Chef 187[10]
  • 2015 - Best Collaboration - "Kumalila Ngoma" (Chef 187 ft. Afunika)[8][10]
  • Chef 187 on Twitter

2019 hip hop song of year

References
  1. "Macky 2, Chef 187 face off". CLEVER ZULU. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. "Proflight's new Fly5". ZNBC NEWS. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. "Proflight unveils Fly5 envoys". Edwin Mbulo. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. "Heart of a Lion Album". KKbox.com.
  5. "Chef 187 New Song". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. "CHEF 187 CHARMS KITWE NEW YEAR'S EVE CLUBBERS". Times of Zambia. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  7. "Zambian Breweries Revamps Music Awards Ceremony". Chambwa Moonga. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  8. "CHEF 187, ABEL CHUNGU SWEEP ZMA AWARDS". Davies M.M Chanda. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  9. "Nominations for Zambian music awards 2015". Lusaka Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  10. "Proflight Zambia congratulates Chef 187". Zambian Eye. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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