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Navio (Daniel Lubwama Kigozi) was born on 18 October, 1983 in Kampala, Uganda, is a Ugandan rapper. Discover Navio's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

Popular As Daniel Lubwama Kigozi
Occupation Rapper, producer
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 18 October 1983
Birthday 18 October
Birthplace Kampala, Uganda
Nationality Uganda

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1983

Daniel Lubwama Kigozi (popularly known as Navio, born 18 October 1983 ) is a Ugandan rapper and record producer.

Starting off his career, he was part of the award-winning hip hop group Klear Kut that introduced the term "Ugaflow" to describe Uganda's hip hop scene.

Navio is best known for his successful solo career with hits such as "Ngalo", "Bugumu", "One & Only", and "On and On" (with American R&B singer Keith Sweat).

2000

The group's debut album, "Mind, Body and Soul" (2000), was a huge success and generated the several hit singles including "All I Wanna Know" (with Juliana), "Remember", and "Let's Get It on".

The group helped stir the popularity of the hip hop genre in Uganda.

2002

In 2002, Klear Kut became the first group to receive a Kora award nomination where they were nominated for "Most Promising Newcomer" and 'Revelation of the Year". The following year, the group released K2, their second album. Although it was not as big as its predecessor, it produced the major hits "Mon Coeur 'Murder of Crows'", featuring Rania, and the fan favorite remix "Superstar" featuring Bebe Cool.

2004

They later received the PAM Award for Best Hip hop Group in 2004.

Before leaving for South Africa, Navio wrote and recorded a song, "Rukus" with Ugandan recording artiste Peter Miles.

The song went on become one of the most popular records of his career.

2007

During his hiatus, he was occasionally featured on other artistes' recordings such as the all-girl group, Blu*3's single "Burn" in 2007, Jemimah Sanyu's "Amaaso go googera" in 2011 and many more

2008

It was featured in the season finale of Big Brother Africa 3 in 2008, four years after its release.

Navio officially returned to the music scene in 2008 after graduating with a degree in communications from Monash University's South African branch.

2009

His debut solo album, Half the Legend was released in 2009 and generated positive reviews from critics and the audience and generated the singles "Bugumu", "Salooni" featuring GNL Zamba, "Ngalo", and "Respect" with the Kenyan artiste Jua Kali.

He was also featured on Bobi Wine's "Badman from Kamwokya".

The album earned him the Best Hip hop Artist award at the Pearl of Africa Music Awards and nominations at Kenya's Kisima Music Awards for Best Male Artist, Best Music Video, and Best Hip hop Artist.

Music critics have described Navio's sound and style as unique:

2010

Since 2010, Navio has been a part of the African supergroup One8.

Other members include 2Face (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 4x4 (Ghana), Movaizhaleine (Gabon), JK (Zambia), and fellow East Africans Amani (Kenya) and Ali Kiba (Tanzania).

The first release from the group was "Hands Across the World", written and produced by R. Kelly.

2014

In 2014, he was one of the featured artists in the second season of "Coke Studio Africa".

Navio was born to engineer Daniel Serwano Kigozi and physician Dr. Maggie Kigozi (née Blick).

He is the youngest of three children; with an elder brother and sister.

He went to Entebbe Church Nursery for infant school and St. Andrews in Kenya for his primary school.

The recording artist then joined Aga Khan Secondary school and ISSA (International school of South Africa) for secondary education.

Navio was enrolled at Monash University where he studied International Relations and Media Studies.

While growing up, Navio listened to a lot of music including his elder brother's huge collection of rap music from artists such as Run–D.M.C., MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and the Beastie boys and would try to mimic them.

When he was about 10 years old, his mother heard him rapping in the living room, and came over and asked whether it was Vanilla Ice rapping.

She was so excited that she took him to Baava studio, owned by Hope Mukasa, to record a song.

Aged 16, Navio formed the hip hop group, Klear Kut with his four closest friends: Tom "Tha Mith" Mayanja, Jonathan "J-Baller" Leslie, Abba "Langman" Lang, and Habib Abdul Hussein aka Papito.