Age, Biography and Wiki
Sampa the Great (Sampa Tembo) was born on 9 August, 1993 in Ndola, Zambia, is a Zambian rapper and musician. Discover Sampa the Great's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 31 years old?
| Popular As |
Sampa Tembo |
| Occupation |
Singer · songwriter · rapper · poet |
| Age |
31 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
9 August 1993 |
| Birthday |
9 August |
| Birthplace |
Ndola, Zambia |
| Nationality |
Zambia
|
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She is a member of famous Rapper with the age 31 years old group.
Sampa the Great Height, Weight & Measurements
At 31 years old, Sampa the Great height not available right now. We will update Sampa the Great's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Sampa the Great Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sampa the Great worth at the age of 31 years old? Sampa the Great’s income source is mostly from being a successful Rapper. She is from Zambia. We have estimated Sampa the Great's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Rapper |
Sampa the Great Social Network
Timeline
Sampa Tembo (born 9 August 1993), known professionally as Sampa the Great, is a Zambian singer, rapper and songwriter.
Sampa Tembo was born in 1993 in Zambia and was raised there and in Botswana, as the middle of five children.
Her mother, a dancer, Theresa is from the Bemba people while her father, an insurance broker and some-time DJ, is from the Tumbuka.
Her sister, Mwanje Tembo, is a singer.
She received both piano and singing lessons and started writing poems/lyrics from the age of nine.
In the early 2010s she studied music for visual media at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, for two years and Los Angeles for a year.
While in San Francisco she recorded two tracks.
Tembo moved to Sydney in 2013 and was based there until 2018, she completed a bachelor's degree in audio engineering at SAE Institute in 2015.
Between 2014 and 2020, she was based in Australia.
Sampa the Great was featured on the second single, "Beauty" (September 2015), by future soul singer-songwriter Wallace (a.k.a. Wallace Gollan).
The rapper's debut mixtape, The Great Mixtape, was released as a free download on 16 October 2015, and later on CD and vinyl by Melbourne label Wondercore Island.
The artist described it as "a search for creativity, laughter, purpose and rhythms", and credits her African youth for inspiring the "political consciousness" on the record.
They had met at a jazz and hip-hop freestyle at a club, Foundry, in Sydney.
Sampa the Great's vocals were recorded in two takes.
On 18 December a mixtape track, "F E M A L E", was released as a single.
The track was co-written by Tembo with D Rodrguez-Lovibond.
On 19 January 2016 Sampa the Great released a standalone single, "Black Dignity".
Two days later another standalone single, "Blue Boss", was issued.
The rapper featured on the track "Second Heartbeat" alongside Okenyo, for Urthboy's fifth studio album, The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat (March 2016).
Another two standalone singles followed, "24" and "Blessings", released together on 25 May.
On 6 October she issued a music video, "HERoes (The Call)".
On 27 October a related music video, "HERoes (The Response)", was released.
On 28 April 2017 Sampa the Great released a single, "Everybody's Hero" featuring British singer Estelle.
Her debut extended play, HERoes Act 2 was the issued on 12 May.
In an interview she described it as, "a snapshot of a time of uncertainty and doubt, and the realisation that those aspects are very normal".
On the EP the rapper collaborated with producer, Rahki.
The second and third singles from the EP, "The Plug" and "Paved with Gold", also featuring Estelle, were released on 11 May.
Sampa the Great issued a second mixtape, Birds and the Bee9 (10 November 2017), which "crosses hip-hop, soul, jazz, gospel and reggae", via the Big Dada label.
It was produced by Sensible J, Silentjay and Kwesi Darko.
The track "Casper" contained guest vocals from Syreneyiscreamy, the track "Inner Voice" contained guest vocals from Mwanje Tembo, and the track "Healer" contained guest vocals from Zaachariaha.
As of 2018 she is based in Melbourne.
The artist acknowledges her family and communities in both Botswana and Zambia as the foundation of her success.
The mixtape won the Australian Music Prize in March 2018, which includes AUD$30000 from Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), with their CEO Dan Rosen hoping it, "will assist in developing [her] career and help take her music to the world."
She hoped to use the prizemoney to fund her own home studio.
Her debut solo album, The Return (September 2019), peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she won Best Hip Hop Release for her second single, "Final Form".
In the following year she won the same category for The Return, as well as Best Female Artist and Best Independent Release.
In March 2020 Sampa became the first artist to win the Australian Music Prize twice: for Birds and the Bee9 (November 2017) and The Return.
The artist was based back in Zambia from late 2020, where she issued her second studio album, As Above, So Below (September 2022).
