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Kadda Sheekoff

Somerset , NJ, USA


Style & Level

Pop
Young Artist/Emerging Pro
Class of 2019
Alto

Highlights & Awards

Bio

Kadda Sheekoff moved to New Jersey in 2018 to reach a larger audience. His music combines traditional West African music styles with influences from both Cameroon and Haiti.

Although Kadda Sheekoff was famous in Haiti and had achieved a strong fan base among connoisseurs around the world, in 2019, “All My Life” became his international-breakthrough Song. The project was produced by Kiirya Beats, a Beat maker who had already discovered dozens of African stars. The arrangements feature the roiling rhythms, slightly nasal Male backup choirs, and traditional percussion typical of Haitian music.

Kadda Sheekoff found success in Haiti as one of the Haitian stars who imprecations in his music, but his work was sometimes criticised for the gloss of its production and for the occasional haphazard quality. However, shortly after the turn of the millennium he returned to Jacmel, Haiti to live and record.

“Lenational” described his voice as an "arresting tenor, a supple weapon deployed with prophetic authority". Kadda Sheekoff’s work absorbed the entire Haitian musical spectrum, often filtered through the lens of genre-defying Afro or pop music from outside Cameroon culture.

When he was a teenager, Kadda Sheekoff started performing on small functions and concerts. When he was 16, he performed at (BAM) Brooklyn Academy Of Music, which was a Freestyle Battles for identifying the best talented one and Kadda Sheekoff was identified. By doing so Kadda Sheekoff started to get known. After some time he was nicknamed 'La leyend de Mágico' which was shortened as LLDM. He was given that nickname because his music message which was powerful. His lyrics were explicit, rave about violent and immoralities. However from 2019, he started singing Love songs and also encouraging youths to stop drugs.


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