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Navio’s Liteside
Any three things we don’t know about you?
I was actually into sports more than music. In South Africa I was one of the few paid basket ballers. I got a knee injury when I returned home. I have ever been a captain of rugby, hockey, and basketball. I was also in the cross country and swimming team. Sports was my life compared to anything else.
People say I am one of the most humble people in the industry not knowing I have a short fuse or a temper only that I try to manage it. I am not married and not just yet planning to marry but I have two children Nakimuli and Kisitu aged 7 and 5 respectively. I drink from time to time but I have never smoked anything.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The gratification you get from taking care of family is immeasurable. Happiness is not about money otherwise we wouldn’t have rich people committing suicide.
What is your greatest fear?
Not seeing my children grow up is a big one for me. I can’t imagine having to do guesswork as to who my children will be in ten years to come or who they will get married to.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
The character flow of rage is something I have to work on. I still have to find ways to bottle it.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
I take on the characters of the people around me. So I like to keep around hustlers rather than those friends who are not motivated.
Which living person do you most admire?
I am too family-oriented, so it has to be my mother Dr Maggie Kigozi. She lost her husband but managed to raise three children plus other nine relatives. She was a medical doctor who taught herself business and investment in order to sustain her family. She has made ultimate sacrifices even when she could have just gone the lazy way. She remains an inspiration to many people.
What is your greatest extravagance?
School fees and things that matter for my career; I am a normal Jeans and T-shirts person but at times you will see me as the best dressed because of what I represent for my country in terms of music.
What is the greatest thing you have ever done?
The collabo with R Kelly in 2012 was big for me.
What is your current state of mind?
I am level headed since I have to find ways to step the game higher but I strive to keep calm.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Conflict especially interpersonal between musicians, presidential candidates and celebrities. We are lucky we are not yet at the stage where they escalate into deaths.
What does being powerful mean to you?
Being influential.
On what occasion do you lie?
To save lives of family and friends.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I can loose and gain weight anytime but otherwise God gave me what he wanted.
Which living person do you most despise?
I have real hate for no one because I don’t have such energy.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Taking care of his responsibilities
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Taking care of her responsibilities and her man.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Not any I have been keen to notice.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My children Nakimuli and Kisitu; I love my kids the most and there is no one second to them.
When and where were you happiest?
Birth of my kids on May 11, 2009 and Aug 17, 2011; I would wish to have more and experience such great moments.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Being better at mathematics would make school easier; I had to struggle to get a 64 in my finals.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Apart from my kids, it is affecting people through my music. It is great releasing a song that makes people motivated to do good and be positive.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A motivational speaker on a world level or an activist for change especially for the poverty stricken or the ghetto people.
Where would you most like to live?
Uganda and Kampala in particular; I am a hustler and nobody hustles like Baganda. So I like being around them.
What is your most treasured possession?
My land; it is one thing we are not making any more. So I am proud to have a share of world land.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
I can’t help cry seeing someone having no hope for help; picking through garbage for lunch or sleeping in a trench.
What do you most value in your friends?
The amount of time I have known them; not being from the same background, it is hard for them to know who I am unless we have been together for long.
Who are your favorite writers?
Paulo Coelho and William Blick; there is a dark aspect in their writings and they are intended to motivate.
Who is your hero of fiction?
Ethan Matthew Hunt portrayed by Tom Cruise; it’s like hip hop in Uganda which presents itself as an impossible mission.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
MC Afrique; he was a Ugandan who wanted to move hip hop from the street corner to something corporate and tangible. He drowned in Lake Victoria.
How would you like to die?
Peacefully with my family around.
What is your motto?
‘Keep moving’ and ‘think on your feet’ .
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