10-03-2015, 14:23
Neneh Cherry - born 10 March 1964. Grew up in an illustrious musical environment - her birth father is Ahmadu Jah, from Sierra Leone - renowned drummer and a chief (if I'm not mistaken) and she is the adopted step-daughter of Don Cherry who married her mother, half-sister to Eagle Eye Cherry, and half sister to Titiyo - all award winning musicians. Neneh is a DJ and a rapper of sorts, and she has an exhaustive list of collaborations with various people. I don't know her stuff and am unlikely to seek it out, but I do know and love this fantastic song with Youssou N'Dour -
[video=youtube;wqCpjFMvz-k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCpjFMvz-k[/video]
[video=youtube;wqCpjFMvz-k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCpjFMvz-k[/video]
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