Pepe Kale (Kabaselle Ya Mpanya)

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Remembering Pepe Kale:


What happened to Empire Bakuba after his death?

From KENYAPAGE.NET: Kabasele Ya Mpanya, known popularly as Pepe Kalle was a giant both physically and musically. Standing at well over six feet and weighing in at close to 300 pounds, Pepe Kalle dwarfed the competion not only through his musical talent but also by his size. He was born in Kinshasa in 1951.

His musical career started at Africa Jazz, the band of the legendary Grand Kalle. But it was when he moved to the Veve studio owned by the legendary singer and Producer, Verkys, in the early seventies that his career took off.

He was later to become the lead singer of Orch Lipua Lipua, one of Verky's bands, where he sung alongside Nyboma Mwandido. In late 1972, Kalle along with Dilu Dilumona and Papy Tex, left Lipua Lipua to form their own band named Empire Bakuba. [ Continued Here ]

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