Elvis Jay

Biography

Elvis Joshua Tenta popular known by his stage name or artistic Name (Elvis Jay), he was born on 24th March 2002 in Democratic Republic of Congo in the city Of Bukavu. He is within a family of twelve members: 8 boys and 4 girls, and he is the last born of the family. His family name is Tenta, which is the combination of his father’s two names; Tembera Ntahira. He started music when he was 3yrs old, his parents had to buy a small drum for him, and then he started learning how to play it. Later on his parents involved him and made him join a group of drummers called Ujamaa in Funu Nuru church at Bukavu (D.R.Congo). As he was growing up, he keeps loving music. When he reached the age of five, he started singing in a children's choir in C.U Rehema church in Bukavu at the same time he was also improving his drum playing. When he turned 7yrs old, he was now playing drum perfectly in the same church. His Family had to leave Congo on 02 June in 2009 to Malawi as refugees because of war and conflict that emerged in DRC. From that time Elvis became a refugee in Malawi, but he never stops keeping working hard to fulfill his dream. For him music is the only thing that inspires him because he had no any other hope as his life was full of pain and sorrow. He had no any other belief but he just believes in his Musical talent which he considers to be a gift from God. He has so far develops a great dream. Knowing that one day he will be Famous no matter the life situation he's passing through, he believes that one day his talent will change his life. When he reached the age of ten he started learning guitar and it was easy for him because he was having passion of learning how to play guitar. In few months after learning he started playing guitar in a church named Apostles Pentecostal Church (APC) in Dzaleka refugee camp. He was both a singer and a guitarist at the same time. From there, he became famous in the camp and every concert of other churches would involve him as a guitarist or as a singer. So far, he was involved in almost 30 concerts that took place in Dzaleka refugee camp working with different churches. In the year 2013, he had to Record his first song with his friends. The very same year his church had visitors from the USA then Elvis had to perform in youth service, and he was given a brand new semi acoustic guitar after his outstanding performance. The guitar has helped him to become an expert because he has to practice through the guitar and creates his own melodies and rhythm. In the year 2014 he was selected amongst other youth from the camp to record a single track with a Malawian star Lawi. In the song he just participated as a guitarist, therefore he didn't sing but he just played acoustic guitar. The Malawian star really appreciated the young boy’s talent and encourages him by giving him a lot of counseling about music and Elvis was really inspired by Lawi. Every time at home he was listening to Lawi's songs. The artist really helped him improve his music. Now Elvis has started writing his own songs, the first song that Elvis had to write is called: Best friend; the song was written in English and it's a gospel song which explains deeper of how Jesus has been his best friend throughout his all life. The song was written in 2015. In the next year when Elvis had to seat down and think of how people were suffering and how life was harder, he wrote a song entitled 'Usalile'. It's in Chichewa and was telling people specifically refugees to not cry no matter how harder life is in camp because everyone has his destiny. It's also tell people to stay safe and fight hard until when they will reach above the mountain and see the sun rise. People really appreciated the track because it was really touching people's hearts. People appreciated the song as well as it's carry a message of encouragement and hope in it. In the next year he competed in a singing Competition in Dzaleka refugee camp and he was crowned number two. This really shocked his heart, but he gained back energy and from there own, he started working very hard. He believed that the competition was not the End but the beginning of a long journey. He really came up with a lot of tracks including “I believe” which talks about refugees and other people who have loose hope because of the life situations they are passing through. The song talks a lot about a believer person who believes that his/her future will be brighter. In the same year 2016, he has also record many tracks such as new chapter, and many more. In the very same year 2016 in April he became a director of a choir gospel choir in church. This has helped his leadership skills to grown up as he was directing people from different age and background. His dream is to spread the message of his songs all over the world. Elvis did not stop from there, in order to take his music far he has work with “Exclusive record” two songs; Music and There is Hope. There is hope song was an encouragement to hopeless people telling them to not lose hope because bright days are in front of them. In the song he talks a lot about refugees and he even mentioned in the song that people should believe that there’s hope for refugees to recover everything, no matter what they are going on at present. He also said to them: It's now time to dance to your own tune that's simply means to do what your heart wishes but not what people wishes you to do.

Discography

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