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Biography

Rasta Coolerman (Born Ralph Siyabonga Phombeya, December 28,

1989, Blantyre, Malawi) is a reggae musician, He is one of the

critically contemporary reggae artist noted for his best

performance and studio recordings as of 2008 releasing a hit

single and have recently composed a solo album.

Coolerman was born in Chilobwe, Blantyre, Malawi to a devoted

Christian family and traditional youth empowerment music. In 1995

(Age 5) he went to Nawotcha primary school in his home township

Chilobwe. As every young boy he loved music and riding his bike,

while riding his bicycle he broke his right leg, he needed an

operation on the leg then travelled to South Africa

(Johannesburg)with his mother. His passion for music grew in 2003

while recovering from his injury he listened to a lot different

artists such as Peter Tosh, Shaba Ranks, Alan Namoko, Lucius

Banda, Evason Matafari, Annie Matumbi and many artists from

different genres. After recovering from his injury he started

composing his own style of music and decided to name himself

Coolerman. His mother took him from Johannesburg to Witbank where

he lived with his elder mother so he could concentrate on his

studies, his passion for music did not stop him from pursuing his

dream, in 2008 he did a collaboration with M'du, their song made

a huge impact in Witbank township, this was not enough for

Coolerman, he felt he needed to do something for his Malawian

people, he then released his first single , "Coolerman Ndabwela"

which he produced at his home made studio. He has worked and

performed with other popular Malawian artists such as Mafunyeta,

Annie Matumbi, Born Afrikan, Piksy and Katelere and on many

shared stages, by 2012 he had written a full album that was

produced in 2013 soon to be released and many more to come.

Discography

Moyo Wanga

# of songs : 1

Genre : Reggae

Year : 2019

Type : Single

Country : MW

Singles

# of songs : 1

Genre : Dancehall

Year : 2016

Type : Single

Country : MW

Coolerman Ndabwela

# of songs : 13

Genre : Dancehall

Year : 2014

Type : Single

Country : MW