Fally Ipupa

Biography

Fally Ipupa, with his full name Fally Ipupa Nsimba, is a Congolese singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, born on December 14, 1977 in Kinshasa, then capital of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). A major figure in contemporary African music, he is one of the most influential artists of his generation in the Congolese rumba, ndombolo, and Afro-pop genres. Coming from a Catholic family, Fally Ipupa grew up in the popular commune of Bandalungwa (Bandal), an emblematic district of Kinshasa renowned for its cultural effervescence. He took his first musical steps in the p…