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Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: mvulusi96 on May 05, 2018, 22:20

Title: Who is older Pepe Kalle or Papa Wemba ?
Post by: mvulusi96 on May 05, 2018, 22:20

I'm confused on the official papers it's written that Pepe Kalle was born in 1951 and Wemba in 1949 (alot of people say that he was in reality born in 1947) . But Wemba was calling Pepe Kalle his "vieux" in interviews.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rv27RMHoKw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44c_Uv2Y9Kw

Title: Re: Who is older Pepe Kalle or Papa Wemba ?
Post by: Matebu on May 05, 2018, 23:17

He was born in 1951, but was viewed as Vieux because of his commanding presence. Yampanya also used to resolve artist conflicts back in the day, so he had an elevated amount of respect.

Title: Re: Who is older Pepe Kalle or Papa Wemba ?
Post by: Matebu on May 05, 2018, 23:22

I have noticed lots of websited getting his birth month wrong though. He was born in December. This article written during the period when he passed gets the facts right
http://next.liberation.fr/culture/1998/12/16/un-geant-de-la-rumba-disparait-le-zairois-pepe-kalle-est-mort-a-47-ans_253533

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