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Born in Montserrat, IJAH Menelik was influenced by the lyrics of Bob Marley, the captivating performances of James Brown and the musical influence of his uncle ?The Mighty Arrow?. At age 7, he was adding lyrical input in his uncle?s studio sessions. By age 14, he started Militant Youths, a five-member high school Reggae group, which opened for Reggae legends Yellowman, Admiral Bailey, Tiger and Junior Reid.
IJAH Menelik migrated to Washington, DC from Montserrat permanently in 1994. While soul searching on the metropolitan streets, he found his destiny through the King of Kings, Haile Sellasie I the first and...
Menelik Wèsnatchèw started out in 1961 at the Haile Sellassie I Theatre under the brilliant tutelage of Nersès Nalbandian, before joining Girma Bèyènè’s Ras Band in late-1965 / early 1966. He belongs firmly to the modernists who made their first, bold mark in the 1960s. In 1979, he took up a job in Sudan, leaving behind the Wallias Band and the comfort of the Hilton to flee Mengistu’s Ethiopia, and with a brief Egyptian interlude in 1983-85, he remained in exile in the Sudan until the fall of the dictator. .
Sir Menelik (a.k.a. Scaramanga or Cyclops 4000) (real name: Phillip Collington) Brooklyn rapper. He is first emerged on the Beat Terrorists EP entitled Big Willie Smith, and went on to drop verses on the Dr. Octagon LP, which he followed-up with an apperance on Kool Keith’s Sex Style. Following these cameos, he released the “Physical Jewels” single on Rawkus. In addition, he put out the “Space Cadillac”/”So Intelligent” 12″ and “Space Cadillac (Remix)” b/w “Gametime” and “Terrorworks” records. In 1998 he hosted The Lyricist Lounge with Kool Keith. Shortly after these appearances, KRS-One featured Menelik on The Temple of Hip...
Ménélik (born Albert Tjamag on September 10, 1970 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a French rapper.
Albert Tjamag came to France with his family in 1979, at the age of 9. In 1990, he met and befriended with Claude M'Barali (MC Solaar) at the university of Paris VIII Saint-Denis, and one year later, MC Solaar was starting his career with the song Bouge de là.
From then, Tjamag took the stage name Ménélik to collaborate with his friend MC Solaar and some other artists, such as Jimmy Jay, RPM, and No Sé, quickly becoming famous on the rap jazz scene, before...
