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Mayanja Thomas also known as THE MITH, is a Ugandan Hip-hop artist, Songwriter, Podcaster and Entrepreneur known for his powerful lyricism and always ...
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Mayanja Thomas also known as THE MITH, is a Ugandan Hip-hop artist, Songwriter, Podcaster and Entrepreneur known for his powerful lyricism and always pushing his love for Uganda. THE MITH broke onto the scene with easily the greatest Ugandan Hip-hop group KLEAR KUT, and he's managed to carve out an equally impressive solo career.
THE MITH is been considered as 1 of the most influential Hip-hop artists out of Uganda not only because of his music, but also through his I'M SO UG t-shirt line and his work with his THE SO UG PODCAST. With 3 critically acclaimed albums (The Week Of September, Destination Africa and The Ugandan) and 3 lyrically potent mixtapes under his belt (September Reign Vol I, The Feature Mixtape and Road2DestinationAfrica), there's clearly more on the way from Uganda's #1 lyricist.
"THE MITH" started his music career in 1999 with KLEAR KUT. The group of five comprising Navio, Papito, Abba Lang, JB, and "THE MITH", had the first Ugandan video to air on MTV. It was also nominated at the 2002 Kora All Africa Music Awards in the Most Promising African Group and Revelation of the Year categories with the hit single "All I Wanna Know"" featuring Juliana Kanyomozi.
"THE MITH" has released three albums, "The Week Of September", "Destination Africa" and "The Ugandan" and 3 mixtapes, "September Reign Vol. 1", "The Feature Mixtape" and "The Road To Destiantion Africa". He has also had successful singles like "Fire", "Eh Mama", "Boss Vaawo", "Go Hard", "Nze Wuwo", "I Give Her Love" He has appeared in international collaborations with 2 Face Idibia (Nigeria), Khaligraph (Kenya), A.Y (Tanzania), Ikechukwu Killz (Nigeria), J Town (Ghana), Ice Prince (Nigeria) and more.
"THE MITH" has been nominated for, and won, numerous awards throughout his career. Most recently winning Song Of The Year at the MTN UG HIp-Hop AWARDS for his single "I Give Her Love" off his "The Ugandan" album featuring Herbert Ssensamba.