Ugandan RnB singer Michael Ross Kakooza has released a Kinyarwanda song titled Ndakwikundira. Ross told The New Times that he sang the song in Kinyarwanda because he wanted to reconnect with his Rwandan audience since it had been a long time since they last saw or heard from him. VIDEO: Ndakwikundira. Source. PromoafriKa/YouTube Ross, who says that his Rwandan fans have been the most loyal, explained that Ndakwikundira’ is a love song about trust. “I am telling this woman I love that she shouldn’t worry when she sees me with other ladies because if it’s a question of my heart, she got it and no other woman can replace her,’ he says The 33-year-old started singing back in his primary school days and his style is mostly influenced by American singers Usher, Genuwine, R Kelly, Michael Jackson, MC Hammer and Bobby Brown. He released his first single Senorita in 2002. The song won the award for best RnB song in the 2003 Pearl of Africa Music Awards. He followed it with other songs including You are the one both in English. To appeal to a broader Ugandan audience, Michael Ross started singing in Luganda. He released songs like Yooyo, Nze Akwagala and Ndi n’owange. He later switched back to singing in English releasing songs like Tell me featuring rapper Navio and Gimme tonight which all received good airplay. editorial@newtimes.co.rw
