MIKE KAYIHURA is set to release an Extended Play entitled ZUBA, a dedication to “the person he loves the most.” Mike Kayihura is a singer and song writer who makes his own music production. In an Interview with The New Times, Mike expressed his passion for doing music ever since he started singing in a church choir at the age of 13. At the age of 18 he left the choir and met his classmates, Kanaka and Angel Umutoni and the three of them initiated a group named DME but split in 2013. Mike Kayihura then went on pursue a solo music career in Ethiopia. The genre that he is mostly comfortable is R&B but he said that he is not limited to only one genre. “I do feel more comfortable in the R&B genre. But nowadays I find myself into other genre like Hip Hop and others doing choruses and verses. So, I can’t limit myself now that I can do any genre of music then.” Mike Kayihura who never hides how much he is a football fan, especially an Arsenal lover, said that he has a management team in his music, especially Darius who started with him ever since his beginning in the music industry. About his Extended Play, he said, “ZUBA is my Extended Play and it will have eight songs on it. Currently, I haven’t yet decided the date for its release, but very soon I will drop it. It is my second Extended Play which I can’t really wait to share with all music lovers, especially my fans.” “All the songs on ‘Zuba’ EP are mine but there will be some collabos with other two artists, who are still a surprise to be revealed soon as well. I made this entire EP for the very special person that I love the most. The person who means so much to me and is my best and intimate friend for real. I call her ‘Zuba’ and so I wrote all the songs there for her and added some that she likes a lot, therefore name the EP is named after the nickname I gave her.” The ‘Sabrina’ and ‘Anytime’ hitmaker’s very first EP was ‘Barely Mixed.’
