Sheebah Karungi | |
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.jpg) Sheebah Karungi in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samali Karungi |
| Also known as | Queen Karma, Sheebah |
| Born | 11 November 1989 Kawempe, Kampala, Uganda |
| Origin | Kawempe, Kampala, Uganda[1] |
| Genres | Rhythm and blues, Dancehall |
| Occupation(s) | Musical Artist, Dancer, Actress, Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2006 – present [2] |
| Labels | Karma music |
| Member of | Karma music |
| Formerly of | Team No Sleep (TNS) |
| Website | sheebahcares |
Sheebah Karungi (born 11 November 1989), professionally known as Queen Karma and Sheebah, is a Ugandan musician, dancer, actress and feminist activist.[3] She debuted her acting career in Queen of Katwe as Shakira. After quitting Obsessions, a dance group she joined in 2006, she started making music and later rose to recognition upon the release of her hit single "Ice Cream". In 2014, she released her debut project Ice Cream, a five-track EP which did well commercially and led her to win back-to-back HiPipo Music Awards Best Female Artist in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. She also won the Artist of the Year award twice, in 2017, 2018, and 2019 at the HiPipo Music Awards. In 2024, she was appointed vice president of the Uganda National Musician Federation assisting Eddy Kenzo who is the president of the federation. [4] [5]
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- ^ "Sheebah Karungi Biography, Wiki, Profile, Life Story". www.howwe.ug. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". MBU. Retrieved 20 April 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "Eddy Kenzo unveils 13 leaders of Uganda National Musicians Federation".
- ^ "Uganda National Musicians Federation names inaugural leadership".