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Stanley Ebai Enow is a
Cameroonian rapper, radio and TV presenter, and voice actor. He is the co-owner of the record label, Motherland Empire. Enow is best known for his 2013 single "Hein Père". He was the first Cameroonian to win in the Best New Act category at the
2014 MTV Africa Music Awards.Enow was born in
Bamenda, the capital of the
Northwest Region of Cameroon.He is
Bayangi from the
Southwest Region, giving rise to his nickname "Bayangi Boy". Enow grew up in
Bafoussam, the capital of the
West Region, where he completed his primary and his secondary school at the Government Bilingual High School.
[2][4] In 2007, he relocated to
Douala, the capital of the
Littoral Region, where he graduated with a degree in
business journalism from the
University of Douala.Enow started writing rap lyrics and
break-dancing while in high school. He later performed on
Groove and
Cocktail Hit Parade, two popular night shows in Cameroon. He also performed on several private radio stations, where he worked as an animator and director. Enow hosted the television music show
Mboa,and has done
voice-over advertising for the
Pan African telecommunications company
MTN Group.Enow released his first song "Hein Père" in June 2013, prompting
Trace TV to label him "African music Revelation of the Year." The "Hein Pere" music video won the award for Best Video of the Year at the 2013 Balafon Music Awards. The song was ranked at number 1 on Reverbnation's Cameroon list, and on
Trace Africa's Top 10 Songs. The remix of the song features South African artist F.A.B. Enow's second single, "TumbuBoss" or "Toumbou Boss Deluxe", was released in April 2014. At the first
Cameroon Academy Awards in 2013, Enow took home two plaques: Male Artist of the Year and Urban Artist of the Year. Enow is the only Cameroonian to be nominated for the MTV Africa Music Awards, where he won the Best New Act award in 2014. He also won Best New Act and was nominated for Best Male Central Africa at the 2014 African Muzik Magazine Awards. Enow released "TumbuBoss" as the second single from his upcoming debut studio album,
Soldier Like My Papa. The music video for the single was shot and directed by Shamack Allharamadji. In March 2014, Enow told
Pulse that he worked with Nyanda on the song "In The Middle", which was produced by Jamaican producer Black Lion. On 5 October 2014, he released the music video for "Njama Njama Cow", which was directed by Shamack Allharamadji In July 2015, Enow dropped his debut studio album titled
Soldier Like My Papa. "Work Hard (Le Père Noël)" was released as the fifth single from the aforementioned album. The music video for the song was released on September 11, 2015.