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| Emmy tuyishime / Photo by Canisious Kagabo |
My name is TUYISHIME Emmanuel, but I’m mostly known as Emmy Lix. I am XX years old and I was born in Rubavu, a district in the western province of Rwanda. I am a hip-hop Gospel singer by profession and I also play different instruments.
I attended MUHOZA primary school in the Musanze District and then high school at College George Fox of Kagarama (C.G.F.K) where I studied History, Economics, and Literature as my main subjects. My family has been my inspiration.
Since I was young as they used to play different kinds of instruments, which caused me to fall in love with music. During my childhood I wanted to become a singer; I started teaching myself how to play instruments like guitar, drums and the piano.
Music was my main priority even though my parents did not agree and it was really challenging to convince them that music was important to me, more than anything else as I felt it and practiced it all the time. Lucky Dube was my favorite singer. My family did not believe how music could impact me and help me to earn living.
Music is a career, it is a business like other businesses, and it just depends on how you do it. Today they understand and support me. I play different instruments including a base, acoustic and solo guitar, and also the piano and drums. Today I help different artists and producers in Rwanda during sound production with my talent of playing piano and guitar.
One of the artists I work with hand on hand is Jody Phibi. I am currently studying Journalism at the University of Rwanda as another option but I want to pursue music later. I regret that I was not able to study music as my major but I believe that the future of having a music career is in my hands. Different people always ask me why I have chosen to be a Gospel Hip-hop singer, one reason is because as I was raised in a Christian family where my dad, my brother and my grandfather are pastors this influenced my desire to be a Gospel Hip-Hop artist.
Another answer to that question is very simple; I always want to stay unique, to bring a hip-hop with my own identity. Today hip-hop is my language and is the only way I have to express my message to people. People think Hip-hop is for gangsters and people with bad habits but that is not correct, it is a complete lie.
Hip-hop is like other kinds of music. My message to all young people is to be unique and creative by bringing something new and different. I believe that in 10 years I will be among the top artists in Rwanda. “If you have a passion, stick to it and avoid any distraction that may take your talents away. Focus on it and go forward “
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