Biography:
Henry Tigan, born Henry Tony Kirumaganyi is a Ugandan reggae, dancehall, zouk and raga musician. Henry Tigan was born on 22nd November 1984 in Entebbe.
He started his education at St. Steven Nursery school he then joined Luzira primary school and later changed to Nkumba primary school in Entebbe. Tigan then joined Africana Whiteland now Seroma Christian high school for his secondary education and he studied his entire o level from this school.
After his o level, Henry Tigan joined Lubiri high school for his A level and in 2005 he joined Kyambogo University were pursued a Bachelors in Adult and Community Education.
Henry Tigan started his musical journey when he was still in school. Henry says he used to participate in music competitions organized at school which included dance and drama competitions. He could win trophies for his respective classes and houses and most of his compositions were original.
During his campus time, Henry Tigan joined the music industry and he released his first song titled Emilaga which was produced by a legendary producer Steve Jean and it’s at this time that he met with Suudi Lukwago of Suudi Entertainment who signed him and he officially became his manager.
Tigan is a little different from most of the musicians in the country as he chose to play a unique instrument for his music which is a xylophone. he was once signed under Suudi Entertainment and through this management, he managed to scoop a couple of international collaborations including Maron Asher and many more Jamaican artists.
Tigan found a musical success under Suudi Entertainment. In 2007 with his manager, he released his breakthrough hit called Lwaki Oninza which was produced Kiwuuwa and in the same year he released another reggae track titled Abogezi.
He managed to be nominated in the pearl of Africa music awards in 2008 as the best breakthrough artist. He collaborated with a Jamaican artist called Maron Asher and released a song called my country he also featured Might Mystic on a title track called Pretty girl.
Suudi Entertainment also hooked him up in a collaboration with Bobi wine in 2009 and they released a song called Aneganye which was produced by Paddy man. In that same year, Henry Tigan released various singles including loose control, wadawa, Namufunye.
He later quit the management in 2010 and joined the Kamokya based Firebase crew where he spent a couple of years. He later also left firebase and he started a solo career but he has struggled to make it to the top again but his music sounds fresh and his positivity message makes his music special.
Awards.
• Pearl of Africa music awards, best new artist, 2008
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