Denise Chaila
Denise Chaila is a Zambian-Irish rapper and poet, whose seamless amalgamation of grime and spoken-word poetry put her at the forefront of Ireland’s vibrant hip-hop scene. Hailing from Chikankata District, Zambia, Chaila moved to Ireland with her family at the age of 8. After graduating from the University of Limerick in English Literature and Sociology, she started off her music career performing in the city’s underground hip-hop scene in 2012. Chaila’s first taste of recognition came in 2016 with her participation in longtime collaborators Rusangano Family’s Let the Dead Bury the Dead, a critically-acclaimed album that won the Choice Music Prize that same year. Spearheaded by the underground hit single “Copper Bullet,” Duel Citizenship (2019), her highly-anticipated debut EP, was featured on Cillian Murphy’s BBC Radio 6 show and was picked up by the likes of NPR and RTÉ. Shortly after, Chaila was invited to perform at the Perspectives: Imagining Ireland event, which took place at Dublin’s National Concert Hall and at the Barbican Centre in London, and made appearances at some of the UK’s top festivals. She followed this success in 2020 with “Chaila,” the first single off of Go Bravely, her studio debut.
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Diskografie
6 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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2step (feat. Denise Chaila)
Pop - Erschienen bei Atlantic Records UK am 22.04.2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Out the Gaff
Denise Chaila, Sorcha Richardson, God Knows, Murli
R&B - Erschienen bei Faction Records am 25.09.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It's a Mixtape
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Narolane am 26.11.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo