Biography of Lady Jaydee (Judith Wambura)

Judith Daines Wambura Mbibo, known as Lady Jaydee (born June 15, 1979) is an R&B/Hip-hop singer from Tanzania. She was voted Best Tanzanian Female R&B Artist in 2002, performed at the Kora All Africa Designers Competition, and was awarded “Best R&B Album” at the Tanzania Music Awards on August 6, 2004. In July 2005, she won an award for “best female video for South Africa”. She was among the first females to sing R&B in Swahili. She is married to Clouds FM presenter Gardner Habbash.

 

Lady Jaydee aka Binti Machozi started singing in church at the age of 7 in the mid 1990s she was a member of the Afro Reign group.

It was not until 2001 when she released her first solo album titled “Machozi” which crowned her Tanzanian Best Female Artist in 2001. She has continued winning numerous awards in and out of Tanzania including the most recent awards in South Africa during the Channel O Video Music Awards Best African East 2003,for her video “Machozi ,“2005 for the “Distance” and Best Collaboration Video with Titi from Uganda for “Makini” video

 

In addition of using swahili as her primary language in her music, Jaydee has songs that incorporate English, French, Lingala, Zulu etc

She blends rich, soulful African vocals with arrangements and instrumentation blending both African traditional and modern influences.

Notable international collaboration include Samba Mapangala from Congo, Chameleone, Mad Ice and Ngoni from Uganda and Mina Nawe from South Africa

 

Discography
She has released five albums:
  Machozi (2000)
  Binti (2003)
  Moto (2005)
  Shukrani (2007)
  Ya 5. The Best of Lady Jaydee (2012)

Awards Won:
  2004 Tanzania Music Awards - Best R&B Album (“Binti”)
  2006 Pearl of Africa Music Awards - Best Female (Tanzania)
  2007 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Collaboration (“Hawajui”), with Mwanafalsafa
  2007 Pearl of Africa Music Awards - Best Female Artist (Tanzania)
  2008 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Female
  2008 Pearl of Africa Music Awards - Best Female Artist (Tanzania)
  2008 Kisima Music Awards - Song of the Year Tanzania (“Anita” with Matonya) & Collaboration of the Year East Africa (“Anita” with Matonya)
  2009 Tanzania Music Awards - Song of the Year (“Anita” with Matonya) & Best Collaboration (“Anita” with Matonya)
  2010 Tanzania music awards - Best Female Singer
  2011 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Female Artist & Best East African Song (‘Nitafanya’ with Kidumu)
  2012 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Female Singer

Nominated:
  2003 Kora Awards - Most Promising African Female
  2004 Kora Awards - Best East African Female Artist
  2005 Kora Awards - Best East African Female Artist
  2006 Channel O Music Video Awards - Best collaboration video (“Njalo” with Mina Nawe)
  2010 Tanzania music awards - Best Song Writer, Best Music Video (‘Natamani Kuwa Malaika’)
  2011 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Female Singer
  2012 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Video (‘Wangu’ with Mr Blue), Best Zouk/Rhumba Song (‘Wangu’ with Mr Blue), Best Collaboration Song (‘Wangu’ with Mr Blue), Best Hip Hop Song (‘Kilimanjaro’ with Joh Makini & G Nakoo)