Ninja (British rapper) explained

Ninja
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Nkechi Ka Egenamba
Birth Date:1983 9, df=yes
Origin:London, England
Years Active:2004–present
Associated Acts:The Go! Team

Nkechi Ka Egenamba (born 24 September 1983),[1] [2] (first name pronounced n-kay-chee)[3] known as Ninja, is an English rapper and the female lead vocalist for the British indie band The Go! Team. Doing a mixture of rapping, chanting and singing, Ninja is well known for her energetic stage performances and dancing. In 2005, NME voted Ninja the 15th coolest person in music.[4]

Early life and education

Born Nkechi Ka in 1983,[1] [2] "Nkechi" is short for Nkechinyere, and means "what God has given" or "gift of God" in Igbo, the language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group in West Africa, numbering in the tens of millions.[5]

Ninja is from London.[6] Her father is a Nigerian lawyer, and her mother is half-Egyptian, half-Nigerian.[7] Ninja is one of five children and was brought up in a very strict household.[7] She had been studying at university before she joined The Go! Team.[8]

The Go! Team

Ninja became the lead singer for The Go! Team after the founder, Ian Parton, created the first The Go! Team studio album. With Ninja, the live band became a "separate entity" to the original studio vision, as their performances became radically different from their recordings, particularly due to Ninja's freestyled vocals contrary to the sampled vocals present on the album.[9] Parton acknowledged that Ninja had become the "face of the band" in an interview with Erik Leijon in September 2007.[10]

Non-Go! Team work

Ninja co-wrote and performed on Simian Mobile Disco tracks "Its The Beat" and "Hot Dog" on SMD's debut album Attack Decay Sustain Release.

Ninja co-wrote and performed on the track "Time Machine" by French band Rinocerose.[11]

She co-wrote and performed on the Cut Chemist track "The Audience is Listening".

Discography with The Go! Team

Albums

Singles

EPs

Featured on

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: "All Systems are Go!". https://web.archive.org/web/20121025213730/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901051024-1117033,00.html. dead. 25 October 2012. Time Magazine. Hugh Porter. 13 October 2005.
  2. Web site: MTV. "The Go! Team | Lyrics | Huddle Formation". 13 September 2004. Mtv.com.
  3. Web site: AFROCENTRIC FEMALE NAMES. https://web.archive.org/web/20080118124126/http://www.swagga.com/n.htm. 2008-01-18. 18 January 2008.
  4. Web site: The Cambridge Student. "The return of the Go! Team" by Saul Glasman. February 1, 2008. . 10 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120215150336/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/issue/music/the-return-of-the-go-team/ . 15 February 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Nkechinyere. Mike. Campbell. Behindthename.com.
  6. Web site: DCist. "Concert Preview: The Go! Team" by Andrew Wiseman. October 30, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20080207055020/http://dcist.com/2007/10/30/dcist_interview_6.php. live. 7 February 2008.
  7. Web site: Article 404 - GoErie.com - Erie, PA. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022932/http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071104%2FENTERTAINMENT03%2F711040319. dead. 24 September 2015. GoErie.com. 6 December 2020.
  8. Web site: "Go for it!". Highland-news.co.uk. Margaret Chrystall. 28 February 2008.
  9. Web site: There's an "I" in The Go! Team. Music.aol.ca. 2007-09-14. 2007-09-14. 21 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071021125339/http://music.aol.ca/article/the-go-team/144/. dead.
  10. Web site: Chart Attack - Best Magazine 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607140010/http://www.chartattack.com/features/1876/the-go-team-care-about-the-young-folks. usurped. 7 June 2011. Chartattack.com.
  11. Web site: RINOCEROSE - Time machine (clip officiel) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722015425/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_ZbVhUyko&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 . 2011-07-22 . dead. . 2009-05-11 . 2020-05-21.

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