D-PPI

The D-PPI hip-hop group was started in early 1995. It consists of three guys; ‘Mr. Kkana’, ‘Avian Paul’ and ‘Ssavu’. Their real names are Haruna Sebowa 24, Paul Kyabaggu 25 and Hassan Nyombi Hussein 26 respectively. They were all born and grew up in the same neighborhood, Makindye a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.

Individually, each of them started music at different points in life and got together as a group in 1994. They actually started off as a group of four rappers but A. Nsereko a.k.a Darlen Cop left the group and went solo. They began by doing rap just for fun and by then, they were just free-styling other rappers’ songs. They have performed at several occasions like weddings, graduations, Busikis, school bashes, at places like Lido Beach, Little Flowers, Hotel International Muyenga, Club Silk etcetera.

They were performing at Taibah High School in Kawempe and the Head Girl who was impressed by their act asked the guy on the mic what the name of the group was but the group had no name yet so he replied “we are just pals”. Since then, they called themselves “De-P.P.I meaning The Pals Performing Inside”. They carried on and composed their own songs in English but they were never recorded because of financial reasons.

After the group had attained some financially stability, they decided to return to the game after being influenced by fellow musicians with whom they used to sing and hang around with in the same hood like Michael Ross, Simon Base Kalema, Red Bunton just to mention a few.

They recorded their first single in luganda in November 2003 at AV1 Studios and Andrew Kiwanuka produced it. They decided to do it in Luganda because they wanted the locals to understand their style and appreciate it.

Their biggest achievement is the music video for their single “Ekiro Mbaga” meaning ‘it’s a party tonight’. The video is out to all local T.V. Stations like E.A.T.V and WBS. It was produced and edited by Ali, Musta and Hosea of Twisted images and Mega Vision Productions.