Franciar

Franciar (real name Francisca Magaret Msisha) is an artist from Zambia. She is singer, rapper and actress. She was raised in a church environment and was always part of the Church choir. She began singing as when she was six years old. In 2013, Franciar devoted her life to Jesus Christ with the passion to reach out to many through her past experiences and music. Her song 'Kulupililani' earned her a household name in the country's music industry.

In December of 2010 Franciar took her singing talent beyond the Church walls and begun her journey into the music industry. Without wasting time she released her first single titled ‘Umutokofyompo’ produced by J.O.B under Ben Blazer studios. ‘Umutokofyompo’ received major airplay and became an instant hit; this saw Franciar being recognised nationally. After the whirlwind success with ‘Umutokofyompo’ Franciar went on a hiatus from music to focus on her studies. Later in 2012 Franciar returned to music with a new single titled ‘Uchi’ also produced by J.O.B under Ben Blazer, which was followed by a collaboration featuring Zone Fam members Jay Rox and Young Verbal on a song titled ‘Dymandi’ cementing Fanciar’s come-back.

In May of 2012, alongside Exile, Pompi and Flexvill Franciar, they were tasked to create a theme song for the Zone-6 games that included 10 different countries. In September 2012, she was invited to represent Zambia at the WEYA Festival ‘World Event For Young Artists’ with 3 other Zambian artists in the U.K. On returning from the U.K. she signed a recording contract with Money Music. Under the deal she released her debut album ‘Walasa’ on 17 July 2013. Some of the songs which featured on the album include 'Computer’ featuring PJ, ‘Proud to be Zambian’, ‘Show You’ featuring Slap Dee and the album title song ‘Walasa’ featuring Macky II.

In September 2013 she worked with Kdash music on a rap song titled ‘Ngombe Yonse’ (All The Cows). The song was written by Bobby East. That same year in November she was part of the Swedish @ Zambia event alongside Slap Dee. She represented Zambia during the cultural, hip-hop, talent and entrepreneurship exchange between Zambia and Sweden. Later that year she featured on a movie titled ‘Guilt’. This was her debut appearance in a movie. That same month she was three times nominated at the Born & Bred Awards.

On 13 February 2014, she worked with DJ Mzenga Man on a song titled ‘Nsanje’ (Jealousy) a single that featured on her album titled ‘The Voice’. On 6 June 2014 she released another single titled ‘Nsanje’ from ‘The Voice’ album. This was followed by 'Namiyewa’ produced and written by Starn Daindustry.

On 27 June 2014 she signed to multi-award winning record label Effycom Productions based in the U.K.