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==Music career==
==Music career==
He  entered the music industry with a stage name called "St. Michael", a name he later changed.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/herbstalk "Maiko Zulu's Blurbs "] MySpace catched page August 31, 2011.</ref> According to [[Times of Zambia]] newspaper interview with Zulu, he said that he changed his name "''to maintain his African origin hence, adoption of the local spelling of Maiko''".<ref>[http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=20&id=1107469701 I am now Maiko Zulu!] [[Times of Zambia]]</ref>
He has also performed with international musicians such as Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube, Oliver Muthukudzi, Jabu Khanyile and Kanda Bongoman among others.
Maiko is a song writer, musician and a producer. His songs has included a Mad president, a song which the state owned TV Broadcaster refused to play on their station,.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7421670.stm "Dodgy DJs' under fire in Zambia "], BBC News, May 30, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulkqg_2p7k4 "Mad president"], YouTube, June 30, 2009</ref><ref>[http://lyricsafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=62 ZNBC Rejects St Michael’s Album] Lyrics Africa</ref>
Maiko is a song writer, musician and a producer. His songs has included a Mad president, a song which the state owned TV Broadcaster refused to play on their station,.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7421670.stm "Dodgy DJs' under fire in Zambia "], BBC News, May 30, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulkqg_2p7k4 "Mad president"], YouTube, June 30, 2009</ref><ref>[http://lyricsafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=62 ZNBC Rejects St Michael’s Album] Lyrics Africa</ref>