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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Maiko was born in [[Livingstone]] which is a tourist capital city of Zambia. He grew up on his family owned farm. Maiko moved to [[Lusaka]], the capital city of [[Zambia]] at the age of six.<ref>[http://www.maikozulu.org.zm/biography.htm " Biography' "], Maiko Zulu website, July 22, 2009.</ref> It was while in Lusaka that Maiko began his singing 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> | Maiko was born in [[Livingstone]] which is a tourist capital city of Zambia. He grew up on his family owned farm. Maiko moved to [[Lusaka]], the capital city of [[Zambia]] at the age of six.<ref>[http://www.maikozulu.org.zm/biography.htm " Biography' "], Maiko Zulu website, July 22, 2009.</ref> It was while in Lusaka that Maiko began his singing career. Maiko often jumped the walls to watch local musicians perform. Later while in school, he toggled between being an amateur boxer, a drama actor and a budding songwriter. | ||
Music, however, got the best of him and started traveling across the country performing with local music legends such as [[Ackim Simukonda]], [[PK Chishala]] and [[Chris Chali]] of the [[Amayenge Cultural Ensemble]]. | |||
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> | |||
==Music career== | ==Music career== | ||
