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{{Infobox musical artist | {{Infobox musical artist | ||
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==Music career== | ==Music career== | ||
[[File:Maiko Zulu on stage.jpg|thumb|right|Maiko Zulu on stage in Lithuania]] | |||
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 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. | He has also performed with international musicians such as Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube, Oliver Muthukudzi, Jabu Khanyile and Kanda Bongoman among others. | ||
His songs include the controversial ''[[Mad President (song)|Mad President]]'', which the state owned TV broadcaster banned from airing 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> | |||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
