Enter the Mighty Pallaso
Pallaso begun his musical career under the musical group, Leone Island, and went under the stage name, Lizard. His first single was Mudigidde in 2003 which was produced by his brother Dr. Jose Chameleone. The song had massive airplay and crowd reception, having been played first on Radio Simba by Bobo King and Omulangira Ndawusi.
In 2006 Pallaso left Uganda and started working in United States where he also continued with his music career. While in America, he re-branded himself from Lizard to Pallaso. While residing in Lewiston, Maine, he collaborated with a local rapper known as The Mess. Together they collaborated on a joint album titled Change released in 2013.
In 2014, Pallaso teamed with Shaggy and DJ Hidrro they released the song “Remain in Our Hearts” which was dedicated to the fallen heroes mainly Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and The Notorious B.I.G.
Later that year Pallaso returned to Uganda and begun his musical journey with a collabo with Goodlyfe Crew titled “Amaaso”.The song became a chart topper and was featured on various TV and Radio musical charts for several weeks. Pallaso later worked on several solo musical projects including “Wekoledewo kaki”, “Omugongo” and many others.
He then teamed up with Ugandan artiste, Sheebah Karungi and begun the musical group, Team No Sleep, with prominent musical manager, Jeff Kiwa coming on board as the group’s manager. The Team No Sleep group would later be joined by the likes of King Saha, Ak47 and other rising musicians.
Together with Sheebah, the duo released their first single “Mundongo”, followed by “Go Down Low” which won the HiPipo Music Awards as Best Afro Pop Song 2015. Pallaso later co-produced the single “Tamale Mirundi” with King Saha and several other singles which include “Kilabe embaliga” and “Sanyu lyange”, which was a remake of a classic by another Ugandan artiste, Sweet Kid.
In November 2014, he started working on a collaboration with the Nigerian musician Davido for the single “Twatoba”, which was released in January 2015. He released it alongside his other 2015 songs which include “Ffe tuliko”, “Tiwa Savage”, “Mubambazanga”, “Tebakusobolola”and many others. On 19 May 2015, Pallaso left Team No Sleep to form his independent group, Team Good Music.
In 2015 Pallaso held his first solo concert #TwatobaConcert at Freedom City one of the biggest Arenas in Uganda and packed over 15,000 people followed by the successful Twatoba concert tour in so many districts of the country’s regions and districts. In 2016 Pallaso held his second solo concert #MamaConcert at freedom city Arena and packed again over 15,000 people followed by a successful Mama concert tour in so many districts of the country’s regions and districts which forced him to help his third concert #SomaConcert in 2017 at the bigger venue (Kyadondo Rugby grounds) a historical venue that was only headlined by only international acts which was a success.
In November 2019, he signed a joint venture with Kama Ivan Management to release his latest studio projects titled ” Malamu, Mpa Love, Nalonda Nemala, Kantoda, Wine ahd Wine, Hana and many more” Later on, collaborated with Jamaican Tellafelex on Money (Brutal Step Riddim).
Dancehall musician Pallaso was the biggest winner at the 2021 Zzina Awards, which were held at Zzina Tower in Kampala, Uganda, The ‘Malamu’ hitmaker won in the Best Male Artist, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year categories. He also Won the Janzi Awards Artist of the Year Award.
Following a successful year managed to win big the following year 2022 where he won the Zzina awards – Artist of the year award, Zzina Awards – Best Male Artist of the Year and MTN People’s Choice Award Male.
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