Jericho (rapper)

Jerome Gawanab Who is widely known by his stage name as Jericho or J Twizzle Has been on the Namibian music scene for the past decade. Even after such a long time in the music industry he continues to win a large fan base in Namibia. He has worked with many African artists. Jericho has not only Gifted Namibians with his hard hitting music that many have likened to that of 2pac. The multi-award winning rapper has worked on few inspirational short films. His breakthrough came when the song "Helele" featuring female shambo artist Tunakie was dropped just days after its release. Helele won him his first NAMA Award and leapfrogged The Dogg and Gazza one of the feared artist in the country to win the Artist of the year award. Jerome made history by becoming the first ever best male artist of the year, At the first ever Namibian Music Awards 2011.

2015 saw the rapper wake up from a music hiatus. After 3 years without a song, the rapper released his much awaited album titled solid Which was well acclaimed. The rapper who was imprisoned at the age of eighteen, serving four years jail term.[1] Upon his release in 2004, Jericho joined Black Market Music, (the most popular hip hop label at the time). With Black Market, Jericho recorded a few songs with Black Market Award winning producer Kanibal, which helped create him a buzz. After the release of his successful single "Check Who's Back" he left the label. He continued recording songs, and released his second popular single "Still Love U". In early 2006, he released his debut album Check Who's Back, which became the first successful hip hop album in Namibia at that time and was highly acclaimed by fans. This was followed by his sophomore release Lights Out in 2007, which also topped Namibian charts.

Jericho developed close friendships with fellow musicians and appeared on their albums, including D-Naff - (Above The Limit), Sunny Boy - (The Sleeping Giant), Exit (Judgment day) and The Dogg - (This Is My Time)

Jericho won the 'Male Artist of the Year' award at the Namibia Annual Music Awards in 2011.[1][2]