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Sampa The Great
Zambia
Sampa Tembo's family hoped she’d lead a conventional life one where music was just a backup plan. But that was never going to happen. Instead she started opening for the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Joey Bada$$, winning acclaim for her socially conscious rhymes. Now, with a debut album on the way, the 24-year-old is primed for a major breakthrough. hen Sampa Tembo adopted the name Sampa the Great, many assumed it was a declaration of her own brilliance hint of perceived superiority. But for the 24-year-old rapper and poet (born in Zambia, raised in Botswana and based in Australia), that missed the point entirely for more information...


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