I Want to Spread Happiness with My Voice, Says– Gimba

Ferdinand Ekechukwu

For Gimba, music has a dual purpose. “For me, music is about two things: it’s a way to lift people up with love and happiness, and it’s also my voice. It’s my own form of expression. It’s how I connect with the world and, at the same time, how I stay grounded in my own journey.”

Growing up, Gimba never pictured himself as a musician, but life had other great plans. Just a year since his debut, he has already collaborated with afrobeats legends like Wizkid, Olamide, Wande Coal, Sarz, and DJ Tunez, a rapid rise he hadn’t expected and is very much in awe of.

On his experience after being in the scene for one year, he said, “As a new artist coming out strong, there was a lot of pressure to maintain that energy, you know. But I’m grateful God is guiding me through every step of the way. It’s been incredible.”

His newest EP, Amince Da Tsari—meaning “Trust the Process” in Hausa—features Olamide on the standout track ‘Tingrado’ which has been making waves across social platforms. 

In all his early success, a determining factor is Gimba’s jazz-infused afrobeats style which sets him apart; a sound he mastered at Sarz Academy in 2022.

Amince Da Tsari is a reflective project, one where he is putting his story out there. About the EP, Gimba comments, “Each track in Amince Da Tsari is a piece of my story, beginning with ‘Nightmares’, which is about how I coped with pressure.”