Mu gihe abahanzi benshi bo mu Rwanda bakomeje kwagura ibikorwa byabo binyuze mu gukorana n’abahanzi bo mu bindi bihugu, umuhanzi King James we afite amateka yihariye. Nubwo amaze imyaka igera kuri 20 akora umuziki nk’umwuga, kugeza ubu ntarashyira hanze indirimbo yakoranye n’umuhanzi wo hanze y’u Rwanda.

Uyu muhanzi uzwi cyane mu njyana ya Afro-R&B avuga ko atigeze afata icyemezo cyo kwirinda imikoranire mpuzamahanga, ahubwo ko inzira yanyuzemo mu muziki yamusabye kubanza kwiyubakira izina imbere mu gihugu.

Mu kiganiro aherutse kugirana n’itangazamakuru, King James yasobanuye ko mu ntangiriro z’urugendo rwe yari ahugiye cyane mu gukora indirimbo no kugera ku bakunzi b’umuziki bo mu Rwanda kurusha gutekereza ku isoko mpuzamahanga.

Yavuze ko icyo gihe kubona umuhanzi wo hanze mwakorana bitari ibintu byoroshye nk’uko bimeze ubu. Byasabaga igihe kinini cyo gutegura, ubushobozi bwihariye ndetse n’imiyoboro itari ihari ku rwego rw’umuziki nyarwanda wari ukiri mu rugendo rwo kwaguka.

King James yibuka ko nyuma yo kwegukana amarushanwa akomeye harimo Primus Guma Guma Super Star, ari bwo yatangiye kubona umuziki nk’umwuga ushobora gutunga uwukora. Icyo gihe yahisemo gukomeza gushora imbaraga mu bihangano byagenerwaga cyane cyane abafana bo mu Rwanda.

Nubwo atigeze agira amahirwe yo gukorana n’abahanzi bo hanze, avuga ko ibintu byahindutse cyane muri iki gihe. Ubu ikoranabuhanga, imbuga nkoranyambaga n’imikoranire y’abahanzi byoroheje inzira ku buryo abahanzi bakizamuka bafite amahirwe menshi yo kugera ku masoko mpuzamahanga.

King James asanga urubyiruko rw’abahanzi rw’iki gihe rukwiye kubyaza umusaruro ayo mahirwe, cyane cyane mu kubaka izina ryabo no kumenyekanisha umuziki nyarwanda ku rwego mpuzamahanga.

Mu rugendo rwe rw’imyaka hafi 20, King James amaze gushyira hanze album nyinshi ndetse n’indirimbo zabaye ibihangange mu muziki nyarwanda zirimo “Ni Iki Utabona”, “Birandenga”, “Ndagukunda” na “Ese Uracyamukunda”. Ibi bihangano byatumye yigarurira imitima ya benshi ndetse yandika amateka nk’umwe mu bahanzi bakomeje kugumana igikundiro mu bihe bitandukanye.

Hari abasesenguzi b’umuziki bavuga ko kuba atarakoranye n’abahanzi bo hanze bitagabanya agaciro k’umurage amaze kubaka. Ahubwo babifata nk’ikimenyetso cy’ubushake bwo kwishingikiriza ku mpano ye no kubaka izina rikomeye rishingiye ku isoko ry’imbere mu gihugu.

Mu rwego rwo kwizihiza imyaka 20 amaze mu muziki, King James ateganya ibitaramo bibiri bikomeye bizabera muri BK Arena ku wa 1 no ku wa 2 Kanama 2026. Abakunzi be bategerezanyije amatsiko ibyo bitaramo, aho bishobora kuba umwanya wo kurebera hamwe urugendo rwe ndetse n’icyerekezo gishya ashobora gufata mu muziki we.