Sniper Storm

Sniper Storm is a popular Zimdancehall artist. Storm's most popular songs include Kwarira Mukati, Luv Yemsoja, Hapana Hapana. He is one of the pioneering artists of the genre having started his career as far back as 1999. Born Donald Chirisa on 7 July 1979 in Waterfalls, Harare. Sniper's parents divorced while he was still very young, prompting his grandmother to raise him. Sniper attended Seke 4 High School in Chitungwiza. It was however in 1999 that he started to seriously concentrate on music through participating in emceeing battles and similar platforms. He participated in a similar emceeing contest in the same year battling it out with the then legends Major E, Daddy D and Booker T at Live Wire Nightclub. After what he called "a crowd shocking performance", Sniper realized that his full potential was in music and after writing more songs, started performing in clubs. His first single was recorded by legendary Delani Makhalima at Shamiso Entertainment Studios. In the year 2000 he recorded Dem Wanna Know Me a single featured on the Gone Platinum Compilation CD by Mo Vip studios. He also then featured on David Chifunyise’s remix of the hit, Tauya Naye which was on the ground breaking compilation CD album "The Future" by Shamiso Records , which was his second studio recording. The same year, as more local artists emerged, Sniper went on to join Galaxy Records a stable founded by then hottest producer Delani Makhalima in 2002 who had left Shamiso Records. Sniper rose to prominence with the humorous, Gede which enjoyed extensive airplay on radio. He then released his debut album "Ndakabata mic" in 2009, with the title track making Sniper a household name in the dancehall industry.

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