KILLA ACE - ALI CHAM

Praised as The Gambia’s most outspoken rapper, Killa Ace uses his music to fuel social change. As the first artist to speak out against the dictatorship by encouraging Gambians to vote against the brutal regime of then President Yahya Jammeh through his 2016 release “Ku Boka C Geta G” (Wolof for “If You Are Part Of The Herd of Cows”), Killa Ace was forced to flee The Gambia and live in exile in Senegal. Eventually, Gambians voted Jammmeh out of office and Killa Ace was able to return to The Gambia.

More than just a rapper and recording artist, Ali Cham is an active human rights advocate and community youth organizer as both President of the Team Gom Sa Bopa movement and Acting Secretary General of The Gambia Music Union, where he continues to speak out against corruption in politics, police brutality, and sex tourism, while coordinating cultural art events to inspire younger Gambians to build a better Gambia.