Lou Bega


Lou Bega is a German mambo musician of Italian and Ugandan descent. He is most famous for Mambo No. 5, his 1999 remake of the Prez Prado instrumental from 1949. Bega added his own words to the song and sampled the original version extensively. Begas musical signature consists of combining musical elements of the 1940s and 1950s with modern beats and grooves.

While Lou Bega was born in Munich, Germany, he is of Italian and Ugandan descent. His mother is from Sicily in Southern Italy and his father is Ugandan. His father Charles went to Germany in 1972 to study biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Until age six, Bega spent the most time with his mother Nicole in Italy. Then they lived permanently in Munich, where Bega attended German primary school. As a teenager he traveled to Miami, Florida, where he found the inspiration for his hit single Mambo No.. Bega also lived in Uganda for half a year. Currently, he lives in Berlin, Germany.

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