Shungudzo
Advertisement
Advertisement
Top Related Artists
Biography
A woman of many talents, Shungudzo is a Zimbabwean-American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, gymnast, and television personality. Prominently featuring socially conscious lyrics and themes of female empowerment, her music is an eclectic cocktail of R&B, hip hop, and dance-pop. She was born Alexandra Shungudzo Govere on May 12, 1987, in Laie, Hawaii, and was raised in a rural village in Zimbabwe. At age 9, she became the first Black female gymnast to represent Zimbabwe at the 1999 All-Africa Games. A precocious student, Shungudzo graduated high school at the age of 14 and later attended Stanford University to study civil engineering. After being discovered by producer Kerry âKrucialâ Brothers, known for his award-winning work with Alicia Keys, she released the mixtape Love is 4 Suckaz/I'm a Sucka 4 Love in 2010. A year later, Shungudzo was cast on MTVâs The Real World: San Diego, which considerably raised her public profile. In the following years, Shungudzo co-wrote songs with Louisa Johnson and Little Mix and featured on Jim Jamesâ Eternally Even (2016). âLong Live the Billionaire,â her debut single, arrived in 2017 while her 2018 track âCome on Backâ was included in the soundtrack for the feature film Fifty Shades Freed. Preceded by the 2020 single âItâs a Good Day (To Fight the System),â her studio debut, the sprawling Iâm Not a Mother But I Have Children saw the light in 2021.
Read All
Read Less
Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Come On Back
- Paper
- Roll With Me featuring Jonas Blue
- Lose Control by Shungudzo
- Ouagadougou by Shungudzo
- White parents
- Toast to our Differences featuring Protoje
- Toast to Our Differences featuring JayKae
- To be me
- It's a good day (to fight the system)
- Silence, hate, beat, kill (outro)
- Fatherless child
- There's only so much a soul can take
- Already free
- The world can't change for you, but you can change the world
- We'll Always Have This Dance featuring Riton
- How many more lives?
- Good thing I'm not god
- Where are my friends?
- When to stop talking about it (intermission)
- 'Merican dream
- Darkest Days featuring Pete Tong
- Trippin'
- Black breath (intro)
