Silver X

This article owns a Lotuko name. According to Lotuko naming custom, this person is properly addressed by the name Okuta.
Silver X
Birth name Okuta Ceaser Malish Jeremiah
Also known as Uztas Ta Dunia (which means "Teacher of the World")
Born (1988-12-02) December 2, 1988
Torit, South Sudan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • dancer
Instruments Piano
Years active 2008–present
Labels
  • South Sound Production
  • Granpa Records
  • Washington
Associated acts
Website silver-x.net

Okuta Ceaser Malish Jeremiah (born December 2, 1988 in Torit, South Sudan), famously known by his stage name Silver X, is a South Sudanese singer.[1] Silver X is the most valued and triumphant artist in South Sudan; he won many East African awards in Nairobi, Kenya as well as South Sudanese awards in Juba.

Educational status

Silver lived in Uganda as a refugee in Adjumani district of West Nile; Silver completed both primary and secondary level in 2006 in Uganda. And after his return to Uganda's capital Kampala after collection of money for his educational things; there he scored a diploma by studying Information Technology in Aptech International Institute in 2009.

Musical career

Before finding residence in Juba in 2007, he released his first album named Binia Lotuko before he founded a musical group named New Sudan Superstars in 2008.[2] Since inception of Silver his living in Juba he released his second album titled Wasaaka Bataal", which is translated, "rubbish is bad". The album was sponsored by NGO to run by campaign for awareness of hygiene and sanitation in Eastern Equatoria state in 2008. The same year he released his third studio album under the name "Sudan Belade Saeem", likewise the album was sponsored by the ministry of health of Eastern Equatoria state. In 2009 his fame went throughout southern Sudan (now South Sudan), Gulu in northern Uganda and the Sudanese capital Khartoum. In 2010 he launched his forth debut studio album titled "Fattisu Shockoal", which is translated, "searching of a job". The album is the most played song of Silver X because the song is concerned with the youths who are searching for jobs yet no one is willing to employ them though they are qualified and graduated. The song was voted by many radio stations as song of the year. The same year he unveiled his fifth studio album Wele which was voted as Voice of the People (VP) song of the year and it was also voted as song of the year by SSOSA music awards. In the year of 2012 he launched Masura, 2013 he launched Carolina, in 2014 he launched Ana Bi Wori and in 2015 he launched Dunia Karabu. Silver X launched a video in Nairobi on 29 April 2016, the song titled East African Lover, it is Silver X's first collaboration with Kenyan female singer Rennee.[3] The U.S. magazine Foreign Policy included Silver X as one of its 100 "top global thinkers" in 2014.[4]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Biography
  2. ↑ Silver X
  3. ↑ New video
  4. ↑ Silver X recognized by US policy magazine
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