# Mamadee > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mamadee > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mamadee.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamadee > Source revision: 1317084184 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{short description|German reggae singer (born 1979)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mamadee | image = Singer Mamadee.jpg | caption = Mamadee in 2012 | birth_name = Mamadie Wappler | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|9|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [Dresden](/source/Dresden), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) | origin = | associated_acts = [Gentleman](/source/Gentleman_(musician)), Sisters Keepers | genre = [Reggae](/source/Reggae), [gospel](/source/gospel_music), [soul](/source/soul_music) | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 2000–present | label = | website = }} '''Mamadie Wappler''' (born 12 September 1979), known professionally as '''Mamadee''', is a German [reggae](/source/reggae) singer. == Family == Mamadee grew up with her parents, two sisters, and her grandparents in a small village called Altrottmannsdorf,{{cite web | url=http://issuu.com/stadtmagazinkompass/docs/01_14 | title=MAMADEE | publisher=Kompass, Das Stadtmagazin für Zwickau, Vogtland und Erzgebirge | date= 1 January 2014 | accessdate=3 January 2014}} near [Zwickau](/source/Zwickau) as the youngest daughter of a father from [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone) and a German mother.[http://www.brotherskeepers.org/film_mamadee.php Mamadee Wappler] (in German) When she was five years old, she started to learn to play [piano](/source/piano). In 1999, she moved to [Cologne](/source/Cologne), where her sister lives, to become a singer.[http://www.ohrenpropaganda.de/info/mamadee%20promo%2006.pdf MAMADEE SOUL ZWISCHEN GENTLEMAN UND SISTERS KEEPERS] (in German) == Music == Her first engagement in Cologne was as background singer for Pauls Club, a band which specialized in jazz and soul classics. After approaching the movement/band [Brothers Keepers](/source/Brothers_Keepers) with her first own song ''Farbgesetz'' Mamadee, she became a member of their female version Sisters Keepers in 2000.{{cite web |last=Lorentz |first=Frank |date=6 January 2002 |title=Mit Rhytmen voller Seele |url=https://www.welt.de/print-wams/article599450/Mit-Rhytmen-voller-Seele.html |accessdate=6 January 2014 |publisher=[Die Welt](/source/Die_Welt)}}[http://sisters-music.com/sisters/we-are/973-2/ Mamadee] Later she belonged to the management board of Sisters e.V.[http://www.ohrenpropaganda.de/info/sistersflyer.pdf Sisters e.V.] (in German) Since her 2002 concert tour through Germany, she has accompanied [Gentleman](/source/Gentleman_(musician)) as a background singer until 2012. Her song ''Good Days'', which she wrote and performed with the American singer Tamika, appears also on the album [Gentleman & The Far East Band Live](/source/Gentleman_%26_The_Far_East_Band_Live). She also contributed to several albums of other artists like [Mellow Mark](/source/Mellow_Mark) and [Seeed](/source/Seeed). [[File:Mamadee in milano.jpg|thumb|Mamadee in [Milan](/source/Milan), Italy in March 2007]] Mamadee sings not exclusively reggae but also [jazz](/source/jazz), [gospel](/source/gospel_music) and [soul](/source/soul_music) music. In 2005 her first own [EP](/source/Extended_Play) ''Lass los'' was released which contained nine tracks (besides six versions of the title song also ''Give Something'' an exclusively for Mamadee composed song by the Jamaican singer-songwriter [Jack Radics](/source/Jack_Radics), ''Hör nicht auf'' written by Mamadee herself and ''Trust In You'' produced by Gentleman). It was published by the [label](/source/record_label) Bushhouse Records, which was founded by Gentleman and his manager Stephan Schulmeister in 2005. ''Lass los'' reached position 79 in the German charts.[http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Mamadee&titel=Lass+los&cat=s Swiss Charts] She also worked with Seeed and [Andrew Tosh](/source/Andrew_Tosh) as background singer. Together with [Gentleman](/source/Gentleman_(musician)) she performed "Lass los" at the [Bundesvision Song Contest 2005](/source/Bundesvision_Song_Contest_2005) for the German state of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia) where they shared last place in the competition with [Sandy Mölling](/source/Sandy_M%C3%B6lling) who competed for the state of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). In 2013, Mamadee published her first solo album ''[Beautiful Soul](/source/Beautiful_Soul_(Mamadee_album))'' which was recorded in [Miami](/source/Miami) and produced by Conrad Glaze, founder and president of the music label ''Born Free Records''. == Film documentation == In 2007, director Sven Halfar produced the documentation ''Yes I Am'' in which the lives of Mamadee, [Adé Bantu](/source/Ad%C3%A9_Bantu) and [D-Flame](/source/D-Flame) were portrayed. The film shows the career development of [Afro-German](/source/Afro-Germans) musical artists and the problems they have encountered due to their skin color.{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.de/artikel/200750/article_47296.php/DVD-Kritik-Yes-I-Am|title=Wer bin ich?|last=Seeberg|first=Vera|date=18 December 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115042729/http://www.monstersandcritics.de/artikel/200750/article_47296.php/DVD-Kritik-Yes-I-Am|archivedate=15 January 2010}} (in German)[http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/4278/Yes-I%20Am Yes I Am] thumb|Mamadee at the Un Canto Por Africa festival, 24 March 2012 in Mexico == Social engagement == Due to her own experience with discrimination during her teenage years in East Germany Mamadee champions against intolerance and [xenophobia](/source/xenophobia). She tried to come to terms with her own history in her song ''Farbgesetz'' which was featured in the ''Yes I Am'' documentation and did educational work for youths in schools since she joined in 2000 the non-profit association Sisters e.V. In February 2009 Mamadee finished her studies with a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree as certified [social pedagogue](/source/social_pedagogy).[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt2ZIMh-LWw Video interview Mamadee] == Discography == ;Albums *''[Beautiful Soul](/source/Beautiful_Soul_(Mamadee_album))'' (2013) ;Single *''Who I Am'' (feat. Born Free, Pyton & Hurricane, 2010) *''Africa Is Calling'' (feat. [Ky-Mani Marley](/source/Ky-Mani_Marley), 2011) ;EP *''Lass Los'' (2005) *''Good Days'' (with Tamika, 2007) ;Contributions *''Turtle Bay Country Club: Kein Leichter Weg'' (with the songs "Baby" and "Kein leichter Weg") *''Brothers Keepers: Lightkultur'' (with the Sisters Keepers' song "Liebe & Verstand", 2001) *''Mellow Mark: Sturm'' ("Babies" feat. Mamadee, 2003) *''Gentleman & The Far East Band: Live (CD, DVD)'' (Backgroundsängerin; with the song "Good Days", 2003) *''Seeed: Musik Monks'' ("What You Deserve Is What You Get" & "Double Soul" feat. Mamadee, 2004) *''Gentleman – Diversity Live'' (DVD) (DVD 2: Live concert from the 25th anniversary of Summerjam Festival 2010 with the song "Beautiful Soul", 2011) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{cc}} *{{IMDb name|2485531|Mamadee}} *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=MN0002094353}} *[https://www.facebook.com/mamadee.wappler Mamadee] on [Facebook](/source/Facebook) *[https://www.youtube.com/user/Mamadeemusic YouTube channel] *[http://www.riddim.de/new.php?id=120 Interview on ''riddim.de''] (in German) *[http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/4278/Yes-I%20Am ''Yes I Am'' documentation] {{Authority control}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:German reggae musicians Category:German women singer-songwriters Category:German singer-songwriters Category:German people of Jamaican descent Category:German people of Sierra Leonean descent Category:21st-century German women singers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mamadee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamadee) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamadee?action=history)). 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