# Maskiri

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{{short description |Zimbabwean Rapper, singer and songwriter}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Maskiri<br/>also known as Skillaz, Tateguru
| image        = Maskiri.jpg
| caption      =
| birth_name   = Alishias Musimbe
| origin       = [Chitungwiza](/source/Chitungwiza), Zimbabwe
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|04|06}}
| genre        = [Zimbabwean](/source/Zimbabwean) [hip hop](/source/Hip_Hop_music), [urban grooves](/source/Zimbabwean_hip_hop), urban gwavha
| years_active = 2002–present
| label        = Chamhembe, Independent <small>(current)</small>
}}

'''Maskiri''' (born '''Alishias Musimbe''' on 6 April 1982) is a Zimbabwean rapper, singer and songwriter.

==Music videos==
On Saturday 27 November 2010, Maskiri alongside fellow artist [Nox Guni](/source/Nox_Guni) went on set to shoot visuals for "Wenera", Maskiri's first-ever music video which became top ZBC video of the year and won a NAMA. The video was directed by Chagwa Black and was shot on location in Pretoria, South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://greedysouth.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/maskiris-first-ever-video-shoot.html|title=Redirecting|website=greedysouth.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=2016-12-26}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2018/03/19/maskiri-returns-bang/ Maskiri returns with a bang] The Standard extract 18 March 2019, retrieved 10 November 2019
* [http://intimatemomentswithzimmusicians.blogspot.com/2011/09/maskiri-day-he-fell-off-fourth-floor.html Intimacy with Zim musicians ]  16 September 2011, retrieved 10 November 2019

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Category:Living people
Category:Zimbabwean rappers
Category:1980 births

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