By Ibrahim S. Bangura
James Junior Kaisamba, popularly known as Incredible JJ, a New Skool artist in Kenema, has won Artiste of the Year and Viewer Choice Awards at the Kenema Entertainment Awards recently held in Kenema District, in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.
Incredible JJ won the award among other New Skool Artists due to his creativity. Over the years, he has been able to attract the attention of Sierra Leoneans with his songs which include ‘Aminata’, ‘Jonjomi’, ‘Freetown I’m Coming’, among others.
According to him, for young artists to achieve their goals, they need to find and work with the right team. “Working with the right people has brought me this far. It has made me won two awards in the same night. Also, my team, Incredible Acrobatic Entertainment, won ‘Best Music Group of the Year’ and ‘Best Dancing Group of the Year’. So, we’re dedicating these awards to all our fans at home and abroad who believed in us…A very big thank you to everyone who played a role…these awards serve as a motivation to us and have also opened more rooms for creativity,” he said.
Incredible JJ came to the spotlight after releasing a freestyle of his now hit song, ‘Freetown, I’m Coming’.
According to him, he started his career in music at 13 when he was motivated by his family and some of his friends. “I have to pay more attention to my career in music after being motivated by my family and some of my friends. We need to pay more attention to what we love doing, for it will pay us greatly someday,” he stated.
He thanked the organizers of the award for recognizing his efforts as an up-and-coming artist.