Queen Da Boss
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Renate Sia Boss better known by her stage name Queen Da Boss is a Sierra Leone
rapper singer songwriter and actress, known for her mixture of hip hop
and Roots reggae
with lyrics in English and the Krio language
. She was raised in Germany where her music career began.
, Sierra Leone to parents from the Kono
ethnic group
. In Freetown, she attended the Freetown Secondary School for Girls. While in Germany, she attended Adolf Blankenhorn Secondary School and currently furthers her Education.
Queen’s biological father was never there to see her grow up, he abandoned the family after her mother gave birth to her. In 2002 she was adopted by a German
man that married her mother. At the age of 14 in 2004 she moved to Germany along with her mother and her adopted father. she discovered her talent in music and started writing lyrix and rapping. As time went on the dream and the spirit of music kept aside because Queen had no support from anyone, but she never gave her dream up.
She later start her growing Label Gold House Records also known as Gold House Entertainment or Gold House Ent in 2010.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
rapper singer songwriter and actress, known for her mixture of hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
and Roots reggae
Roots reggae
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of God, called Jah by rastafarians. It also is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor...
with lyrics in English and the Krio language
Krio language
Sierra Leone Krio is the lingua franca and the de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 97% of Sierra Leone's population and unites the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social interaction with each...
. She was raised in Germany where her music career began.
Early life
Queen Da Boss was born Renate Sia Boss on 28 December 1989 in FreetownFreetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean located in the Western Area of the country, and had a city proper population of 772,873 at the 2004 census. The city is the economic, financial, and cultural center of...
, Sierra Leone to parents from the Kono
Kono people
The Kono people is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone at about 7.6% of the country's total population. Their homeland is the diamond-rich Kono District in south-eastern Sierra Leone. They form by far the single largest ethnic group in the district at about 52% of the population...
ethnic group
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...
. In Freetown, she attended the Freetown Secondary School for Girls. While in Germany, she attended Adolf Blankenhorn Secondary School and currently furthers her Education.
Queen’s biological father was never there to see her grow up, he abandoned the family after her mother gave birth to her. In 2002 she was adopted by a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
man that married her mother. At the age of 14 in 2004 she moved to Germany along with her mother and her adopted father. she discovered her talent in music and started writing lyrix and rapping. As time went on the dream and the spirit of music kept aside because Queen had no support from anyone, but she never gave her dream up.
Career
In 2006, she worked with different underground Artists and a well known Artist from the 90s Main Piece, who did the remaking of “GET DOWN ON IT”. They both worked and she recorded her first Album Where I'm From (Base On Roots) which prelaunched 26 October 2007. Queen was also featured 2006 in an African Movie "And the Kola nut Said No", viewed in the German Cinema (Kommunales Kino).She later start her growing Label Gold House Records also known as Gold House Entertainment or Gold House Ent in 2010.