Staff Benda Bilili

Staff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese street musicians. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm'n'blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges

— Last.fm

Why This Artist

Staff Benda Bilili has 33K listeners but only 16K platform followers (ratio 2:1) — organic discovery is doing all the work. A african act in the sonic world of N.E.R.D and Dove Cameron.

Sounds Like

N.E.R.D · Dove Cameron · Parcels · Morrissey · Lonely God

Discography