Vanessa Mdee's Biography, Age, Spouse, Tribe, Real Name, Networth , Songs and Lifestyle Wikidata | Claim this profile

Vanessa Mdee's Biography in Summary

Vanessa Mdee is one of the region's most sought-after female artists. She is also a radio and television host, and she played Stomi on MTV's Shuga show.

She has interviewed A-list musicians such as Kelly Rowland, Rick Ross, and Stella Mwangi, among others. Mdee has served as a brand ambassador for some of East Africa's largest corporations and served as a judge in the inaugural season of the East Africa Got Talent competition.

She has recently given birth to her second born making Mdee the mother of two.

Vanessa Mdee Age and Background 

Vanessa was born in Arusha, Tanzania on June 7, 1988. She was raised in New York, Paris, Nairobi, and Arusha, Tanzania.

Vanessa Mdee Education

She attended Arusha Modern High School before enrolling in law school at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.

Vanessa Mdee Career

She auditioned for the MTV VJ search in Dar es Salaam in 2007, following which she co-hosted Coca Cola Chart Express.

In 2008, she became a member of the Stay Alive team, whose ambassador was Kelly Rowland. She also became involved in the Malaria No More movement, which aimed to eradicate malaria.

She was a part of the Sauti Za Busara International Music Festival in 2009, where she hosted a few of shows.

She joined 102.5 Choice FM in 2011, where she hosted the Hitlist show. She had the opportunity to interview a variety of performers from around the world on the show, including Stella Mwangi, Nazizi, Kelly Rowland, Marc Miller, Miguel, Rick Ross, Xtatic, and Camp Mulla.

She represented MTV at the UNAIDS Mali Youth Summit in 2011.

In 2012, she hosted MTV Base Meets, a show that provided young Africans from all around the world the opportunity to meet down with some of the world's most powerful leaders. During the presentation, she had the opportunity to connect with high-profile figures such as former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Russell Simmons, among others. She also hosted the Kili Music Awards in Tanzania and the Epic Bongo Star Search talent competition (EBSS).

She spoke on behalf of the GAVI Alliance at the World Economic Forum in South Africa in 2013. It was in relation to the lower cost of the HPV vaccine. She spoke on behalf of Global Health Strategies.

She represented MTV at the UNAIDS Mali Youth Summit in 2011.

In 2012, she hosted MTV Base Meets, a show that provided young Africans from all around the world the opportunity to meet down with some of the world's most powerful leaders. During the presentation, she had the opportunity to connect with high-profile figures such as former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Russell Simmons, among others. She also hosted the Kili Music Awards in Tanzania and the Epic Bongo Star Search talent competition (EBSS).

She spoke on behalf of the GAVI Alliance at the World Economic Forum in South Africa in 2013. It was in relation to the lower cost of the HPV vaccine. She spoke on behalf of Global Health Strategies.

Vanessa Mdee Music

She formally began her music career in 2012, when she released a song called Me and You with Ommy Dimpoz.

Closer, her first single, was released in January 2013 and was a huge success. It received over 30,000 downloads in its first week, which no other Tanzanian musician had ever done. The song also remained at the top of the charts for 13 weeks in a row.

She released her second single, Come Over, in November.

The song was a huge hit, charting in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Nigeria, among other places.

Hawajui, her second song, was released in June 2014. She later appeared in Season 2 of Coke Studio Africa, where she teamed and sang alongside Nigerian singer Burna Boy. She also performed on the Kili Music Tour among some of the industry's biggest names. She also performed on the Serengeti Music Tour alongside Diamond Platinumz, Victoria Kimani, Davido, and Pato Ranking.

She worked with Barnabas Elias to create Siri, a stunning Afro Pop song.

It's about a young man who tempts a young wife with materialistic promises. The video for Hawajui was released on MTV Base in December.

In March 2015, she released the tune Nobody But Me, and the following month, she played at Nigeria's Gidi Culture Festival as the lone Tanzanian artist.

In May 2015, she sang a song on girl power with seven other ladies from other countries. The song highlighted the Poverty Is Sexist campaign and demonstrated how empowering young women was a powerful instrument in eradicating poverty, as well as calling out inequity and injustice.

She headlined the Mombasa Rocks Festival in Kenya in 2016 alongside international performers Chris Brown and Wizkid. She also took part in the Tanzania Fiesta tour and the Houston One Africa Music Festival.

Vanessa Mdee Awards

• • In June 2015, she bagged the Kilimanjaro Music Awards for Female Artist of the Year and Best Female Entertainer. 
  • In December 2014, she won Best Female Artist in Eastern Africa at the AFRIMA awards in Lagos, Nigeria. 

• In 2014, she won R&B Song of the Year for the song Closer at the Kilimanjaro Music Awards in Tanzania. 
• She won Bongo Pop Song of the year at the Kilimanjaro Tanzania Music Awards in 2013 and Collaboration of the Year. 
• In 2012, she received the United Nations Association of Young Professionals (UNA-YP) at a New York City gala. The award was for being an African change maker. 
• She was also awarded by the Global Health and Diplomacy for her work in advocacy. 
• The GAVI Alliance awarded her in 2012 for her support in the initiation of free vaccination for children across Tanzania. 

Vanessa Mdee Relationship

For six years, the award-winning singer was in a relationship with Juma Jux. They split in 2018 and kept it a secret until Vanessa confirmed it in a 2019 interview.

The singer then began dating Rotimi, revealing in an interview that she knew they were meant to be two days after meeting. They each have tattoos of each other's names on their bodies and got married at the end of 2020.

Vanessa Mdee Photos