Maskal (singer)


Maskal, born Masiye Kalso Kasaru on November 20, 1985, is a Malawian Afro-R&B singer from Ntcheu. His most popular song is "Udalire". He was nominated in two categories at the Malawian Music Awards 2011 – "Best Male" and "Best R&B". He won Best Male Vocal for the MMA 2011.

Career

Early career

He has a diploma in Information Systems from Polytecnic and worked as an IT officer for the Blantyre Malaria Project.

Music career

He wrote his first song in February 2001. He made his debut on Young Kay's songs, "Utawaleza", "Photobook", and "Mamvelamvela". He was picked up by music promoter Nde'feyo Entertainment.
Since launching his career he has collaborated on songs like "Malawi Goodlife" with Lucius Banda, Black Missionaries, Young Kay and Tigris. He released his first album "Nthawi" in 2010. He has performed at many local concerts and shows. He was the fourth Malawian to perform at Big Brother Africa show.
In 2012, he released two hit singles "Zili ndi iwe, and "Usatope" for the second album "Umunthu" which also included the hit songs such as "Umamva bwanji", and "Umpeze wina". In 2013 he released another hit single
The Way You are in the UK.

Discography

Singles