Micah Davis (born June 8, 1993), better known by his stage name Masego, is a Jamaican-American musician with South African roots. Masego is an international, contemporary genre bending entertainer who refers to his own music style as "TrapHouseJazz" or Emotion. His collaborative record “Tadow” has amassed over 44 million views on Youtube. His record Navajo, first premiered by Berlin platform “Colors” has been streamed over 20 million times, triggering a worldwide sold out tour.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Artistry 2.1 Influence 3 References Early life

Micah Davis was born to a Jamaican father and American mother. Father was in the U.S AirForce, and mother was an Entrepreneur. Both his mother and father were pastors and he was raised in a non denominational Christian home. The military travels eventually led his family to Virginia. Here, Davis was shaped into the musician he is today. Davis used to beat on books at a young age, which eventually led to the drums becoming his first instrument learned with no formal lessons. Davis speaks about learning piano, sax and various drum machines, to impress his crush back in his years in school. It was in Highschool Davis adopted the name Masego after finding out his family had roots in South Africa. He did his senior project on South African culture and came across the name “Masego” and it’s meaning Blessing in Tswana. This felt like the proper stage name due to his nickname back in church “Blessing” After a talent competition and a few beats with the name used as the tag, Masego was born.

Artistry Influence

Drawing from his upbringing of both his parents being pastors, Davis has stated that church allowed him a place to learn music from talented musicians. Davis has also cited John P. Kee , Andre 3000 and Cab Calloway as influences.[2]

References ^ Younger, Briana. "Is It Rap? Is It Jazz? No, It's TrapHouseJazz, Masego Style". Retrieved 2 April 2018.  ^ Garrett, Ural. "Masego Calls His Sound "Trap House Jazz." We Call It the Future of Hip-Hop". Retrieved 2 April 2018.  vteHip hop Breaking DJing Graffiti MCing (rapping) Beatboxing Culture Battle rap Dance Fashion Feminism Activism Festivals Music Production Theater Albums Genres History Five-Percent Nation Golden age Old-school New school Electro (Freestyle) Feminist Subgenres Alternative hip hop Acoustic hip hop Bounce Chicano rap Chopped and screwed Chopper Christian hip hop Cloud rap Comedy hip hop Conscious hip hop Crunk Dirty rap Drill East Coast Experimental hip hop Freestyle rap Gangsta rap G-funk Hardcore hip hop Horrorcore Indie hip hop Instrumental hip hop LGBT hip hop Memphis rap Midwest Nerdcore hip hop Political hip hop Pop rap Snap music SoundCloud rap Southern Trap Turntablism Underground hip hop West Coast Fusiongenres Baltimore club Country rap Crunkcore Cumbia rap Emo hip hop Ghetto house Ghettotech Glitch hop Grime Hip hop soul Hip house Hiplife Hipster hop Hyphy Igbo rap Industrial hip hop Jazz rap Jersey club Merenrap New jack swing Neo soul Nu metal Nu metalcore Pop-rap Psychedelic hip hop Rap metal Rap opera Rap rock Trip hop Urban Pasifika Wonky Other topics Auto-Tune DJ DJ mixer Record player Turntablism Drum machine Sampler Synthesizer Music sequencer By nationalityAfrican Algerian Gambian Ghana Igbo Ivorian Kenyan Moroccan Nigerien Senegalese Tanzanian Togolese Zimbabwean North American Canadian Greenlandic Native American Asian Bangladeshi Burmese Chinese Filipino Hong Kong Indian Indonesian Japanese Korean Malaysian Nepalese Pakistani Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thai European Albanian Austrian Azerbaijani Belgian Bosnian-Herzegovinian British Bulgarian Croatian Czech Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Italian Macedonian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Scottish Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Swiss Turkish Ukrainian Latin American Brazilian Cuban Dominican Haitian Mexican Salvadoran Middle Eastern Arabic Egyptian Iranian Israeli Lebanese Palestinian Yemeni Oceanian Australian New Zealand