When it comes to entertainment in The Gambia, a name Hurricane rings a bell. However, in the recent years, the country music industry has witnessed a rapid improvements especially with the existence of the new emerging breeds in the dancehall force.
Although many are also force to quits the rap industry due to reason or the other. Some financial constraints to developed their stuffs some are based on reason best known to them Hurricane is undisputedly another upcoming dancehall star struggling to reach international stardom.
The Brikama -based Sainey Cessay widely known by his music sobriquet as Hurricane, was born in 1986 to a music loving Dad and Mum.
However, his career in music dates back as far as his childhood time when he use to performed at cultural dance.
He was inspired into music by one Bobb (Jah Nalage), a loyal and devoted son of Senegambia.
His has a smooth infectious voice that can move a whole crowd when he perform on stage. His singing voice is just great.
Since, then the young dancehall star rapid rise to stardom has catapulted to the length and breath of the country. As a teenager he rebelled and began to sing reggae & deep afro. It was during those years when he develops his liking of creating thought of cultural songs .
According to Onegambia.com, the young prolific reggae dancehall star put on his first public performance at very tender age.
Although skepting at first, it was at age of 20 when Huricane recorded his first hit tape (Take it slow) which rock the airwaves at that time and still remains a hit tune. Few months after the release of this audio tape, his popularity and music began to spread his all over especially in the Kombos.
His voice drenched with soul, sincerity and romanticism is the fundamental factor that forms a strong bond with any who hear him singing.
An invitation into musical world, Huricane requires an intriguing geography lesson. The sensuous singer, who earlier make his recording debut with the late show-bix hero M.J. (Bulldoff Record), later gave him this chance quickly became a believer and incorporated with multi-faceted project roots reggae & dancehall music aptly title (Cant Run Away ) .
“The title song a talk about where I'm from and it's my hope that everyone who listens feels that I have brought them into my world as a special quest. It's a happy moment, and fun to people of the world,”he said.
He observed that , African artists have often sung of the struggles of life in and out of the land adding that his songs speak of yearning for home, looking back with hope and contribution that will make our mother land and the an Africa a better place.