Diego Tryno

Diego was born in Mutare, Zimbabwe at the Sakubva District Hospital.{{Cite web | url=http://newsguard.co.zw/2019/12/02/manicaland-artiste-defies-odds/ |title = Manicaland Artiste defies odds|date = 2019-12-02}} He was the first child born to his mother Fungisai Kanjera and his father Christopher Chikombeka. While attending primary school, he moved to Zvishavane temporarily and moved back to Mutare to finish his primary education. He attended Chikanga High School before moving to Harare, and finished high school at Living Waters High School.{{Cite web | url=https://www.storifynews.com/the-curious-tale-of-the-southern-african-star-diego-and-his-industry/ |title = The Curious Tale of the Southern African star Diego and his industry | Storify News|date = 2019-11-21}} During his schooling, Tryno practiced music privately, as his parents were not tolerant of his decision to pursue music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/10/diego-known-abroad-stranger-at-home/|title = Diego: Known abroad, stranger at home|date = 2019-10-17}}

He once did Zimdancehallmusic under the name Ricky D before switching to hip-hop. Tryno recorded his first hip-hop track in 2014 called "Go Diego Go" and won his first regional award at Zambezi Music Awards the same year.{{Cite web|url = https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/08/musicians-fight-against-graft|title = Musician's fight against graft|date = 26 August 2019}} In 2015 he did his first live show at Summer Jam followed by "I wanna see you" dance tour. He does music in English, Shona, and Ndebele and his first Shona track was in 2015 when he featured in a song with singer TC.{{Cite web | url=https://zimmagazine.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-diego-tryno-zimmagazine/ |title = 10 Things you didn't know about Diego Tryno-Zimmagazine|date = 2019-09-17}} Tryno has worked with regional and international producers in the production of his music. One notable producer was Dry AFM from Botswana who contributed to the mixing of his song Yolo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lounge263.co.zw/diegotryno/|title=Diego Tryno Dates Botswana Producer|last=Lounge263|date=2016-10-20|website=Lounge263 Mag|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722005012/https://www.lounge263.co.zw/diegotryno/|archive-date=2019-07-22|url-status=dead}}

In October 2018, Tryno released his debut album Lazarus (Age Volume 1) which was the first contribution of his All Generations Entwined project.{{Cite web|url = https://blownaija.com/e-news-diego-tryno-and-all-generations-entwined-volumes-1-5-age-vol-1-5/|title = [E-News] Diego Tryno and All Generations Entwined volumes 1-5 (Age Vol 1-5)|last = Blow|first = Baba|date = 15 September 2019|website = Blow Naija|language = en|access-date = 15 November 2019}} The album was released in collaboration with Zimbabwean Hip-hop artist Ti Gonzi's album "Best Mero" on the same day and venue and the debut was mistakenly believed to be a Gospel Album.{{cite web|url=https://hallelujahmag.com/2019/12/05/musicians-blind-to-genre-identification-for-evangelisms-sake-the-case-of-diego-tryno/|title=Musicians blind to genre identification for evangelisms sake|work=Hallelujahmag|date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmetro.co.zw/i-sing-hipu-hopu-not-hip-hop-ti-gonzi/|title=I sing hipu hopu not hip hop – Ti Gonzi|last=H-Metro|website=H-Metro|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-21}} Tryno's debut album was considerably circulated on radio stations including Star Fm, ZiFm, Hevoi Fm in Masvingo and SA's Metro Fm.{{Cite web | url=https://globenews24.online/broken-promises-threatens-artistes-career/ | title=Broken promises threatens artiste's career | Globenews24}} After his first album, Tryno attempted to mix urban contemporary, sungura, gospel, and Zimbabwean traditional music.{{cite web|url=http://oyos.news/make-way-for-the-new-hip-hop-influencers-diego-tryno-on-an-anti-graft-note|title = Make way for the new Hip-hop influencers- Diego Tryno on an anti-graft note - OyOsNews - all your Zim Celebrity News|last = Codingest|date = 11 November 2019|website = OyOsNews|language = en|access-date = 15 November 2019}} October 30, 2018, Diego released his debut video "Mabvuta" live on ZiFm Stereo and Zimbabwe's ZBC TV.

In 2019 Tryno released his single Cooler Box which made its way to Zimbabwean radio charts and he promised to release his sophomore album Stories (Age Vol 2) which he failed to release on the promised date and it attracted negative feedback from his fans. [https://nehandaradio.com/2019/12/06/zim-hip-hop-artist-diego-tryno-delays-album-release-manager-blames-power-cuts/ Zim hip-hop artist Diego Tryno delays album release.... manager blames power cuts] 2019 he dismissed rumors about a tour in Kenya and cancelled any other rumored tours.{{Cite web |url=https://koenzagh.com/2019/12/17/diego-tryno-cancels-xmas-tour-clears-rumours/ |title=Diego Tryno cancels Xmas tour, clears rumours – Koenzagh.com |access-date=2019-12-21 |archive-date=2019-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221165821/https://koenzagh.com/2019/12/17/diego-tryno-cancels-xmas-tour-clears-rumours/ |url-status=dead }}

Tryno was forbidden to do music by his family and because of the ban he did music privately and he did not identify as Zimbabwean. He engaged with radio station managers in other countries for airplay and marketing. In South Africa they marketed him as South African on radios and online mediums and in Zambia they marketed him as Zambian. He came out publicly as Zimbabwean in 2018.

• Lazarus (Age Volume 1) (2018)

• Lazarus
• Mabvuta
• Sungai
• Hell Naw
• Yolo
• Mama

{{reflist|30em}}

• [https://www.afro.video/en/artist/diego-tryno/ Video]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FKTP34EKFU Bio]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrsbl9UXGcw Interview on Star FM]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEfrfvZJq88 Interview on Hevoi FM]

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Category:Zimbabwean hip-hop musicians

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