Sampha photographed Dec. 21, 2016, at Loft Studios in London.
Daniel Kennedy
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Sampha
Image Credit: Daniel Kennedy Sampha photographed Dec. 21, 2016, at Loft Studios in London for Billboard.
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Image Credit: Daniel Kennedy Sampha Sisay was born in London to immigrants from Sierra Leone and gravitated to music early, playing piano at the age of 3. “When you’re the youngest [of five brothers], you’re used to being more submissive and introverted,” he says.
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Image Credit: Daniel Kennedy "I didn’t really advertise myself,” Sampha says. “I guess word-of-mouth is how all this happened.”
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Image Credit: Daniel Kennedy “He is dialing into Mars, and then he’s taking you on a crazy, cosmic journey," says Jessie Ware of Sampha. "He can’t stop all this amazing creativity flowing out of him.”