Julius Kikumba was born in 1949 in Zaire. From twenty he was on stage, initially under the name Shungu Wembadio. In 1975 he assumed the pseudonym Papa Wemba. With his group Viva la Musica he became one of the most famous exponents of the Congolese rumba. After moving to France, he founded a group in Paris, but he kept his regular backing band in Kinshasa to do. In 1993 the singer was discredited
… and he was suspected of illegal Africans to bring France. Wemba was sentenced to three months in jail. According to the singer was in prison a great positive influence on his life and work.more
