UNBELIEVABLE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE KING OF LINGALA KOFFI OLOMIDE...HE HAS A MASTERS DEGREE IN MATHEATICS

4. He has 35 stage names – the highest in the world
Koffi Olomide probably holds the record for the biggest number of aliases by any musician in the world. He is known by a total of at least 35 names. Known names include the following; Treizième Apôtre (Thirteenth Apostle), Shakespeare of Zaire, Nkolo Lupemba and Sarkozy, after former French President Nicola Sarkozy, Makila Mabe (which literally means “bad blood” or unlucky child) he was born very sickly.

Others include: Papa Plus; Tcha – Tcho King , Eza Mayi , Papa Top, Mukulu Kulu, Effrakata, Fololo Papa, Papa Happiness , Rapid Intervention Force, Golden Star, World No. 1 , Quadra Kora Man, Grand Mopao, Mopao Mokonzi, MM, High Priest Mother, Nzambe Ya Ba Na Africa Golden Ball, BB Taste, Favorite Dish, Na Didi Papa, Papa Mourinho, Mopao Sarkozy, Pape Noir, Barack Obama, Young Pato,

Guardiola, La Rambo Du Congo, Central Market, Acram – Oje, Zando Ya Munene, Pure Again, Patrão Cinco Estrelas (Portuguese for 5-Star Boss), Koffi Central. A couple of years ago he blithely stepped on the toes of many Catholics in Kinshasa when he added “Benedict XVI of the Congo” to his names.

This was seen as affront on Pope Benedict XVI – the global head of the Catholic church. Worse still he placed banners at various spots in Kinshasa. As Robert Osano a lingala music fan who has lived in Kinshasa recalls: “There was a public outcry over the use of the Pope’s name in his promotional material.

At some point he attempted to add Pape Noir (Black Pope) to his numerous names, a move that did not go down well with the predominant catholic DR Congo fraternity.

5. He broke the Kora award record
He becomes the first Congolese artist to receive four Awards in one night during the 2002 annual Kora Awards in South Africa in for his effort on the album: Effrakata. These included the award for Best African Artist, which he had earlier won in 1998. He went ahead to sing about it in one of his songs. .. whose part of the lyrics goes: Eh Mopao quadra kora Marché Central Jeune Pato

6. He bears Congolese and Sierra Leone blood
60 – year-old Koffi Olomide whose real names are Christophe Antoine Agbepa Mumba, to a Congolese father and Sierra Leone mother.

7. His name Koffi means Friday
The name Koffi was given to him in line with the common West African naming tradition (Sierra Leone, Ghana) in relation to the day of the week one is born. Koffi is one of the names given to boys born on Friday. Popular male names for the other weekdays are: Kojo (Monday), Komla (Tuesday), Kwaku (Wednesday), Yao (Thursday), Kwame (Saturday) and Kwasi (Sunday).
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