Lady Jay Dee and Machozi Band

Lady Jaydee aka "Binti Machozi" (owner of Machozi Band) started singing in church at the age of 7 and in the mid 1990s she was a member of the Afro Reign group.
It was not until 2001 when she released her first solo album titled “Machozi” which crowned her Tanzanian Best Female Artist in 2001.

She has continued winning numerous awards in and out of Tanzania including the most recent awards in South Africa during the Channel O Video Music Awards Best African East 2003,for her video "Machozi ,"2005 for the “Distance” and Best Collaboration Video with Titi from Uganda for “Makini” video
In addition of using swahili as her primary language in her music, Jaydee has songs that incorporate English, French, Lingala, Zulu etc
She blends rich, soulful African vocals with arrangements and instrumentation blending both African traditional and modern influences. Notable international collaboration include Samba Mapangala from Congo, Chameleone, Mad Ice and Ngoni from Uganda and Mina Nawe from South Africa

2001 awarded Best Female Artist at the M-Net Tanzania Music awards
Tanzania Music award Best Female Vocalist 2002
Tanzania Music award Video of the year "Machozi" 2002
2003 Kora Music Awards nominee for The Most Promising Female Artist In Africa
2004 awarded Best R&B Album at the Tanzania Music Awards
2005 Kora Awards nominee for the Best Female from East Africa
2006 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
2007 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
2007 Tanzania kili music award best female vocalist / artist
2008 First Olympic torch bearer - African Artist
2008 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music
2009 Kili Tanzania Music Awards Female Artist of the year 2009
2010 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards