Ngabo Medard Jobert

Ngabo Médard Jobert (born August 7, 1989), known professionally as Meddy, is a Rwanda<nowiki/>n Rnb and Pop art artist, singer, songwriter based in the U.S since July 4, 2010. At first, he lived in Chicago, where he was a member of PressOne music label and later moved to Texas to continue his studies, and then continued his music career.
The artist went on to make music in the U.S after he had already made a name for himself in Rwanda through various songs that started his music such as "Amayobera", "Akaramata", "Ubuntu", "Ese Urambona" and more.
Throughout his career, Meddy has released and featured on many of the most popular songs in Rwanda, among Rwandans living abroad and in the Great Lakes region .
Early life
His parents were also music lovers, his father was only a great guitar player and the young man did not have the opportunity to get to know him enough or to see him face to face because his father died when Meddy was very young.
Meddy fell in love with music at a young age because of her mother, who used to teach him to play Bob Marley songs, especially the Redemption song.
Although he grew up fond of Music in his youth, he did not feel that he was going to be a great Musician, but he felt that he would be a great Boxer and he used to beat up his little classmates.
This constant thirst for becoming a boxer led him to practice Boxing between 2000 and 2003 but his mother forbade him even though it was difficult to give up.
Meddy attended nursery school at Ecole Independante in Burundi, and when his family returned to Rwanda<nowiki/>he continued his primary education at Ecole Primaire St. Joseph and Ecole Primaire La Colombiere later.
In high school, Meddy studied mathematics and physics at La Colombière Secondary School. He has often said that he studied Actuarial Science at Tarrant County College in Texas where he continued his adult life.
Musical career
Before 2008: Career beginnings
In his third year of high school he was a member of the singing group called "Justified" at Zion Temple church in Kigali , where he sang with other well-known Musician in Rwanda including the BEN, as well as music producers like Mucyo Nicolas and Mbabazi Isaac popularly known as Lick Lick who helped him when he started music.
Although he is best known for his love songs, meddy often sings hymns to God and his first song was called "Igihe cy'Imana" even though it never came out for his fans to hear.
2008-2010: Debut singles
These three years are a special time in the life of Meddy and his career because it was when he first became famous in music and he immediately became one of the most popular artists in Rwanda due to the fact that modern music was taking root.
In 2008, his song "Ungirira Ubuntu" was released. Then came "Akaramata", "Amayobera" and "Ese Urambona" produced by Lick Lick. and their producer Lick Lick where it was held.
The concert was followed by other tours around the country organized by Airtel Rwanda
2017-present
Meddy continued to be invited to various concerts in Rwanda and in the region. The mega ones in Rwanda include ‘Kwita Izina’
In November 2019, Meddy performed at Wasafi Festival which took place at Posta and Kijitonyama playgrounds in Tanzania. This Festival were organized by WCB Wasafi belonging to renown Tanzanian artist Diamond Platnumz
Despite performing only one song due to a long line up of artistes and limited time, Meddy enjoyed his time on stage, singing along with the fans who seemed to know the "Slowly", one of his songs.
Personal life
Meddy has a girlfriend named Mehfira Mimi,30, from Ethiopia who was featured in his song called "Ntawamusimbura".
In 2018, the R&B crooner came to Rwanda from the U.S with Ethiopian girlfriend. On Christmas, he introduced her to his family and his mother welcomed her with open arms.
The couple has been spotted on various luxury beaches in both USA and Mexico enjoying themselves which fueled rumors of engagement in 2019.
Controversies and Legal incidents
On March 14, 2018, in the Commercial Court at Kimuhurura, Kigali a preliminary hearing was held in which Kagi Rwanda Ltd sued artist Meddy for his failure to attend a concert he had been invited to in Belgium while some money had been paid.
In addition to Kagi Rwanda Lt, Meddy also had problems with the Crystal Event company in Burundi that invited him in late 2018 but did not go there for security reasons.
In October 2019, Meddy was arrested in Kigali by traffic police at around 2 am on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. The artist spent five days in a Rwandan police cell under the program "Gerayo Amahoro"
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* Rwandan Singers
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