Born in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia in April of 1975, Gossaye Tesfaye grew up in a locality known as “Merkato”, labeled as the largest open market in Africa. Gossaye started his elementary education at Yekatit 23 elementary school, after which he followed up and completed secondary school at Kolfe Comprehensive Secondary School, the institution he completed high school. Gossaye’s singing career started during these high school days