kojoayinde

Brooklyn, NY, USA

KOJO AYINDE JOHNSON /DJ Kori7inal - Producer, Arranger, Djembefola Percussionist & founding member of the band Nubian Messengers. His percussion instruments of choice is the Djembe, Conga & 2 Turntables. Raised in Bklyn. NY, Kojo began his musical journey on the piano & was born into Hip Hop as a B-Boy & DJ. Kojo would do parties with his DJ mentors and partner DJ MusicRocka from middle school into his college years. In 1991, he was introduced to the Djembe drum of West Africa, studying & playing through out NYC. As an apprenticeship with the renown dance company - Forces of Nature Dance Theater Company, Inc. for 10 years but In 1993, he began working with Brother Mahiri Fadjimba Keita which began a more in-depth study of the tradition Djembe, and it was he who introduced & guided him to study with Djembe Grandmaster-Mamady Keita, the internationally acclaimed grandmaster African percussionists. Th e rest is history!