Charlie D was born Charles Munyaradzi Doro on April 18 1979 at St Edith hospital In Mbare Harare to Joseph and Eunice Doro, who happened to be lovers of music, the boy had no option but to fall in love with music.
Raised between Zengeza 3 Chitungwiza and Njanja Rutanhira, Zimbabwe, up to his early teens, Charlie D saw the struggles of both ghetto youth and village youth. According to Charlie D, at a tender age he knew he had to succeed in every endeavor so as to uplift his people.
Every school play, choir, and poetry events he showed up and always won any awards being presented.
This found him performing for the Former President and his First Lady Mugabe’s. With a full scholarship
in works with the president to go study in America, his uncle managed to get him in college in America immediately after his A Levels. With the help of a few family members who had took responsibility to raise Charlie D after both of his parents died, he landed in America in the 90’s as a teenager.
It was not long he had been discovered at a Talent show in Washington DC by a Jamaican Label, Top Notch Records in Decatur Georgia.
Left with a hard option of either continuing with school or getting paid, after 3 months Charlie D gave in to the money and the label moved him to GA. With money in his bank account, the sky seemed like no limit for him. Charlie D was signed originally to be a strictly roots rock reggae artist.
Having coaches like Israel vibration Apple, he quickly mastered the ins and out of the industry.
During this period he developed a unique style of mixing down South hip-hop beats with his
Afro reggae style.
Charlie D started getting asked to do hooks and features with prominent Atlanta artist.
Before long Charlie D label due to some unforeseen issues shutdown. However the artist were still taken care of. Without a home label, Charlie D went to the back to the drawing board. He hit every show talent and all the underground spots in Atlanta within a few weeks a new family led by Emperor Seacy, (CEO BME records and Honey of Atlclubs took the talented entertainer to a new level.
They gave Charlie D. Management deal and taking the advice he had got from Shorty Lo, the team did everything independently. Charlie D was getting booked like a main steam artist. This saw him perform alongside legends like 112, Young Dro, Mr Too Official (QC record), Kilo Ali, Soulja boy, R Kelly, Franchise boys just to mention a few. He has worked with legendary DJ’s like DJ Jelly, Scream. Collipark and more.
Unfortunately, the second week after he got on the biggest radio in ATL, Charlie had to go serve Uncle Sam for 7 years.
Charlie D expressed that he had no regrets about doing time for that long because it gave him time to reflect and understand himself and strategize. Whilst away he wrote a few books and
poetry books.
Taught GED classes to fellow inmates and continued writing music. Happy to be back on the seen and focused, with all his connects lined up and ready to put the plan in motion the world should brace for this major comeback, especially now that what he worked for to have African artist recognized in by the hip-hop community and music world, he believes it’s his time to take off one more time. Hope you ready world.
Don’t miss the opportunity to listen to Liberate Zimbabwe when it releases on Monday, August 7th, 2023.on YouTube channel Charlie D.
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