Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec

Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec (Somali: Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec, (1941– 11 March 2014) was a Somali singer, songwriter and record producer, called the King of Voice.

Personal life

Tubeec was born in 1941 in Laaleys town Berbera District situated in northern British Somaliland. During his teenage years he lived in Berbera Hargeisa, and Burao, and Buuhoodle where he grew up. His father, Sulayman Tubeec, was a blacksmith who worked in Buhodle town of Somalia for most of his life from the Gaboye Somali clan.^[1] His mother, Shaqlan Omar Salim, descended from a Hadhrami family from Hami Yemen. He was the second oldest of four children, three boys and one girl.^[2] In 1959 Tubeec moved to Djibouti with his older brother Jama Tubeec who was singer as well. There he started his career as a singer.^[3]

Career

In 1960 Tubeec returned to Hargeisa where he joined the Walaalaha Hargeisa music band led by Abdullahi Qarshe. Tubeec's art was noted for its emphasis on political justice. He used to sing for the Somali independence during the 1960's with the Walaalaha Hargeisa. After the independence and Unification of the Somali Republic, Tubeec moved to Mogadishu with members of Waaberi group. After the start of the civil war in the 1990s Tubeec relocated to Djibouti then Kolding Denmark where he introduced his latest album Nasteexo . In April 2013 Tubeec made his last song(Laxan) Melody "Iisoo dhawaaw" by Hodan Abdirahman ft. Abdifatah Yare.^[4] On 11 March 2014 he died in a hospital in Germany. On 16 March 2014, the Federal Government of Somalia held a state funeral in honour of Tubeec. Cabinet ministers, legislators, popular artists and former colleagues all attended the funeral service, where Janaza prayers were read. Tubeec was subsequently laid to rest at General Kaahiye Cemetery in Mogadishu, Somalia.^[5]

Discography

• Hooyo iyo aabe^[6]
• Nasteexo^[7]
• Deeqa^[8]
• Diiriyoow^[9]
• Amaanada ilaahay^[10]
• Gufaaco^[11]
• Alla maanta ayaanta^[12]
• Aramidu^[13]
• Waqti^[14]

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