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Terrence Bobby Herbst, known professionally as Felani, is a Cameroonian Singer and Songwriter. Born on 27th February 1992 in Nkwen-Bamenda, Northwest region of Cameroon where he spent most of his childhood, his mother is a retired nurse and his late father was a farmer and mechanic.
It was in his secondary school days that Felani developed an interest in music.
In 2010 he started writing and recording his own music. Felani obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Buea Cameroon, in 2014.
His father died of Kidney failure in January of thesame year. This affected his desire to further his education. After his university studies, he decided to follow his passion as a career.
Felani pioneered the creation of the rap group PIM boys and released the rap hit « Ici Au Kamer » and won the Guinness Blacklist Competition.
With his group, they did a stage opening for Wizkid and Stanley Enow in the 2016 Guinness Blacklist Concert.
Felani participated in the popular Cameroon Muzik star competition, and was eliminated at the regionals after reaching Muyuka.
After the break up of his group, and facing a lot of instability and hardship, Felani traveled to the United Arab Emirates to find a job and support his family. He stayed and worked there for 15months But his dream to pursue his passion was still much alive. In 2018 he returned to Cameroon and started doing backup work for his former group mate and friend, K.O-C.
After many failed proposals from 4 different music labels, he met Sessua Entertainment in June 2019 and they had a good understanding they decided to work together. After releasing two songs Vanité and Aucune Idée, which were unsuccessful, Felani took time off to find his true path and his own sound.
Felani brings to us a new sound with a golden voice and a new single titled « I Don Taya » where he cries to the almighty to help him achieve a big break in his career.
Watch ”I Don Taya” produced by Cornel and Directed by Mr Tcheck.
