Jimmy B, born Jimmy Bangura, is a Sierra Leonean musician, filmmaker, producer and entertainer. He has been called the "Godfather of Sierra Leone music".Ibrahim Tarawallie, West Africa: Top West African Musicians to Light Up Freetown, Concord Times, 9 October 2018.
Life Jimmy B acted in the Eddie Murphy's 1988' romantic comedy Coming to America before moving to South Africa, setting up a music studio there and achieving success as a musician.Joe Lamin, Sierra Leone: The Rebirth of Sierra Leone Music; the Death of Its Virtue, Concord Times, 8 January 2004. After the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, Jimmy B facilitated the release of several hip hop albums and compilations from Paradise Studio.Kemurl Fofanah, Hip hop in Sierra Leone, Music in Africa, 15 Jan 2018.
In 2014 Bangura privately funded Ebola 4 Go, a video educating people about ebola.Sierra Leone’s Most Beautiful People 2014, SwitSalone Magazine, 14 December 2014. He has presented The Jimmy B Show, a radio show on Freetown's AiRadio which specializes in Sierra Leonean music.Esther Kamara, Music and media in Sierra Leone, Music in Africa, 18 September 2017.
In 2019 his teenage son drowned in the United States of America.Salone Borbor, Sadness, As Sierra Leone Veteran Singer Jimmy B Lost His Son , Salone Songs, June 2019.
Films Paradise Island (2009) Guardian of the Throne (2014) A Stitch in Time (2014) The British Expert (2019)
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