Liberian-born American up-and-coming musician, Fester Gbieor better known as Yungfester has declared his desire and determination to give his music career all he has got in the hope of winning a Grammy award even as he rebrands his stage name.
Hitherto mistakenly referred to him as Young Fester, he avowed that “since I started music, Yungfester has always been my stage name but some people call me Young Fester. I want to categorically state that my brand name is Yungfester. It has been difficult when searching my name on Google, you would end up getting different unrelated results. On that note, my team and I, have decided change to make it official, my stage is rightly spelt Yungfester. Let it be on records.”
He also claimed that the American milieu midwifed his music talent while he is motivated by the success and creativity of the new-age African musicians. “The world is vibing to African music right now due to the hard work of big-name musicians, the likes of Wizkid, Davido and Kizz Daniel who are putting Africa on the map. The future is African music,” he said.
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Yungfester has a degree in Criminal Justice degree and also works as a construction worker. “But my career is being a musician. Music is my passion,” he declared.
Of his motivation to pursue a career in entertainment, he said: “Despite the challenges, I know that one day, it’s all going to work out and I will have my moment of fame. Wizkid didn’t blow in one day,” he stated.
Narrating the circumstance of his birth and how he became a naturalized American, he said: “I was born in Monrovia, Liberia on September 1, 1994, into a polygamous family. We are 24 children from my late father and I am the second of five children from my mother who gave birth to two girls and three boys. During the civil war in Liberia, me and my mother and my siblings fled to Ivory Coast. My mother played the American Diversity Visa Lottery and was lucky to win. So, we all came to America in 2004 and have been here since.”
