AK 47 Mayanja

AK 47, Akay 47, Ak Fortyseven, AkayFourtyseven birth name Emmanuel Mayanja (October 29, 1990 – March 16, 2015) was a Ugandan Dancehall artist, he rose to fame in 2012 with his song "Champion". He is said to be one of the best dancehall musicians Uganda has ever had. He died on 16 March 2015 in a mysterious death.

Immediately after his death, some reports, came claiming that it is the ghost of Karamaji that strangled AK 47 to death, Karamaji is a boy who had died in 2012 and his death was related to the Mayanja Family since he burnt dead in the compound of AK 47's brother's house however, the claims were dismissed by the police since they had no source and authentication.

AK47 started singing in 2008, by then his stage name was Hammatone. His very first song was produced at Studio One and the music video was produced by popular Ugandan DJ Erycom. He started singing in Leone Island group which is managed by his brother Chameleone with his first song Usiende in 2008 however this song did not get enough air play on Ugandan radios and TV, he came to limelight in 2011 when he made a remix of Bayuda with his brother Jose Chameleone. This gave him popularity and much fan base in Uganda. Since then he continued with more other good songs such as Mbeera ya nsi and Champion which topped Ugandan music chats for so long, Kidandali, Kaleba with his brother Chameleone, Musajja watu with King Saha and many others. In 2014 he joined the group Team No Sleep which is managed and owned Jeff Kiwa. In 2012, AK 47 married his wife Maggie Mayanja and they had two children (twins).