Event that shaped my music career - Lydia Jazmine

"... the very big change in my music career came after Coke Studio," said Jazmine in an interview, "it's when I learnt that you can't just release a song minus working with a sound engineer... because we never used to do that here..."

She said professionals at Coke Studio introduced to how the system of music production works.

Jazmine also learnt how to act and carry herself as a musician.

"I learnt a lot about branding. How you have to look like as an artiste before you step out of the door... How do you have to look?... They train you a lot in Coke Studio... I met one of the best producers in Africa and I learned the steps of production... My videos also changed after Coke Studio... You've to put very good music videos out there."

Jazmine, real name Lydia Nabawanuka, had her major breakthrough after collaborating with Geosteady, born George William Kigozi -- to release Same Way.

The song, which was produced by Nessim, would become an instant hit.

Born in 1991, Jazmine started getting mainstream attention when producer Bushington hired her to be a backup singer for Mowzey Radio and Weasel Manizo.

She featured on their songs like Breathe Away which was produced by Michael Fingers and Ntunga which was produced by Nessim.

She also did the same for Pallaso, Sheeba Kalungi, and Bebe Cool until she dropped her first single titled You Know featuring Rabadaba and produced by Nessim.

Bushington was her manager under his label Necta Music.

In 2016, Radio wrote for her a song titled Nkubanja which was released in 2017 and was produced by the Late Danz Kumapeesa.

In 2018, she also dropped a great ballad titled You and Me after teaming up with Daddy Andre on