Lou Bega
Personal life
During interviews with him that TV 2 Denmark) did in 2019 for their documentary series Guds bedste børn, he stated that he was in a hotel room on the Maldives during a storm when he checked out the room's Bible and was captivated by it. Upon returning home to Germany, he felt the waiting times to be baptized were long, and contacted the Danish movement The Last Reformation after seeing their videos on YouTube, where he was baptized. Parts of the conversion process and later missionary work were brought up in the movie The Last Reformation: The Life, which was commissioned by The Last Reformation themselves.
Career
Bega started his musical career as a rapper. At the age of 13, he founded a hip hop group with two other boys. It would be two years before Bega and his friends' first CD would be released in 1990. While living in Miami, he discovered Latin music. In 1997, he participated in Goar Biesenkamp's music project Balibu as rapper David Lubega. The Balibu single "Let's Come Together" featuring Lou Bega and the DJ Ole Wierk was released in the fall of 1997 on East West Records/Warner Music. After returning to Munich, Bega met his then manager, Goar Biesenkamp, as well as music producers "Frank Lio" (Achim Kleist) and "Donald Fact" (Wolfgang von Webenau) (Syndicate Musicproduction), with whom he developed the concept for the song "Mambo No. 5". Bega signed a recording contract to the label Lautstark.
Career
!Bega performing in 1999
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