Ambwene Allen Yessayah, widely known as A.Y., is a pioneering Tanzanian Hip-Hop and Bongo Flava artist, songwriter, and entrepreneur born on July 5, 1982, in Mtwara, Tanzania. Emerging in the late 1990s with the group S.O.G. before launching his acclaimed solo career with the 2001 debut album Raha Kamili, he became one of the first Tanzanian musicians to popularize Bongo Flava across East Africa and internationally through hit singles like "Binadamu" and "Zigo (Remix)."