Sierra Leone-United States based Hip-Hop Rapper And CEO of Noble Squad; Yusuf Osio Kamara commonly called YOK 7 Da Snipper is one of the industry’s most revered music artistes.

YOK 7 grew up listening to Tupac, DMX and other American rappers where he sharpened his skills and entered into rap battles. In 1998, he joined a musical group called Planet Sounds Production where he completed an album with the team called “Planet Sounds Compilation Volume 1” in which he has two songs, named “Right Up and How Many”. After a successful launching of the album, YOK-7 started his label called Nobel Squad. The rapper later got the attention of Jimmy B who signed him to Paradise Records.

In 2003, his first solo album called “Palava’ delivered the hit song ‘A-Bo’. The album was a turning point in his musical career giving him the avenue to travel and perform in different European and African countries and also relocating to China where he released another album titled “Ring N The Man” in 2004 with his elder brother known as KOK.

While in Sierra Leone, Da Snipper released another solo album titled “Life and Death”, “Pack N’ Go”, “Bobor For U Mot” and “True Love”. He was crowned as the Best Artist by the People’s Choice Award 2007. The rapper was also awarded as Best Hip-Hop Artiste in Sierra Leone at the Lake Awards for 2011 and 2012 consecutively. He was also appointed as an Ambassador for Amnesty International, Sierra Leone.

After spending some years in Sierra Leone dropping hits after hits, YOK-7 relocated to United States to improve his music career. He linked up with many Sierra Leonean celebrities like Jada Vizzle, A-Klass, MDG, Shady Baby and many others.

In 2015, YOK was nominated at the African Entertainment Awards hosted in the United States and in 2016 he released an album called “Face to Face”, which he launched in a sold out audience in Maryland leaving no shroud of doubt, and toured the US. In 2017, he clinched the best rap artist at the National Entertainment Awards (NEA Awards).

In 2020, he released exceptional songs like ‘Go Study Me Fine’, ‘Fire Dance’ featuring Nigerian famous singer Teni and a social commentary song titled ‘Na Yah We Dae’ featuring Willie J and A-Klass.

The CEO of Noble Squad welcomed 2021 with a rap song ‘The Lione’ which he featured American rapper, Styles P. ‘The Lion’ is the highest viewed Sierra Leonean video for 2021 on YouTube with over 710,000 views. Without relenting, Da Snipper continue to drop hit songs with international collaborations. He released the most anticipated song title WINE N’ TWERK of which he featured top notch Jamaican dancehall artiste; Demarco. The rapper also shows his versatility with a love song ‘You’ for the ladies. The song features Sierra Leonean American based singer, QueenNak.

For 2021, YOK 7 set a standard by shooting classic videos for all the songs he released in 2020 and 2021. His professional work coupled with other contributions in the entertainment industry has placed him at the #13 spot among the 20 Hottest Artistes in Sierra Leone 2021.