Cool James, real name James Dandu also known as "Mtoto wa Dandu" and CJ Massive (July 5, 1970 – August 27, 2002) was a Swedish & Tanzanian musician.
Born in Mwanza, Tanzania and having finished his primary studies at Kurasini Primary School in Tanzania, he moved with his mother and siblings to Stockholm, Sweden.
His professional musical career started in 1988, he released his first musical album in 1992, already a dance-oriented production. In 1993 he got together with another East African named Andrew Muturi to form the group "Swahili Nation". After a while they let a brother of Andrew join the group, and after that yet another brother. James left and joined with a Congolese, Jose Masena and formed the group "Cool James & Black Teacher". They released only two albums, the 1992 record called "Undercover Lover" and the 1994 record called Zooming You. It included many hits, especially the song Dr. Feelgood.
A while after the Cool James and Black Teacher project James moved back to his motherland Tanzania and started producing for East African artist as well as working on his own projects for example the "Tanzanian Music Awards" which he started in 1999.
James had two kids, Caroline-Jamie Malaika born 1994 and Michael James Junior born 1997. He mentions his kids in nearly everyone of his songs, as well as his fiance Devota.
On August 27, 2002 James Dandu died in a car accident in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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“Dead drunk
is the term I think of,
insensible,
neither cool nor warm,
without a head or a foot.
To be drunk is to be intimate with a fool.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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—Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941)