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Forget about Lupita, Kenyan Musician Dela gets International Recognition With Her ‘Hello’ Cover in Swahili

Almost every international A listers has their own cover of Adele’s ‘Hello’ which has a little bit of a funny twist in them but not Dela (whose real name is Dela Maranga) changed all that with her very own cover of Adele’s ‘Hello’ in Swahili, the vocals are simply out of this world so much so that very big blogs in the world got to cover that song for all the world to see.

Incase You Didn’t Know: Dela Has Done A Cover out for Adele’s ‘Hello’ And I think It’s Hotter Than the Original Because This is done in Swahili

 

Dela Maranga is a very talented artiste that has her song ‘Mafeelings’ which was released a fortnight ago is pretty much an anthem in the Kenyan music scene with pretty much every single person taking reference from it that coined word ‘Mafeelings’ which ideally means ‘feelings’ in plural in Kenya’s popular slang called ‘Sheng’.

Dela Maranga popularly known as Dela
Dela Maranga popularly known as Dela

 

Highly ranked top blogs internationally like Elle.com, HarpersBazaar.com, Refinery29.com and HelloGiggles.com both covered Dela’s Swahili cover for ‘Hello’ and here are the links;

Swahili Cover of “Hello” Will Make You Cry Just As Much As Adele

 

 

THERE’S A NEW VERSION OF ADELE’S “HELLO” TO CRY OVER

 

HERE’S A NEW VERSION OF ADELE’S “HELLO” TO LOSE IT OVER

 

 

Adele’s ‘Hello’ sounds even better in Swahili

 

Ethan Maina

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