Joseph Mayanja, universally recognized by his stage name Jose Chameleone, is a legendary Ugandan Afrobeat musician, songwriter, and record producer whose influence has shaped the modern East African music landscape. Born on April 30, 1979, in Kampala, he is celebrated for pioneering a dynamic fusion of Ugandan folk, central African soukous, reggae, and zouk. Singing fluently in Luganda, Swahili, and English, he successfully bridged cultural and linguistic divides, making his music a unifying force not only in Uganda but across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.