Jordan Mackampa is a British‑Congolese singer-songwriter born in 1994 in Zaire (now the DRC), who moved to London with his mother as a toddler. French is his first language, but he began learning guitar and writing songs from age 12 �. Wikipedia +15 Raised partly in Coventry, he studied music at the University of Northampton and developed his soulful, folk‑tinged pop style influenced by icons like Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and Curtis Mayfield �. Wikipedia +5 Mackampa started releasing music in 2016 with self‑released EPs (Physics, Tales from the Broken), signed to AWAL in 2017, and dropped his debut album Foreigner in March 2020. That record explores his immigrant experience and identity �. Wikipedia +6 He gained attention with tracks featured on TV dramas and major ad campaigns, then continued with evolved second projects like Come Around (2021) and the 2024 album Welcome Home, Kid!. The latter celebrates self‑acceptance, Black joy, queerness, and creative confidence—crafted from a deeply personal manifesto and recorded with soul, R&B, funk, and gospel influences �.