Nancy Nanz whose real name is Mammy Nancy Waggeh was born in Banjul on the 2^nd October 1986 at the street called Tobacco Road in The Gambia. Her father is Ebou Waggeh a journalist who used to work at the Gambia Radio and Television services (GRTS) and her mum is Ida Sosseh.

Nancy is a Muslim and rose in a well-cultured Muslim background. Her great grand mother on her mum’s side was a great artist of her time who was into acting and singing on cultural issues. She always sang for the “Fanal” (Lanterns) during Christmas, New Year and other cultural festivals.

Nancy is believed to have inherited her great grand mother’s musical talents, she love music when she was young and going to school. Her favourite artist is Beyonce Knowles old Destiny’s Child, she liked her so much so that she endeavoured to manifest like her at a time in dressing, dance and even tries to sing like her. Her schoolmates noticed how much she was in love with Beyonce that they decided to give the name “The Gambian Beyonce” and would normally call her to mime Beyonce songs during school shows.

Her beauty and captivating voice earned her the opportunity to be selected as the most beautiful girl during the most popular Easter Carnival and Miss Princess Gambia Shows organised by the 2-Rays Syndicate at the beach side. The judges recognised two special things about her, which are her voice and stunning mode of dressing and mesmerizing attitude.

She was given the opportunity to do an accapella for the crowd with her own song. She changed a song star (Beyonce) title “Baby Boy” remixed in a Wollof version to better suit the Gambian audience, featuring DJ LIL SISQO AKA (2-Rayz). From there she was taken by the C.E.O of 2-Rays Syndicate to do her first studio recording and the song was played in Radio Stations all over The Gambia. Her first live performance was at a Carnival organised by the Lend A Hand Society, where she was introduce by her producer and manage. This day was the day, her manager call breaking the chains. Nancy then became a public icon and gain admirations even from her worst enemies. She then recorded other killing songs like JIGAIN YII N.A.N.C.Y, MUSIC and PARTY OVER HERE.

The N.A.N.C.Y song is about herself and her future; it was recognised as one of the top hit songs in the Gambia, even the children can sing along the spelling of her name. The video is classic and the western style of performance was highly appreciated by the viewers.

Nancy Nanz collaboration song “Follow Me TO Africa” with the Senegalese Rap star FATA was selected by the sound city production for a compilation used in sensitizing The Gambian population during the Banjul AU Summit. She again did another sensitization song with the most talked about Senegalese artist called “Pacotille” for The Gambia Electoral Commission during the 2006 Presidential election.

Now Nancy is working with her producer in releasing the most awaited album by the fans. You have never seen a Gambian in this hype before. She is coming to take over the airwaves, get her lyrics stick to the mind of the people. She is going to take the Gambian Map on the Hollywood top ten. To contact Nancy, please email her Manager at 2rayzonline@gmail.com  and visit the site at www.2-rays.com. Thanks for loving the Gambian Queen.