Jean Joseph Parfait Niyonkuru, better known as Jeanjos Parfait, is a gospel Burundian artist, singer, songwriter and arranger. In 2019, he is designated as the most creative and dynamic artist in Burundi in the Top10 of BeTV.
Jeanjos Parfait is a former Burundian professional football player. With his two big brothers, he played in the team called Maika and was nicknamed "Bebeto" because of the Brazilian football starBebeto, forming in the 1990s the offensive duo of Brezil with Romário. In 2005, he signed a contract in the first division of the F.C. Fuso in Gitega, currently the political capital of Burundi.
Musical career
Under the influence of his big brother, Jeanjos later gave up the champinnat after playing only three games to become a chorist in the Living Church of Gitega. He was baptized the same year in the name of Jesus Christ by plunging him in the love of God and then being reborn. He learned to play the basic guitar and work as a sound engineer for the choir in which he sang. In 2013, he become member of CLM Worship & Creative Arts Team of the English ChurchChristian Life Ministries. One year rather, he created a band of bass players with Adjanga Dieu Grâce and François Niyonkuru which did not work as planned. He retires and begins to write his own songs. In 2016 under the name of Jeanjos Parfait, he released his very first song of his career entitled "Urakoze mana", a song which speaks of the marriage as a gift from God. His second song, titled "Uwera", was released in 2017. After the launch of the official video for "Urakoze Mana" on January 23, 2019, the song won the Grand finale of the Top10 of the channelBest Entraitement Television in Burundi – BeTV. He was spotted by the Burundian record companyGrand Pictures Production which announced that had signed him for a 6-month contract. The announcement was made during a press conference broadcast on several local television stations including BETV Burundi, Indundi TV, NICKO TV and Bujahit TV. The choice to sign Jeanjos Parfait, explains the head of the label and director Landry SB, is a reward to the artist for his remarkable work in the Burundian music industry. Jeanjos creates his own label, Fight for your Dreams, in August 2019. Under his new label, he releases his first song entitled "Nd'Uwunesha".
