Meet Amanie Illfated.

Amanie Illfated is a South Sudanese born, Toronto based singer/songwriter with clear toned vocals and a flavorful and dynamic fusion of Pop, Reggae, Afrobeat and Trap. She was born in what is now known as South Sudan and immigrated to Saskatchewan with her family as refugees in 1992. At the age of 16, she left her family to pursue music in Toronto. She has since worked with many local and international producers and engineers, including B.Morales , Satnam Singh Chatha of 5 Rivers Entertainment, 2 time award winning producer and engineer Harrison Fine, Caroline Akwe of LKCollective, Juno-nominated child soldier turned rapper Emmanuel Jal and Emmy Award winning engineer David Klotz who has worked on Game of Thrones and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This led to her nomination by African Entertainment Awards for Best Female Artist and Musician of the year by South Sudanese ACE Awards . Her first self titled album was released in November 2015 with singles ‘Letter to Myself ’, ‘Ultimate Candy’ , and a collaboration with international artist Yaba Angelosi (Assida Records) called ‘You & Me’ receiving international airplay. She has performed at well known festivals such as Afrofest , TDotFest and Francophonie En Fête. Additionally, she has performed on Rogers TV for talk show 'Men 101' , at South Sudan Unite 2019 Minneapolis (held by The Luol Deng Foundation), at Hollywood North Toronto’s 5th Annual TIFF Gala , has been showcased and interviewed in magazines such as Canadian Musician and The Vocalist Magazine and maintains an international base of over 140,000 fans on social media. She released her most recent, highly acclaimed single ‘The Hills’ in August 2018 from her upcoming album called ‘SATURN’ which was released on October 19, 2019.