Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo (born 17 October 1986,in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer.
He grew up in Norsborg and Kista near Stockholm.
Mohombi was born to a Swedish mother and Congolese father. Raised as a child in the Congo, Mohombi and his family escaped the war-torn country for Stockholm, Sweden in 1999 when Mohombi was 12,He has 14 siblings.
His parents regularly exposed him to varied musical influences from early on in his childhood so that Mohombi soon developed his passion for song.
Mohombi was RedOne’s first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universal Music Group. From 2000 to 2008, Mohombi was part of the Swedish hip hop group Avalon with his brother Djo Moupondo. Mohombi released his debut solo single “Bumpy Ride” in August 2010. The single became a worldwide hit, and charted in the top-ten in several countries, and was followed by his debut studio album MoveMeant in February 2011.
Mohombi released “Miss Me” as his debut single in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2010. It features American rapper Nelly.
His third single called “Dirty Situation” was released in Europe on 11 November and features R&B singer Akon.
“Dirty Situation” is played at the beginning and then again later on in the middle of the music video
for “Miss Me,” and “Coconut Tree” feat Nicole Scherzinger, including also a remix of the debut single “Bumpy Ride” ft Pitbull. The debut studio album MoveMeant was released for UK Edition in 2012, the duo enters together with a Trinidadian singer Machel Montano with song The Power of the Cocktail

In 2014, Mohombi decided to abandon Universal Music and form his own music label, La Clique Music, releasing his album Universe.

In 2015 Pitbull released his Spanish album Dale,now joined Mohombi and puerto rican raper Wisin with song Baddest Girl In Town

Mohombi speaks English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Swahili and Lingala.