Cool James

James Dandu Maligisa (5 July 1970 – 27 August 2002), known by his stage name Cool James, was a Tanzanian–Swedish hip hop recording artist and record producer. His professional musical career started in 1988, he released his first musical album in 1992, already a dance-oriented production. In 1993 he got together with another East African named Andrew Muturi to form the group "Swahili Nation". After a while they let a brother of Andrew join the group, and after that yet another brother. James left and joined with a Congolese, Jose Masena and formed the band Cool James & Black Teacher. They released only two albums, the 1992 record Undercover Lover and the 1994 record Zooming You, which included the hit song "Dr. Feelgood".

A while after the Cool James and Black Teacher band, James moved back to Tanzania and started producing for East African artists as well as working on his own projects. He started the Tanzanian Music Awards in 1999. He died in a car accident in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 27 August 2002.