[2] Ak 47 was born to Gerald Mayanja, who hails from Busato Mityana but lives in Seguku Kampala.
He started singing in Leone Island group which is managed by his brother Chameleone with his first song Usiende in 2008.
Since then he continued with more other good songs such as Mbeera ya nsi and Champion which topped Ugandan music chats for so long among them Kidandali, Kaleba with his brother Chameleone, Musajja watu with King Saha and many others.
Around 8:00PM, AK 47 went to the bar of his manager Jeff Kiwa, called Denjavu which is found in Kampala, where he started drinking with friends.
At around 10:PM, AK 47 was found lying on the floor of the bathrooms bleeding from the nose and with foam in his mouth.
Facebook and Twitter in Uganda were full of condolence messages, famous Ugandan radios and TV Stations interrupted their daily schedules to break the sad news about the fallen hero.
Hundreds of fans had already reached the place where he had died, mourning alongside his brothers Chameleone and Pallaso and Various artists including Bebe Cool, Diamond Oscar, Sheebah Karungi and many others.
Later many other Ugandan celebrities and social bloggers posted their condolence messages including Eddy Kenzo, Juliana Kanyomozi, Bobi Wine, Sheebah Karungi, Nobert Mao and many others.
Bobi Wine was on his South Africa tour but he cancelled all the remaining concerts and came back to Uganda.
Later a group of musicians from Uganda composed a song as a tribute to AK 47 titled "Rest in Peace AK 47" these included Eddy Kenzo, Young Mulo, Big Eye, Lyto Boss, Denis Bitone, Spice Diana, and Aziz Azion.