This is an accepted version of this page Pierre Kwenders is the stage name of José Louis Modabi[1] (born October 31, 1985, in Kinshasa, Zaire), a Congolese-Canadian musician.

[2] His 2014 album Le Dernier empereur bantou was a shortlisted nominee for the Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015,[2] and a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.

[4] He released the EPs Whiskey & Tea and African Dream in 2013,[4] and followed up with Le Dernier empereur bantou, his first full-length album, in 2014.

[8] In 2018, he had his first acting role in the film Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin.

[9] He won the 2022 Polaris Music Prize for his album José Louis and the Paradox of Love.