Nguashi N’timbo was a prominent Congolese singer and composer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), celebrated for his significant impact on the East African music scene. While his exact date of birth is not widely documented, he began his professional career in the late 1960s in Lubumbashi with the Baba Gaston Band, later moving to Kinshasa to join Orchestre Sentima and eventually spending three years with the legendary T.P. OK Jazz (1979–1981). He is best remembered for his 1983 anthem "Shauri Yako," a rumba classic sung in Swahili that remains one of the most recognizable tracks in the history of African music.