Why Pallaso wasn’t promoted to S.3 at Mengo S.S.

But he got so distracted and ended up performing poorly in school.

Mengo S.S. is a day school and Pallaso, who lived in Kawempe, would find distractions to and from school. In an interview, some of the distractions he mentioned included going to movie shacks and the Makerere University swimming pool.

"Sometimes I couldn't make it to school because I got stuck on the way with all these beautiful things," he said in the interview.

So, by the end of S.1, he was performing so poorly he failed to raise marks to get promoted to S.2. he was only promoted after his parents met the administration and pleaded on his behalf.

However, nothing changed and he still couldn’t join S.3. the school gave him an option of repeating S.2, but he told his parents that it was better if he repeated from another school.

He joined Kasawo Secondary School. He sat UCE exams from another school and got a first grade; he was the only student from that school.

Born Pius Mayanja, Pallaso went to St. Augustine's College, Happy Hours Nursery School and Happy Hours Primary School, Mengo S.S., Kasawo S.S. and St. Augustine’s College Wakiso. 

He relocated to the U.S. while in S.5 and acquired a diploma of Direct Studies at Pennsylvania High School.

Pallaso’s music journey when he was as young as 11 and by that age he was already performing on stage 

His first stage performance was at a club in Kawempe and he mimed a song by Tanto Mentro and Devonte. The positive reaction from revelers made him like performing more and he started writing songs.

By 2002, his brother Jose Chameleone already had a studio and he used it to learn how to record songs. In fact, his first single called Mudigidde, which was released in 2003 – was produced by Chameleone. 

By 2000 he was already laying a foundation for his music career and he used to call himself lizard.

His passion for music didn’t die when he relocated to the U.S. While there, he recorded his first album titled Change which was released in 2013.

His breakthrough came in 2014 when he teamed up with Radio and Weasel, who had gone to the U.S. for BET Awards, to release Amaaso. The song’s popularity encouraged him to return to Uganda that very year and focus on his music career.