Priscilla Zawedde (born 2 February 1996) better known by her stage name Azawi is a Ugandan singer, songwriter and dancer signed by Swangz Avenue in 2019. Her musical genre is Afrobeats in both Luganda and English. She became the first female Ugandan act to appear on the New York "Times Square" and Los Angeles billboards. In 2011, she started writing songs, first as a hobby, before realizing she could make money from it. Her father died in 2012 and she had to help her mother to cater to her and her two siblings hence concentrating on making money from songwriting. At a young age, Azawi began writing songs and her songwriting skills got her a meeting with Eddy Kenzo who eventually connected her to other artists. She has written for artists like Nina Rose, Lydia Jazmine, Carol Nantongo, Vinka, and Eddy Kenzo. Azawi later on joined a band in 2015 while doubling as a waiter at a restaurant her mother had just started. After she had quit her job as a waiter that she wrote "Quinamino," with an intention of selling it but when she walked into Swangz Avenue for the first time in August 2019, she got an offer to become part of the label instead. Her breakthrough came in January 2020 after releasing it as her first single. In November the same year, Swangz Avenue management signed and unveiled her and she released her first single under the label in January 2020. She's still under the same record label and has released 4 albums and one live album. Her latest album was released on October 9th 2023 and is called SANKOFA.