In 2012, AK 47 married his wife Maggie Mayanja and they had two children (twins). In 2014 he joined the group Team No Sleep which is managed and owned Jeff Kiwa.
Since then he continued with more other good songs such as Mbeera ya nsi and Champion which topped Ugandan music chats for so long, Kidandali, Kaleba with his brother Chameleone, Musajja watu with King Saha and many others. This gave him popularity and much fan base in Uganda. He started singing in Leone Island group which is managed by his brother Chameleone with his first song Usiende in 2008 however this song did not get enough air play on Ugandan radios and TV, he came to limelight in 2011 when he made a remix of Bayuda with his brother Jose Chameleone. His very first song was produced at Studio One and the music video was produced by popular Ugandan DJ Erycom. ĪK attended Kisubi high school for his secondary education where he completed A Level from.ĪK47 started singing in 2008, by then his stage name was Hammatone. Ak 47 was born to Gerald Mayanja, who hails from Busato Mityana but lives in Seguku Kampala, he was a biological brother to famous Ugandan musicians Chameleone, Pallaso and Weasel of Goodlyfe Crew.