On most streaming platforms, the producer’s name appears in a font size usually reserved for terms and conditions. Axon fixed this by saying it out loud, inside the song, in a voice that needs no click to expand.
The tag, “heyo axon you see di gyal a beauty dem,” now sits in front of some of the most played Ugandan records of the past three years. Behind it is a catalogue Joshua Baraka has built much of his rise on.
The name he chose
Geoffrey Mukwaya is the name his parents gave him. Axon is the one he wanted for himself, as he told Sqoop in 2021. He set up his first studio in Naalya in 2019, on his own, and the label came after it.
The catalogue
Baraka has named Axon in interviews as the producer of “Nana,” the 2023 record that took him from a name people knew to one they played. Axon has described how it was made, and Genius lists him on it. The two have kept working together on “Dalilah,” “Dalilah II” and “Morocco,” along with its remixes.
Earlier credits include Sheebah’s “Boy Fire,” John Blaq’s “Tip,” Fik Fameica’s “Lov Lov” and Fave’s “Belong To You,” which he claimed on X in 2024 with the words “Produced by me.” More recently he has taken featured-artist slots on records he produced, a choice he describes as a step out of the background.
The label and the studio
Axon co-founded BramBram Records with K Derrick. He has put the relationship in one line: “BramBram is Axon and Axon is BramBram.” When Sqoop asked about the partnership’s terms, he said he did not want to discuss them in the media. In February 2026 he taught the Guinness Smooth “Make It Yours” Creators Lab at Paradigm. He covered production and branding, and also publishing: registering with societies such as Sentric and BMI, and building assets that last longer than a trend.
Still in the cycle
Axon is active around Baraka’s current releases, posting and amplifying the new material as it comes out. The tag is still at the front of the records.
