Micheal Osings was born on October 10 in 1996, known by the new age, as Lanie Banks. He is a Canadian-Ugandan Rapper, songwriter and music video director who was born in the eastern district of Mbale, Uganda.

He initially gained recognition when he performed on September 19 2015 at the NANSU AWARDS.

Right from his childhood, Osings had always involved himself in Karaoke, dancing scripts and song writing. He was also a member of the Sunday school choir headed by Pastor Bill Binaster from the Toronto Christian Outreach Programme.

In December 2015, Osings started recording his singles Tondopa, My Moment and My Girl and later on Tuna Bambika. These records aimed at supporting his forth-coming EP album Chain of emotion.

As a child, apparently Osings attended Nabuyonga Primary School where he sat his Elementary School Exit Examinations also referred to as P.L.E. He later on joined Mbale Secondary School to attain his Uganda Certificate of Education (U.C.E).

His family members relocated to the Kampala, Uganda’s capital; hence, he joined St John’s College but was faced indefinite expulsion from the school.

He moved on to St. Peter’s Senior Secondary School Naalya, where he attained his Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (U.A.C.E).

He completed his undergraduate course at Makerere University.

He then relocated to Toronto, Ontario where he is currently situated.

Musical Journey

Alongside henchmen and close friends, Micheal Osings used to perform in multiple public spaces and recreational centers around Kampala though this never yielded into a record deal due to absence of tangible playable records in his sets.

Osings later on met Kaz Kasozi a Jazz and Classic music artist who was working at the Uganda Cultural Centre (National Theater) and Bayimba Uganda. Kaz Kasozi invited Osings for music classes were he learned how to write professional songs and scripts, his other teacher at the same project was a guest from Switzerland named Maloui Klassien. Osings recalls Maloui Klassien telling him that if he put effort in his art it could take him to places and from that day forward, he has never looked back. He strongly believes that on the road to stardom, it’s either you go hard or you go home.

Basing on this slogan, it is evident that Osings will never give up on achieving his set target and is striving for excellence in his musical career day by day in the far and deep horizons of Canada and the world at large.

Osings is married to Peace Nabududa who originates from Magale and the couple welcomed their first child Jedi Paris Osings in July 2022, Micheal was born to Mrs. Irene Wondo (Mother) and Mr. Osings Didmus (Father). He is the second last born in a family of five.

As a child, Osings was involved in a fatal accident that led to six months of hospitalization at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital; he missed out two terms of attending school in Primary three, his absence in school did not affect his learning programme. He narrated in his speech at the Nigerian council awards that the accident was a near was a near death experience.

Currently, Osings Micheal is also known as Lanie Banks and is kicking it to reach horizons where only a few Ugandan rappers have; he is now working with OVO sound as a professional rapper. He had meetings and dealings with other international acts like Aubrey Graham, Tory Lanez and Davido.