Editing Lou Bega (section)

==Personal life==

David Lubega Balemezi was born on 13 April 1975 in [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], then [[West Germany]], to an [[Italy|Italian]] mother, who came from [[Sicily]], and a [[Uganda]]n father.<ref name="Allmusic: Lou Bega (Overview)">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lou-bega-mn0000210143 |title=Allmusic: Lou Bega (Overview)|publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref> His father Charles went to West Germany in 1972 to study biology at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University]] of Munich.<ref name="Lou Bega's official website">{{cite web |author=LOU BEGA – the official website |url=http://www.lou-bega.com |title=Lou Bega's official website |publisher=Lou-bega.com |access-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107092936/http://www.lou-bega.com/ |archive-date=7 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Until age six, Bega spent most of his time with his mother Nicole in Italy, then they lived permanently in Munich, where Bega attended German primary school. As a teenager, he traveled to [[Miami, Florida]], where he found the inspiration for his hit single "[[Mambo No. 5]]".<ref name="Allmusic: Lou Bega (Overview)"/> Bega also lived in Uganda for six months.{{failed verification|date=March 2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planet-interview.de/interviews/pi.php?interview=lou-bega |title=Interview with Lou Bega (in German) |date=20 June 2001 |publisher=Planet-interview.de |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>

During interviews with him that [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2 Denmark]] did in 2019 for their documentary series ''Guds bedste børn'', he stated that he was in a hotel room on the [[Maldives]] during a storm when he checked out the room's [[Bible]] and was captivated by it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/2019-01-17-verdensstjerne-med-i-dansk-religioes-bevaegelse|title=Verdensstjerne med i dansk religiøs bevægelse|lang=da|access-date=8 September 2023|date=17 January 2019|website=[[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV2.dk]]}}</ref> Upon returning home to Germany, he felt the waiting times to be baptized were long, and contacted the Danish movement ''The Last Reformation'' after seeing their videos on [[YouTube]], where he was baptized. Parts of the conversion process and later missionary work were brought up in the movie ''The Last Reformation: The Life'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/zLp7zw/varldsstjarnan-lou-bega-medlem-i-dansk-sekt|title=Världsstjärnan Lou Bega medlem i dansk sekt|lang=sv|access-date=8 September 2023|date=26 January 2019|website=[[Aftonbladet]]}}</ref> which was commissioned by ''The Last Reformation'' themselves.