Gildo has produced several hit songs, one being "Lageba New" featuring fellow musician Shakura. Per
The New Times of Rwanda, Gildo produced more than 300 singles, including more than 59 of his own songs. As he stated in his interview with
EBS TV's
The Reggae and Afrobeat Music program, his first works were
reggae songs by Jalud Awel: "Amta Chaweta" and "Dagos Yale Sitota". Kassa is well known for customizing afrobeat to the
Ethiopian traditional music, specifically the
Wolaita and
Tigrigna styles, naming his style "Ethio-shake". The songs he composed and produced were top hits and were nominated in many Ethiopian awards. Among those are
Sancho Gebre's songs "Atasayugn" and "Tanamo". He is among the
Afrimma 2020 Nominees under the category of "Best Male East Africa". He was the only nominee from Ethiopia.
Aljazeera put his song "Lageba New" on their "ultimate year-end African music playlist" in 2019. == Discography ==