Šako Polumenta | |
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Šako Polumenta performing
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Background information | |
Born |
Bijelo Polje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia |
27 March 1961
Genres | Pop-folk, Folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Gold Music (2002–present) |
Associated acts | Stoja |
Website | www.sakopolumenta.net |
Sakib "Šako" Polumenta (born 27 March 1961) is a Montenegrin pop-folk singer popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics.
Polumenta was born into a Montenegrin Bosniak family in Bijelo Polje, a municipality of northern Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia).
He is married with Vesna, whom he has been in a relationship for 15 years (as of 2013).
He has a daughter, Rijalda (b. 1989), who married in 2012.
He is the paternal uncle of well-known singer Dado Polumenta, whose career he helped launch.
He began his career in 1993. He has several housings in Podgorica, Belgrade, Ulcinj. He is often singing in the Belgrade splav (river boat) "River".