Katende Andrew Stephen aka Dre Cali was born on te 23rd of February 1995 to a christian family in Entebbe,Uganda. He attended his primary school at White Angels Primary school in 2007 and then he joined St Henry's college kitovu in masaka for O'level and finished it in 2011. He later attended Mengo Senior School in Bukesa where he finished his higher education in 2013. He joined Uganda Christian University in mukono and he acquired Bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering in 2019. The 26 year old singer started doing music in 2015 and he is currently signed under mpaka records one of the biggest record labels based in East Africa ,Uganda. He happens to be a crowed blessed and multi-talented artist good at Afro beats , dancehall ,RNB,reggae and as foley mentioned Onanagiza featuring Lydia Jazmine,ewaluma, ebisooka ne'bisembayo and ekifuba make it vivid and evident. He rose to the prominence as an artist in october 2019 with Zigzag a reggae genre song that was recorded in mpaka records studio which is available on spotify. Dre Cali has performed on various events allover Uganda. He has also been nominated in various awards in Uganda. He is one of the house hold names and favorites in Uganda .