M. Ngede Smith popularly known by his stage name Vivid Smith is a recording artist, song writer, singer and performer. As a child in he started singing in YP choir, studied in the university of Buea. VIVID was the lead singer of the music group "REALM SQUAD" where they dropped their first group song in 2015. He has featured some great artists and the song that made him well known was "NASO" featuring Some other three artist in 2019 and after then he continued making good music. His single "My Love" earned him a great name and fans in the music scene in 2019 and in 2020 his jam "Jah Jah" featuring Mr leo in 2020 made a lot of impact in the industry.

VIVID is the founder of the music genre "MakoRnB" which he is gradually imposing on music lovers. VIVID has had more than 4 million streams on youtube in all his songs. He has performed in prestigious shows alongside music icons on several occasions.