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Pee GH
Emmanuel K. Bartels known professionally as Pee GH or Pee On Da Beat, is a New Jersey-based Ghanaian record producer. He is best known for producing hit songs such as E.L's "Koko", "Abaa", "Agbo", "Overdose", "Higher"; Shatta Wale - "Am Ok", "Level"; D2 - "Wawane"; Weisa Greid - "One Side", "Ice Cream Man", Samini's "my own (co-produced)" and also for mixing and masterings Sarkodie's "Sub Zero". Early life Born and raised in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Pee GH decided on his career in music at a young age where he started making beats using buckets and drums and also recording cassette tapes with his little brother at home by recording music of other people while adding his own vocals to it. He graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon Musical career Pee GH started making beats and recorded his first song at E.L's studio before moving to New Jersey, USA. PEE GH started to live his dream as a record producer for many star artistes in Ghana and beyond, guided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a Nigerian music genre that involves the combination of West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) and American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.Grass, Randall F. "Fela AnikulaThe Art of an Afrobeat Rebel". ''The Drama Review: TDR''. MIT Press. 30: 131–148. The style was pioneered in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who is responsible for popularizing the style both within and outside Nigeria. Distinct from Afrobeat is Afrobeats – a sound originating in West Africa in the 21st century, one that takes in diverse influences and is an eclectic combination of genres such as hip hop, house, jùjú, ndombolo, R&B and soca. The two genres, though often conflated, are not the same. History Afrobeat was developed in Nigeria in the late 1960s by Fela Kuti who, with drummer Tony Allen, experimented with different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obuasi, Ghana
Obuasi is a Mining Community and town in the southern part of Obuasi Municipal of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Obuasi is the capital of the Obuasi Municipal which lies south of Ashanti capital city Kumasi 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) away south-west of Kumasi or 1 hour 2 minutes road-drive from Obuasi to Kumasi. Obuasi has a settlement population of 175,043 people. Obuasi gold bar mining community has delicate mosaic from the Ashanti people culture of Ashanti and the semi-island exclave Ashantiland. Obuasi wears a ring of hills as its adornment and Obuasi sits quietly albeit industriously on the soil that births the top-9 single richest bullion gold bar gold mining mining, mine on Earth the Obuasi Gold Mine. Gold Coast region was named after the large amount of gold mined historically at Obuasi and the broader Ashanti Region. Economy Obuasi is known for the Obuasi Gold Mine, one of the largest underground gold mines in the world. With gold having been mined on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
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Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as CharterHouse to originally and primarily celebrate the "outstanding contributions of Ghanaian musicians to the growth and expansion of its associated industry". Held each April, May or June, the event is broadcast locally on GHOne TV, GTV and/or TV3 and outside Ghana on Akwaaba Magic on satellite TV platform DStv and terrestrial TV platform GOtv. Prior to the launch of the Akwaaba Magic channel in 2021, the event was broadcast outside Ghana on channels 155 and 198 on DStv and on channel 110 on GOtv. In 2020, the event's precursor, the nominees jam, scheduled for April 4 at Jackson Park in Koforidua, was initially postponed and then cancelled to comply with a national directive on public gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Trophy The Ghan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buk Bak
Buk Bak was a Ghanaian musical group composed of Prince Bright, Isaac Shoetan and Ronny Coaches. They rapped in Ga, Twi, and Pidgin A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from s ..., and were the first hiplife group in Ghana to be successful with Ga lyrics. As of 2006, they were both pursuing individual projects. Bright and Ronny reunited in 2012 to record what turned out to be their final album as a group, ''Fisherman Anthem''. The original group had more members, some of whom have formed groups like 4x4. The group split in November 2013, after the death of Ronny Coaches. History Buk Bak, coined from “book back,” was first formed to see how far Prince Bright (also known as Bling Sparkles), Ronnie Coaches, and Isaac Shoetan (known as Papa Shoto) could go considering t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwaw Kese
Emmanuel Kofi Botwe , known by his stage name Kwaw Kese and popularly called Abodam (''craziness''), is a Ghanaian hiplife artist. Kwaw Kese is well known for his hit album ''Abodam 2007'', for which he won five awards at the 2008 edition of the Ghana Music Awards. He is known for doing crazy- like acts during his performance on stage. Early life and education He was born in Agona Swedru in the Central Region of Ghana. He is an alumnus of Happy Home Junior Secondary School and Winneba Secondary School. He began composing and performing his songs from the age of 14. After his high school education, he worked as a meter reader for the Electricity Company of Ghana for three years. He did not have much interest for that job so he decided to take his music more seriously. He left for Accra and in 2004, he met Hammer of The Last Two and was signed to the record label. Record label and solo career He launched the record label Mad-Time Entertainment in 2005. He released his debut s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasmilla
Odartei Milla Lamptey popularly known as Gasmilla or International Fisherman, is a Ghanaian Hiplife artist. He is noted for his hit songs ''Aboodatoi'' and ''Telemo'' and creating the Azonto Dance and Genre. He is an Afro-pop singer and a songwriter. He was claimed to be recognized as the Vodafone Green Ambassador. Music career Gasmilla started his music career featuring artists while in Junior High school. While in senior high school, he became the first artist at Cold Eye studios. Gasmilla's first major single was "Aboodatoi". Discovery When Lamptey was at the age of 7, he became seriously involved in singing influenced by his Father and he has been performing since the age of 12. He started producing his music slowly but always progressed. At the age of 13, he decided he wanted to get serious in the music industry. His mother had gotten a boom-box with a microphone that he used in recording his rap and ragga tunes, with the help of his younger sister singing choruses, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beenie Man
Anthony Moses Davis (born 22 August 1973), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Jamaican Dancehall deejay. Biography Davis was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in 1973.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p. 24 He was involved in the music industry from a young age, started toasting at the age of five, and was encouraged by his uncle Sydney Knowles, who played drums for Jimmy Cliff.Roper, Rasheen (2005"One-On-One with Beenie Man – Pursue whatever you desire", ''Jamaica Observer'', 18 January 2005 He won the Tastee Talent contest in 1981,Jackson, Kevin (2003"25 years of top class music from Beenie Man" ''Jamaica Observer'', 22 August 2003 and Radio DJ Barry G introduced him to local sound system operators, who helped to establish the popularity of the young deejay, who became known as Beenie Man. He recorded his debut single, "Too Fancy", with recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medikal
Samuel Adu Frimpong (born 4 April 1994), popularly known as Medikal, is a Ghanaian hip hop musician born to Portia Lamptey and James Frimpong in Sowutuom, a suburb of Accra. Early life and music career He comes from Sowutuom, a suburb in Accra, Ghana. Medikal and Sarkodie had the highest nominations for the 2017 edition of the Ghana Music Awards. In 2018, he was on the Tim Westwood Show. Medikal had his high school education at Odorgonno Senior High. He is the son of James Frimpong and Portia Lamptey. Samuel adopted the name Medikal because he was fascinated with rapping about doctors, surgeons, medical practitioners and hospitals in general. He has made a name for himself in the music industry through hard work and numerous collaboration with successful artists. Apart from his nominations in 2017, he won the best discovery video in the MTN 4Syte Video Award in 2016. Albums and EPs *''Medikation'' (2013) * ''Disturbation'' (2017) *''The Plug EP''(2019) *''Island'' (2020) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DopeNation
DopeNation is a Ghanaian musical duo of identical twin brothers, composed of Micheal Boafo popularly known as B2, and Tony Boafo known as Twist. They are best known for producing hit songs such as Kpuu Kpaa by Shatta wale, Wow by Joey B ft EL, Sebgefia by Joey B and EL, Poison by Ebony Reigns, Forever by Eazzy ft Mr Eazi, Nana Ama by Pappy Kojo, among others and chunning out hits for themselves as Artists. Early life The twins were born in the Accra and grew up in Abeka, a community in Accra. They later moved to Takoradi where they had their junior and senior education, at this period the twins developed their interest in music. They later returned to Accra to further their tertiary education in the University of Ghana and Ghana Technology University College. Production career DopeNation was introduced to music production in 2012 by musician and producer E.L in Accra who nurtured their talents. They have been credited with producing songs for Ghanaian artists including E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwesi Arthur
Emmanuel Kwesi Danso Arthur Junior (born 18 December 1994), known professionally as Kwesi Arthur, is a Ghanaian rapper, singer and songwriter from Tema, Ghana. He rose to fame in 2017 with the hit single "Grind day" which received wide spread acclaim and a co-sign from rap heavyweights Sarkodie and Medikal. In 2019, his second EP ''Live from Nkrumah Krom Vol II'' garnered more than 2 million streams in the first week of its release. Arthur has won several accolades, including Rapper of the year and Hip Hop Song of the year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards as well as a Viewer's Choice Best International Act nomination at the 2018 BET Awards. He became the second Ghanaian rapper to be nominated for BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher after Sarkodie's nomination in 2019. Early life and education Kwesi Arthur was born on 18th December, 1994 in Tema. He was raised in Tema Community 9, and is the second of four children with a brother named Dayonthetrack, who is also a musician. After com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Music Awards
The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as CharterHouse to originally and primarily celebrate the "outstanding contributions of Ghanaian musicians to the growth and expansion of its associated industry". Held each April, May or June, the event is broadcast locally on GHOne TV, GTV and/or TV3 and outside Ghana on Akwaaba Magic on satellite TV platform DStv and terrestrial TV platform GOtv. Prior to the launch of the Akwaaba Magic channel in 2021, the event was broadcast outside Ghana on channels 155 and 198 on DStv and on channel 110 on GOtv. In 2020, the event's precursor, the nominees jam, scheduled for April 4 at Jackson Park in Koforidua, was initially postponed and then cancelled to comply with a national directive on public gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Trophy The Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
