DopeNation is a

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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

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, Wow by Joey B ft EL, Sebgefia by Joey B and EL, Poison by

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, Forever by Eazzy ft

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, among others and chunning out hits for themselves as Artists.

Early life

The twins were born in the Accra and grew up in

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, a community in Accra. They later moved to

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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

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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.L,

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, Joey B,

, Eazzy, Flowking Stone,

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, Tekno, Fameye among others. In 2021, they discovered and introduced visually impaired singer, Adelaide The Seer, to the music scene as her official producers, going on to release the singles, “Wire Me” and “What a God“ among others.

Music career

DopeNation released their first single, “Bebia Ye Shi” in 2016, released “Uh Huh” in 2017 as a follow up. On 2 April 2018, they released the highly acclaimed self-produced single, “Eish” "Naami", which was their next song, had Nigerian musician Olamide and disc jockey DJ Enimoney, winning them Sound City MVP Group of the year in Africa award. In 2021, a collaborative E.P titled “Music and Dance” with Ghanaian dance duo, Dancegod Llyod and Afrobeast of DWP Academy was released. DopeNation was nominated for Music Producer Honor of the Year at the 2017 Ghana Music Honors Awards

Discography

Albums & EPs

* Atta Album - 2021

Production discography

Videography

Awards and nominations

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Ghana Music Awards UK

Ghana Tertiary Awards

Ghana Music Honours

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Global Music Awards

Africa Business & Art Awards Europe

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Western Music Awards

Fame Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:DopeNation Ghanaian musicians Living people People from Western Region (Ghana) 1993 births Identical twin males Musical groups established in 2016 Twin musical duos Ghanaian rappers Ghanaian record producers Male musical duos 2016 establishments in Ghana