Doing Hip Hop Made Me Popular But Poor - D Black

Rapper Desmond Blackmore, popularly known as D-Black, has revealed that his ‘Vera’ hit song changed his life in 2012.


Speaking in an interview on Happy FM he said, “I started doing hiplife even though I did not have a firm grip on the local languages like Twi and Ga. I had to do hiplife to be able to survive.”


“So between 2010-2011, my first album was a hip-hop album. I got nominated all over the world. I was nominated for BET Awards, Channel O (South Africa) and Ghana Music Awards. But I was broke, I did not have any money at all. So sometimes I go to these countries with less than $200 in my pocket”.


“So I came back in 2012 with the intention of working on my 2nd album and I did a song like ‘Vera’ and everything change in my life.
“From my cloths to my cars to sorting my mum out. Just one hit song. It was not hip-pop, it was hiplife. That album changed my life, so that is the difference,” he stated.


According to the Black Avenue Muzik boss, everything he said in the song ‘Vera’ was a true story. The song was about a lady he met during his secondary school days who slept with his friend.


However, D-Black’s Black Avenue Muzik record label has produced Wisa Greid, Freda Rhymz, Sefa, Dahlin Gage, Nina Ricchie, and Osayo. And has some great albums to his credit He also has some hit singles like ‘Vera’ and ‘Personal Person’ among others.

Wow! Bola Ray Bodly Calls Obrafour A Goat

Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of EIB Network, Bola Ray born Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi has hailed veteran Ghanaian rapper Obrafour as he commemorated 20 years of his debut album release “Pae Mu Ka”
Obrafour who has been instrumental in the growth of the hiplife genre won several plaudits from industry players,celebrities and music enthusiasts.


Bola Ray took to his social media handles to eulogize the Hiplife legend for his part he played in the growth of Hiplife and Ghana music as a whole.


The renowned business mogul referred to Obrafour as the Greatest Of All Times (G.O.A.T) in the history of hiplife music


Bola Ray shared an old photo of Obrafour with the caption:


“PaeMuKaAt20. An important part of a necessary struggle that became known as Hiplife; fed many homes and gave a trade to thousands. Obrafour remains a G.O.A.T act. Forever KING! @iamobrafour”


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Source: browngh.com

We Are Not In Competition With Small Boys Like Kuami Eugene, KiDi, Shatta Wale, Sarkodie - Akatakyie

Ghanaian hiplife duo, Akatakyie have said that they are back and ready to take off from where they left behind.

According to them, even though, there’s a new crop of musicians ruling the airwaves, they aren’t a bit scared.

The “Esi” hit makers said this while speaking with Kojo Boateng and AJ Sarpong on ‘Saturday Live’ on Citi TV.

“The small boys are trying. I will mention names like Kuami Eugene, Kidi, Kofi Kinaata, Sarkodie and others. These are the few musicians who can give us competition. Apart from them, it is only P Square we are scared of,” they said.

Explaining why they took a long break from music, the duo explained that they faced some financial challenges at their record label.

“It was financial situation. We were working with Soul Record and he decided to go low for some time. And we needed someone to push us. We did not want to flop on the way because we have a record to protect. We just didn’t want to release songs for releasing sake,” they added.

Akatakyie is made up of two brothers: Prince Kwabena Budu Asumaning (Kobby Culture) and Ebenezer Kwasi Okyere Asumaning (King Pharaoh).

They came out with their maiden album ‘Odo Esisi Me’ in 1999 which won them the Best Hiplife Song award in the maiden edition of the Ghana Music Awards organized in 2000.

They have had hits like ‘Ghana Mmaa’, ‘Agoo’, ‘Odo Esikyire’, ‘Sinsima’, ‘Esi’, ‘Meyare’, ‘Masan Aba’, ‘Oman Ba Pa’, ‘Odo Ye Musu Anaa’, and ‘Siesie Obaa no’ featuring Okyeame Kwame.

Source: Citinewsroom.com