The music and entertainment industry in Ahafo is becoming more lucrative and a host of new faces are seen day in day out. Despite the lucrativeness the industry is becoming, people still fade out after struggling to get to their target audience.
The industry recognizes big names like JayBoy, Shotto Phame, Cheminist, Chapterz, Lawd Inna Works, Jubilant, Akwasi Poy, Mr. Pounds, Yaw Panda, Akitsi Phaser and Bingi Nas to mention but few. The above mentioned names is close to becoming household names because of consistency and hard work on the side of both artistes and the media.
In recent times, the change in consumer taste has been a gateway for a host of new artistes into the industry. Rappers from the post-drill era struggled to get to their target audience; music and artists more popular was hiplife/hi-life and gospel music and artistes.
The narrative is different now. Although the above mentioned genres are still relevant, hiphop and drill music is becoming more sought after not only in the Ahafo music industry but across the country and doers of this genre are gradually being accepted.
The Ahafo Ultimate Awards ceremony celebrates talents and renowned personalities in Ahafo and beyond. The ‘New Artist of the Year’ category debuted in the previous edition (2020) as ‘Talented kid of the year’ and has been rebranded this year. The rebranding wasn’t just in the name but also on criteria for both nominations and awarding. As the new name implies, the category awards new musical artistes who worked very hard in the year under review.
This is a compilation of list of newbies in the Ahafo industry who seems to be working hard since the commencement of this year (2021) and deserves nominations and probably win this category.
Rockguy Burner
Rockguy starter getting fingers pointed to him after releasing ‘Dem Dead’ in February 2021 which went viral in Kenyasi and beyond. He released the official music video three months later.
His current song, Ankwaanoma which he featured his colleagues AiDi Risky and Freddy Brown had 1,000 plays in less than a week on Audiomack.
Rockguy climbed the ladder of A-ntertainment Top Streamed from 4th to 2nd.
For A-ntertainment Top Streamed August '21, click here.
Kobby Lawl
Kobby is among the newbies who have worked very hard this year and wont be a surprise if he’s awarded the AUA New Artist of the year. Starting music at a very tender age, the Prempeh College boy put more efforts this year to release two dope songs; ‘we go dey’ featuring Tuntum in April this year and his biggest song ‘hwehwe’ featuring Original Domino, one of the best rappers in the region and his very own Tuntum two months later. All songs did well on both the streets and on digital platforms.
Kobby Lawl debuted on 3rd position in A-ntertainment Top Streamed August '21 joining Rockguy Burner as the only newbies to have made the list. Read more here.
Kwesi Jaden
In no particular order, the Kenyamericans headline artist and one of its founding members comes third on our list. Kwesi Jaden, then Junior Carlos won the Best rapper in the maiden edition of Ahafo Ultimate Awards with his street raps. He released his first official music ‘Kenyamerica’ on November 2nd, 2020. Although people knew him for the best rapper award and his street raps, this song uplifted his career as a musician.
He released the official music video one month later. He has two songs released this year to his name, ‘The geng’ which he featured Agez and King OB from Hwidiem and ‘Asaka’ which he featured Malone (now Kwame Dollar) and King OB on January and April respectively.
Freddy Brown
The self acclaimed monster makes our list despite him being the holder of the plaque in last year’s edition. Freddy hasn’t released any project in the year under review but his verse on the ‘Ankwaanoma’ song by Rockguy seems to be the one the fans love the most.
Tuntum
Edward Anane, known professionally as Tuntum started his music journey in 2020 and was signed to First Care Entertainment.
He released his first single ‘Tonight’ which was produced by Amagidon in September 2020, He was later featured on the ‘Baba God’ song by his labels mate Chapterz, which was released in February 2021 and had over 4,000 plays on Audiomack. He had a double feature from his colleague Kobby Lawl on the ‘we go dey’ and ‘hwehwe’ project which was released in April and June respectively this year.
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