11 Ghanaian Musicians Making The Ga People Very Proud With Their Crafts

The Akan language, Twi to be precise is the most dominant language used in songs produced in Ghana as it’s the most widely spoken language. What this means is that artistes from different tribes are ‘forced’ to use Twi as a medium through which they propagate their messages artistically.

There are a few artistes who are from the Ga tribe that toe this same lane hence Ghanaians don’t even know what tribe they belong to. Ga is the predominant language of the Ga people, an ethnic group of Ghana. This write up catalogs Ga artistes who are making their communities very proud and have been a force to reckon with in our contemporary music setup as they add diversity to the music landscape. Most of them proudly sing in their language while the others also blend their messages in Twi and English.

Cina Soul’s real name is Christie Quincyna Quarcoopome. She was finalist at the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Icons competition. Her soothing voice coupled with her songwriting abilities has endeared her to a lot of music lovers in Ghana and beyond. She also appeared in KiDi’s ‘Sugar’ music video. It’s even rumored that she and the Lynx Entertainment frontrunner are having a relationship. Her most distinctive song is ‘Ojorley.’

For the records, Tinny is one of the best Ghanaian rappers of all time. DJ Black pegged him as the 10th best rapper of all time his list of 50 Greatest Ghanaian MCs of all time. He raps and sings in his native language Ga. He has just few songs in Twi. He’s one of the products of Hammer of the Last 2’s HipLife soldiers who blazed the trail for other rappers to follow. His real name is Nii Addo Quaynor. He has a lot of hit tracks to his credit before his career took a nosedive.

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King Promise is one of the biggest artistes in Ghana although he burst onto the scene relatively not too long ago. Born Gregory Bortey Newman, the singer has won a huge fanbase with his great vocal abilities and his unforgettable big sneakers which he has incorporated into his branding. He has a lot of hit songs to his name and is one of the most featured artistes presently. The singer who is currently 23 year-old attended De Kings Academy for his childhood education in Ghana. He later proceeded to Nungua Senior High School for his secondary school education.

Born Paul Nii Amu Andrew Darko, Darkovibes has etched his name quickly into mainstream showbiz. He is a singer, songwriter and fashionista. His music categorizes as experimental music where he blends highlife, hip hop and rap. He sings in Ga, Twi and English. His 2018 song ‘Stay Woke’ made him more conspicuous and relevant. His new banger ‘Inna Song’ is ‘blazing’ everywhere in Ghana now.

Mr Drew’s real name is Andrew Nii Commey Otoo. He recently bragged that he’s the biggest artiste in Ghana. Well, we don’t have any date to substantiate that but the truth is, he has one of the biggest songs in Ghana now dubbed ‘Dwɛ’.  He however maintained that despite his soaring popularity, his fame is not correlating with his financial status and this is something that has gotten him worried. He firmly blamed his predicament on Covid-19 and said the global pandemic has adversely affected him at this point in his career that he’s doing so well.

Joseph Oscar Nii Armah, known professionally as Joe Mettle, is a Ghanaian gospel singer and songwriter. He is the first Gospel musician to win VGMA Artist of the year in his Genre on April 8, 2017. He has won many awards in Ghana and many other countries. His colleague Gospel musician, Patience Nyarko picked on him recently when she said Joe Mettle is overhype and doesn’t deserve the rare reviews he’s often accorded. She argued that Joe does not have enough original songs under his belt.

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Epixode is a Dancehall artiste with immense talent. Unfortunately, the industry is yet to appreciate his incredible dexterity as he remains one of the most underrated artistes of our time. Born Theophilus Nii Arday Otoo, Epixode has relatively some hit songs to his credit that make him standout as a great artiste. His father is a civil servant and his mother was a musician who together with her twin sister played lead vocals for the much celebrated, traditional musical group in Wulomei and KALIFI

Obviously Shatta Wale needs no introduction. He’s Africa’s most decorated Dancehall artiste. He’s collaborated with great Jamaican artistes and recently, he augmented his profile after Queen of R&B, Beyonce featured him on her Lion King: The Gift Album. The Gift album also featured some of Africa’s biggest artistes, including Nigeria’s Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy, and a host of others.

Nii Funny specialize in ‘jama’ kind of music and that was what gave him his first hit song, ‘Broken Heart.,’ a song produced by Spanky. In 2015, he was nominated at the prestigious Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

King Jerry has a very hot banger that’s so popular in all the Ga Communities. The song subbed ‘Sankofa’ aka ‘Baaye’ is receiving massive airplay on some digital TV stations across the country.

Gasmilla prides himself as the originator of the internationally recognized Ghanaian music and dance called Azonto. His real name is Odartei Milla Lamptey and sometimes goes by the moniker, International Fisherman. He is noted for his hit songs Aboodatoi and Telemo.

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SOURCE: www.Ghgossip.com

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