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According to a close source, Hiplife artiste, Nana Kontihene, known in real life
as Emmanuel Nana Appiah
Boateng is not a pastor as it
was said some few months since he has been spotted in night clubs and also
recently in some studios in UK .
According to a close source, the “Akatesia” hit maker has is still in the rap game and about to release a hiplife single which was recorded in the UK by one of the youngest sound engineer Rudeboi Daproduca. The source disclosed to ghanafilla.com indicates that, he is about to officially launch the song online soon.
Whiles in the States, Kontihene released an
all Star Hiplife gospel medley
album titled ‘Nyankonton All Star Gospel Medley which featured; Kofi B, Samini, Ekow Shailo, Castro, Nana
Quame, PV (Wutah), Kontihene, Lucky Mensah, Bright (Buk Bak) and others who
teamed up to sing a medley of popular Ghanaian worship songs with bonus tracks
from gospel singers; Cindy Thompson, OJ, Pack Williams and others.
He learnt to play
the piano at a very young age
and can play the saxophone as well. He adopted the name “Kontihene” (A title
given to the money chief or sika hene in Akan Traditional circles) as his stage
name before he released his first album.
He helped introduce jama into Ghanaian music
circles through his debut hit, ‘Aketesea’. It subsequently won him Ghana’s best
song of 2002 at the 2003 Ghana Music Awards
and “Nyankonton” was hailed as one of the best hiplife albums. He is believed to be the first hiplife
artiste to be featured by Kojo Antwi on his ‘Me die ne woa’ song (Densu album)
and Mr. Music man helped him record his second album “Nsoroma”.
He also discovered
highlife singer, Kwabena Kwabena, produced and managed Kwabena Kwabena’s maiden “Aso” album. Some of his
popular songs include Effeh, M’adamfo pa beko, Adaadaa, Adwoa, Migizigi, Nkomo
de, Rekpete, Nana wo hene, Africa Mama,
Beverly, Gyina pintinn, Poppy, and Okwaadonto.
Credit: GhanaFila
Credit: GhanaFila
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