Entertainment or
music business in Ghana is the hardest job ever, there is not much
business to it. Many musicians mostly regret their time wasted and lives for choosing the career path. All one can achieve in Ghana music business is popularity and probably lots of girls.
Reggie Rockstone himself advised young musicians to make hay whilst the sun shine. It’s almost impossible to be a consistent artist in Ghana.
Many musicians either give up or
retire
after years of trying to bringing hits. Perfect example is Ofori
Amponsah, K.K. Fosu, Kofi Nti and more who were once great artists but
have retired or can’t be seen.
These are the 10 Ghanaian musicians who made great impact with their songs, made one or two hits and that was just it. Let’s take a walk.
BRADEZ: Bradez started early and they had a couple of
hit songs like 419, Simple, Flashe, during their time, they destroyed
mics as the youngest artists to attain such success in their
music career.
Okyeame Kwame being their elder brother also boosted their career. Just
when they had their most successful single, ‘SIMPLE’, Sarkodie came
through to give them a run for
their money. Since then Sarkodie is all you hear, you can barely hear of them. Good thing, they had plan b, thus school,
Stone is currently a Biochemist and seldom do freestyles and release songs.
DR. CRYME: He became an overnight celebrity and a
ladies man instantly after his 2 singles ‘Kill Me Shy’ and ‘Mene Woaa’
became a hit. Since then almost all his songs sounded the same. He
hasn’t released any huge hit since then.
NANA BOROO: Nana Boroo released one of the biggest
songs in Ghana, ‘Aha Ye De’ which got him lots of deals and got him lots
of performances worldwide. Since then, we never heard anything big from
the artist. He turned to business and seemed more concentrated there.
He tried to fake his death for prominence.
ASEM: Asem changed the phase of Ghana music from
Hiplife to Rap/Crunk (as they called it that time). He and his team were
the talk of the town. He dined and worked with kings. He quit the team
he grew with, since, him and his team has fallen apart, none of them are
winning.
STAY JAY: He came through with Shashee Wowo, which was a
huge hit, he remixed it with Tiffany which also performed massive.
Since then fans sourced that Stay Jay’s songs were a bit one way, it’s
always talking about girls who like money. He hasn’t made any huge hit
songs since as much as he has released lots of potential hit songs. It
doesn’t take long for Ghanaians to be fed up with you, I guess.
OPANKA: He came through with
freestyles, most of his freestyles were hits, his biggest
freestyle
was the one he did on Bradez’ ‘Simple’ beat. He became a prominent
person in Ghana music until he decided to release real singles. Most of
them did well, and most of them failed. I guess that was the end of
Opanka’s hay days.
YAA PONO: Just like Opanka, Yaa Pono came through as the
freestyle
king, freestyling with the likes of Sarkodie and Guru. Because he
couldn’t come through with commercially successful songs, his career is
still hanging, he seems a bit more relaxed now, doing no releases.
LYNX ENTERTAINMENT: No
other group/team took over Ghana
music like
Lynx Entertainment, they were a strong force until money separated
them. Their unity was admired, they brought out good songs in their days
but it didn’t last. The group released songs like Wengeze by Eazzy,
Fire by OJ Blaq, Runaway by Irene Logan,
When I Get You by Richie, You Say Weytin by Ziggi and
more song which were successful countrywide.
RICHIE MENSAH: He came through with his different and
great production skills. He virtually gave Appietus who was the then
biggest producer a run for his money. He produced, sang and performed
greatly but didn’t last. Till date he still release singles which fails
to perform on chats. I guess he need to switch his style or something.
PRAYE: They took the industry by storm straight after
winning the Nescafe African Revelation. They released lots of great
singles like Jacket, Shoddy and more songs which performed well
including their all time biggest song in Ghana music history ‘Angelina’
which has been rumored to have sold more than 300,000 copies. Things
fell apart when one member of the group called it quits. Since then it’s
been all struggle.
5 FIVE: All the way from Adabrak they added spice to
the music scene with their single ‘Beautiful Girls’, the remix also
scored big. The went on to release bigger singles like Bossu Kena and
their all time biggest hit song ‘Move Back (Mugye Baya)’. Label change
and lots of discrepancies stalled the group’s group. Today it’s like
they never existed. Whose fault is that?
