Okyeame Kwame: Highlife legend fondly recalls early routines that contributed to his longevity, success
Okyeame Kwame has fondly remembered how his journey in music started about 29 years ago and how he has maintained viability all these years.
The Hiplife legend said when he finished senior high school in 1995, he adopted the routine of rehearsing for four hours every morning.
In the Facebook post, he indicated he constantly witnessed live band music rehearsals, hunted for assorted rap music, read magazines on Hiphop culture, and fervently asked God to make him a successful rap artiste.
Fast forward, in 1999, Okyeame Kwame and his music partner Okyeame Quophi, together known as Akyeame (The Linguists), won Artiste of the Year at the foremost music awards show in Ghana, the Ghana Music Awards, now called Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMAs).
As a solo act, Okyeame Kwame won the trophy in 2009.
“Today, I still get nominated and win awards. I am grateful to all who held me up on the way and appreciate you (my fans) for the love for my work,” he remarked on his Facebook timeline.
The 48-year-old singer-songwriter and author conceded his Insha Allah with King Paluta was up against tough competition in the 2024 TGMAs Best Hiplife Song category but by God’s grace he was optimistic to emerge victorious.
Trending Entertainment
Kendrick Lamar escalates Drake feud on the scathing diss track, Euphoria
16:09Dennis Boateng: Ghana Comedy Awards CEO applauds Ghanaian talents for beating off foreign competition
16:10TV series: In ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz,’ a love story blooms in the darkest of times and places
15:48Ghana Comedy Awards 2024 will be followed by a nationwide and international tour – Dennis Boateng
11:13Controversial comedy: Relax, we don't mean any harm, it's just entertainment – Ghana Comedy Awards CEO
10:59‘Comedy isn’t fooling anymore, it’s business now’ – Dennis Boateng on destigmatising comedy
10:52Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks to toss portion of sexual assault, ‘revenge porn’ civil suit
15:27Blue Ivy Carter joins mum Beyoncé in Lion King prequel
15:25Peter Andre on his 90s haircut and what his children think of Mysterious Girl music video
15:17Dee-1: How trip to Ghana transformed US rapper, college professor 'forever'
18:34