Before the stars billed for Tigo Ghana Meets Naija storm stage to battle, we bring to you an in-depth profile of two of the acts Ghanaians will see on stage – Sarkodie and ReekadoBanks from the Mavins Crew.
The biggest concert for the year 2015,
Tigo Ghana Meets Naija comes off on Saturday,
May 23 at the
Accra International Conference Center where three of
Ghana’s biggest acts,
Sarkodie,
Shatta Wale and
Stonebwoy will face Nigeria’s
Mavin Crew.
After 4 successful shows in the previous years, this year’s event dubbed
“Unleashing Unlimited Music” promises to be the biggest as the event celebrates its 5 year.
Before the stars from both countries
storm stage to battle, we bring to you an in-depth profile of two of the acts Ghanaians will see on stage –
Sarkodie and
ReekadoBanks from the
Mavins Crew.
SARKODIE
Known in real
life as
Michael OwusuAddo, Sarkodie is
arguably one of Ghana’s finest talents on the bloc. He is a recording
artist, entertainer, and brand ambassador. In 2012, he won the
BET Awards for “Best International Act Africa”. Many
Ghanaians recognize him as one of the Ghana’s leading
hip hop and hip life artiste in the country.
He
is considered one of the major proponents of the Azonto genre. Sarkodie
often raps in his native language; Twi, and is considered a
“multifaceted rapper” due to the various musical styles he possess.
In 2010, Sarkodie received many awards and nominations ranging from “Artist of the Year” to “Album of the Year”.
His sophomore album,
Rapperholic, was the recipient of 3 Ghana Music Awards from 12 nominations. He is a brand ambassador for Samsung
Mobile. In 2013, he signed an endorsement deal with FanMilk Ghana. Sarkodie is currently in partnership with
Tigo Telecommunications Ghana, a brand that sponsored the 2013
Rapperholic tour. He has his own
clothing line called “Sark by Yas clothing line”.
He was ranked 8th on Forbes and Channel O’s 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest African Artistes. He is the first ever Ghanaian to
win the “Best International Act: Africa” at the BET Awards. Sarkodie has had the privilege of performing on the same
stage
with international musicians such as T-Pain, Movado, Trey Songz, and
Ludacris among others. He has a large fan base in Africa and is
considered one of the most celebrated musical icons to hail from Ghana.
He has to his
credit three albums: 2009:
Makye, 2012:
Rapperholic and 2014:
Sarkology.
Some of the recent hits of Sarkodie include ‘Whin Fi Me’, ‘Adonai’, ‘MegyeWo Girl’ and many others.
‘Obidi’
as he is fondly called has collaborated with some of Africa’s top
artistes including M.anifest, D.banj, Wizkid, Efya, Ice prince, Tiw
Savage, Efya, D-B lack, Aka, Burna Boy, Stonebwoy, Obrafour, Shatta Wale
among others.
Watch Sarkodie’s Performance at Freedom Concert held in Kumasi on Ghana’s 58Independence Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-ZPresjCA
REEKADO BANKS
The
Marvin Records signee joined the record label in 2014 when he was a History and Strategic student of the University of Lagos. Born
Solomon AyoleyiHanniel, Reekado Banks is a gifted singer, rapper and song writer whose contribution to the
Mavins Crew cannot be underrated.
He
went by the stage name Spicy prior to his record deal with the
aforementioned label.Reekado Banks during the 2014 Headies was declared
the Rookie of the Year.
He joined the Marvin Records when his brother submitted some of his songs to the label in an online talent search.
Hit
songs of Reekado include "Turn It Up" which featured TiwaWavage, Don
Jazzy’s produced song "Katapot, “Chop Am”, and many others. Reekado
Banks has also worked with his label mates to release the collaborative
singles “Dorobucci”, "Adaobi", "Arise" and "LookuLooku".
Tickets
for Tigo Ghana Meets Naijaare selling at Gh100 and Gh150 for the upper
deck and VIP respectively. Sales outlets include Tigo Stores (Osu, Accra
Mall and Ridge Head Office), Silverbird Accra Mall and Westhills Mall,
Starr FM, Empire Entertainment and Unique Cellular at East Legon.
For limited VVIP tickets which comes with special treatment, please call 0570095755.
This
year’s concert is also supported by UniBank, Hennessy, Oak Plaza Hotel,
Africa World Airlines, Best Western Hotel, Enovate and Euro Star
limousines.
The event is powered by Empire Entertainment and proudly brought to you by Tigo Music.
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