Ndex Dadabee (Biography)

Ghana has many uncelebrated foreign based rappers. Most of these rappers are usually uncelebrated because their releases are not promoted in Ghana. I would be very glad if u took some minutes of your time to read this post… It is about one of the greatest young U.S based Ghanaian rappers ….. Just relax and let me tell you about this guy…………

Dexter Kwasi Owusu was born in Dallas, TX. After five (5) years, he was brought down to Ghana, he attended UPS and Alsyd. N-Dex realized his rap potential at an early age. By 13, he had already begun recording some of his sounds. He was sent back to the States at the age of 15 where he continued his sounds recording whilst he was still schooling.

In college(back in the States), Dexter “N-Dex” Owusu was known for his great rap skill. In 2004, he declared rap as his career. He released a mixtape entitled Ghanaboy Vol. 1 in 2006; it was a great success; he therefore released a “wild” album with the same title, “Ghanaboy”. Realizing that his music was doing good on the market, N-Dex released his next mixtape in 2007.

He later decided with Jean Pierre Duplan, his manager to do something more African and more “Gh-ish” for his fans back in Ghana; his motherland. N-Dex managed to acquire some beats from Hammer, a Ghanaian sound engineer, known for his great Hiplife instrumentals and began to do some hiplife tracks. He released “Flow me fans” which beat his imagination of how well it was going to do on the market. It is not surprising, how “Flow me fans” is making waves, because it is actually a great masterpiece.

Currently, he is working on a whole Ghanaian/ African album; “Nothing be simple” which he expects to release on 16^th November. Aside this album, he is also working on “OPM” (other people’s music) 3, which according to him, is expected to be released on 4^th July.

Some of his greatest hits are, “Flow me”, “Africa lady” remix and “Sormia”. He is also working with other Ghanaian rappers such as M3NSA, WANLUV (da kuborlor), and R2BEES.

If you really love music and hiplife, then you’ve got to hear N-Dex, when he does his own thing with the MIC. You can access some of his tracks at lifestylzgh.com

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SAMINI (Biography)

I guess you already know who I am talking about. Read through and know who i am talking about.............

Emmanuel Samini A.K.A Batman hails from Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He was born in 1981 to Mr G.A Samini and Theresa Nusala.

He had his basic and primary education at Holy Family Basic School and then continued to St Magaraet Mary Sec school, Dansoman for his secondary education.

He has lived in Dansoman since he was 9 years and that was when he realised the great talent he possessed.

Batman did his own thing in the group popularly known as “Trinity” which was made up of himself, Kokovelli and K.K Fosu .He gained recognition in the eyes of Ghanaians and Africans as a whole with his unique “Ragga” style and “signature tune”….”KPOOOOI” which made him different from all other ‘Ragga artistes in Africa and the world.

He has featured close to 50 tracks with other musicians (both released and unreleased).Samini has performed outside Ghana in countries like canada, UK, Holland and Italy and has shared the stage with artists like shaggy and Ja Rule; he has collaborated with artists from all over Africa including Tu Face Idibia. Unlike other artistes, he does great in live band performances.

Batman does most of his tracks at Ashanti International Studios i.e. with Nana King and Kwame 'G'. He also works with Roland of Best Brain Digital studios.

His debut album, Linda won him two GMA Awards for Hiplife Artist of the Year and New Hiplife Artist of the Year. In 2006, he followed suit with his sophomore album, Samini, which can boast of smash hits like Odo. The self-titled album was to set the stage for his gradual emergence as Samini, an identity that would portray him as an authentic African artist.

On December 22nd, 2006 (his 25th Birthday), Batman officially changed his name to Samini. Today, Samini can pride himself as a consummate musician with several Ghana Music Awards including Best Artiste of 2007, and a Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Award. He also won the 2008 Hiphop World Award for Best African Artist in Nigeria.

He is the face of MTN in Ghana, and his ringtone/ caller tune can be heard on MTN across Africa.

Some of his hits include Odo, Samini Music, Linda, Gyae shee. His latest hits include “Baby’ and “Movement”

Reference: modernghana.com

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