Popular Ghanaian male music groups that captivated the nation with their music
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Popular Ghanaian male music groups that captivated the nation with their music
March 13, 2024 2:01 PM
The journey of the Ghanaian music scene has been remarkable, witnessing artists not only dominate local charts but also make a mark on the global music stage.
R2Bees in "Yesterday" music video
Throughout this musical evolution, solo artists have shone individually, while others have formed dynamic duos, either bound by blood, professional collaboration, or the shared vision of pursuing musical dreams.
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Undoubtedly, Ghana's music landscape has been significantly influenced by extraordinary musical pairs who, over the past three decades, have played a pivotal role in shaping, advancing, and elevating the industry through their exceptional musical contributions.
These powerful music groups kept Ghanaians in a choke hold and most of us couldn't get enough of them, while Ghanaians are at the edge of their seats expecting hit singles and albums from them, here are 5 greatest duos that ever graced the music scene;
Vip
VIP (Vision In Progress) is a Ghanaian Hiplife music group made up of Zeal, formerly known as Lazzy (Abdul Hamid Ibrahim), Prodigal (Joseph Nana Ofori) and Promzy
The hiplife group conquered the Ghana music charts with their 2003 album Ahomka Womu; their single also named âAhomka Womuâ was number one on the Ghanaian charts for over 20 weeks.
VIP won five awards at the Ghana Music Awards for the hit single and the group gained international exposure after this success. Since then, the group has been touring worldwide. They are now among the most famous artists in Ghana.
R2bees
R2Bees is a Ghanaian hip-hop and hiplife duo from Tema made up of Faisal Hakeem (Paedae da Pralem/Omar Sterling) and Rashid Mugeez (Mugeez). They were nominated at the 2013 BET Awards and on March 2019, the duo released their third studio album Site 15.
R2BEES released their first single in August 2008 titled âYawa Galâ, and became an instant hit. They then went on to release âI Dey Madâ, a chart-topper across Ghana. âI Dey Madâ featured Unda Melodies. The song topped most Ghanaian Radio Music Charts for weeks. In 2010, R2Bees featured one of Nigeriaâs biggest stars Wande Coal on their track âKiss Your Handâ, as their third single.
4x4
4Ã4 is a Ghanaian hip-hop musical group formed in 2000 by Captain Planet (Sylvanus Dodji Jeoffrey) and Coded, formerly Abortion (Russell Edem Avornyo) with the help of Ronnie Coches and Bright Bling Sparkles (Buk Bak). They are reputed to have brought crunk to Ghana. In 2007, Captain Planet and Abortion were joined by a new artist named Fresh Prince (Prince Tamakloe).
4Ã4 released their second album Contestant No. 1 in 2007, with the single âHotGirls.comâ featuring a new artist, Fresh Prince (Prince Tamakloe). The song is reputed to have introduced crunk to Ghanaian culture and earned the group a Ghana Music Award nomination in 2008. âHotGirls.comâ was a success, and Fresh Prince eventually joined the band.
In 2009, 4Ã4 released another album World Trade Centre which went platinum. The title song went to number one on the singles chart in Ghana and is the first Ghanaian song to make the Urban Charts in Africa The single âWaist and Powerâ has also received over 600,000 hits on YouTube.
Bradez
A fast-spitting, tongue-twisting rap duo of blood brothers, Kunta Kinta and Flowking Stone. With the support of their big brother, Okyeame Kwame who featured now and then in their songs and vice-versa, they stamped their footprints on the Ghanaian hip-hop scene.
Over the years, the duo participated in and won several rap competitions which have enabled them to build the much-needed confidence for the job. It is somewhat challenging to define their kind of music but Bradez calls themselves rappers with deep poetic lyrics. Their great writing ability makes them synchronize their music with rhythms that best bring their lyrics to light. They employ various forms of African melodies and tunes.
They are thereby referred to as one of the âMost Talented Rappers in Africaâ.
Coupled with multiple nominations, Bradez has won the Ghana Music Award for âMost Popular Song of the Yearâ (2009 with Simple) and Museke Online Award for âWest African Song of the Yearâ (2009 with Simple ).
Praye
âPrayeâ which is translated from Akan to English as âbroomâ. Without any doubt, Praye thrilled Ghanaians in the â90s and 2000s and was later named winner of the Nescafe Africa Revelation, Ghana Edition in 2004.
The trio continued dropping hits music until Cartel Big Jay and Eugene announced that their partner, Praye Tintin had left their team.
A few years later, Eugene, one of the remaining two got married to an actress by the name of Beverly Afaglo. After Eugeneâs marriage to the actress, their group did not last a year before it collapsed.
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