Akwaboah is a Ghanaian singer and songwriter
Ghanaian singer and songwriter Akwaboah has stated that he discovered his talent for songwriting during a time when he was broke and looking for ways to make money.
In an interview on MX24 TV, the Ensesa hitmaker shared that he once tried to sell one of his songs to Becca’s then-manager, Kiki Banson, just to earn some quick cash.
“I didn’t even know that I could write songs until I was broke, so I actually wanted to sell one of my songs. So, I spoke to Kiki, who was Becca’s manager at the time. Kiki was like, ‘Do you know the song you have written?’ And I said, ‘I have done my song and just want to sell it.’ Kiki said he was not buying the song, he told me he needs to promote me and promote the song so that people would know that you know how to write songs and then they can come and that would be another way of making money,” Akwaboah recalled.
According to him, though Kiki Banson refused to buy the song, he saw the potential in his writing and decided to help promote the song and him as a songwriter instead.
Akwaboah noted that Kiki gave him some money for his upkeep and arranged for the song to be produced by Kwame Yeboah, Becca performed the song, and it went on to become a hit.
The singer and songwriter revealed that the song he wrote was Daa Ke Da, which was performed by Becca and earned an award, before he became known as a recording artiste himself.
“We went to the studio, Kwame Yeboah produced the song, Becca sang, it became a hit and then anywhere Becca goes she started talking about it from interview to interview. That’s where the industry started seeing Akwaboah behind the scenes but by then I didn’t even have a song out. So, I actually won an award with having a song out,” he said.
He also expressed concern about how songwriters in Ghana are often not given the recognition they deserve. According to him, many artistes take credit for songs without acknowledging the people who wrote them.
“I went for an interview and they asked why I had stopped writing for people; I’ve not stopped writing but now it feels like even if you do it, there’s no credit. They would mention a name, they would go for the award, they would say I thank God, I thank my team and then that’s it, they don’t give credit to the songwriter,” he added.
“I realized I could write music when I became broke.” – @AkwaboahMusic
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