In this article, you are going to read a little background on Ghanaian musician and rapper Amerado.
He is popularly known in the music industry as Amerado, but his birth name is Derrick Sarfo Kantanka. He was born and bread at Ejisu, Kumasi, in the Asante Region of Ghana, on April 14, 1995.
Amerado attended KNUST University Senior High School. He started his music career after becoming the second runner-up at the Solid FM Freestyle Show in 2015. Amerado became the favorite contestant of music producer, sound engineer, and A&R, Azee Ntwene.
Around the time of the 2016 Ghanaian general election, Amerado was a featured artist on a song by Mix Master Garzy that was meant to promote peace. This happened after he was signed to a record label,MicBurnerz Musicby Azee Ntwene.
In 2017, Amerado released his first song, “I AM,” whichwas placed on Pulse Ghana as part of the top ten songs in January 2017. He also released his first EP, “Rapmare.”that November. In 2018, Ghanaian rapper Sakodier featured him on his Bibi Ba hip-hop song, which was nominated as the best hip-hop song of the year at the VGMA in 2019.
Amerado became very famous and was on everyone’s lips. He was listed among the Top 50 best rappers in the country by Dj Balck and he was among the forties On August 8, 2019. His hard work has made way for him to be featured in a lot of songs in Ghana.
The rapper raps mostly in Twi, and he is very fluent when rapping in English as well. The name Amerado, which simply means “Governor ” in Twi, has helped him take charge of rap music.
Amerado is the brand representative for chocolates created in Ghana, a project of the Ghana Cocoa Board. In order to raise awareness of the cause, he composed the song “Ghana Chocolate”. Additionally, he has collaborated with brands including GoTV, HD Plus, Vodafone Ghana, AirtelTigo, and Cheezzy Pizza.
The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, S-Concert, Rapperholic Show, 2019 Ghana Music Awards UK, VGMA Xperience Concert, Ghana DJ Awards, and Ghana Party in the Park, UK are just a few of Amerado’s major live appearances.
The 28 year old Amerado, up to 2023, has released a lot of songs and has featured in many.
- I AM
- At My Back
- Beast Attitude
- Mix Master-Garzy– Peace Forever (as a featured act)
- Edem– Kporda Remix (as a featured act)
- Redemption I
- Redemption II
- Menpe
- Pistol ft Cabum
- Gods ft kwame Eugene & Koo Ntakra
- Sarkodier – Biibi Ba (as a featured act)
- Twa So ft Fameye.
- Box of Memories
- Kyer3 Me ft Oyeame Kwame
- Shatta Wale – Ahodwo Las Vegas (as a featured act)
- Best Rapper
- Dawgi ft.
- Indelible Flow
- Taxi Driver
- Me Ho Y3
- Younger K.A
- Death Sentence
- We Outside ft Kofi Jamar
- The Throne
- Metua ft Kwame Eugene
- Eno Baro ni – The Finish Line (as a featured act)
- Obiaa Boa
- Back to Sender
- Grace ft Lasmid
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