Canadian based Ghanaian musician ‘More defiant’ is set to explode on the World music scene like dynamite. Also known as Ras Israel, ‘More defiant’ was born Israel Bentum-Mensah in Ghana, West Africa but now resides in Toronto, Canada.
Some people were born with silver spoons in the mouths, for ‘More defiant’, it was just the opposite. Now, after withering the storm he is looking forward in becoming a famous musician ready to explode and be heard in every corner of the world.
Recollecting how it all began for him, the artiste who was born and bred in Ghana begun his journey from a very small town [APAM] in Ghana.
In a typical middle class home in Ghana, education is seen as paramount; hence any member of such a family must embrace it with alacrity. ‘More defiant’ grew in such an environment, where music was seen as just a hobby and not a profession.
“Every afternoon after our homework was completed the neighbourhood children met under the trees to play. As we did not have normal toys like some other parts of the world, apart from the traditional games we played, the youth always tried to come up with something different to play with. It was through these creative innovations that I started making musical instruments and we entertained ourselves on a daily basis.” He reminisced how the musical adventure began for him.
He continued that, at that young age with no instruments, they started making their own musical instruments which dished out good sounds to their ears. At that age, they couldn’t tell what a fine sound was but they loved what they did. With the help of his friends, they used strings and tins for guitars, buckets and boxes for drums, aluminum plates for Hi hats and anything else they could make a good sound out of them.