Highlife sensation Nana Yaw Kumi, aka Kumi Guitar recently signed a very lucrative deal with Zylofon media, and he’s been hard at work living up to his end of the deal since.
He recently dropped a hit single titled ‘Brown Sugar’, and work on the video is also complete and would be dropped soon.
Ghanaian highlife talent Kumi Guitar is smiling all the way to the bank after signing a new management deal worth $100,000 plus other signing incentives.
Zylofon Media has taken the artist born Nana Yaw Kumi on board, announcing the deal and presenting him with the contractual agreements reached for his signing.
This year’s edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, organised by Charter House, was characterised by some levels of controversy. Even before the awards event was held, some gurus in the entertainment industry punched holes in the awards schemes.
One area in which some entertainment analysts thought the event organises got it all wrong was the ‘New Artiste of the Year’ category. The category included Kumi Guitar, Akwaboah, and Joey B. These three are music artistes some entertainment analysts thought were already in the music industry; therefore shouldn’t be classified as new artistes.
From what we thought was capable enough in suppressing the growth of the musicians involved due to the controversial nature of the issue, Kumi Guitar has come out to state that it rather made him a bit popular.
GhanaCelebrities.Com is rooting for Kumi Guitat (Nana Yaw Kumi) so much that we’ve decided to call on you all to vote for the talented fast-rising Ghanaian musician to win this year’s VGMA New Artiste of the Year.
Considering how far he has come, the performance of his single-1 Litre/Break into Two and the quality of his released songs—we think he deserves the award more than any of those in that category.
After telling GhanaCelebrities.Com about still being a taxi driver in our recent interview with him and his determination to go back to a spot in Accra where he was once embarrassed for his shine, we think he deserves the car which will go to the winner of this year’s New Artiste of the Year award. And wouldn’t it be great if he pulls over at the spot in a brand new car and his guitar purposely to claim his lost shine?
To Vote for Kumi Guitar to win the VGMA’s New Artsite of the Year, just text M to short code 1761. And select M-Kumi Guitar
Check out Kumi Guitar below and start voting please…
In every industry, there exist those who pave the way (pioneers) for others to follow and those who join later and become successful. The Ghana music industry is not an exception to that. New talented artists pop up each passing year. Not only are all these artists new. Quite a number of them are just old wines packed in new bottles.
Last year for instance, one of such musicians who climbed the success ladder was Bandana. (I used Bandana because that is the name he used for showbiz when he made his debut appearance). Shatta Wale is a name he acquired as part of his rebranding exercise, which fortunately did the magic for him and shot him to the top last year.
This year is going to be another great year as it has already started on a good note. With new talented artists emerging, we are sure to discover some who will transform our music industry. I did an analysis and I’ve come to a conclusion as to the artists who are going to be the RISING STARS of 2014.
Kofi Kinaata
Kofi Kinaata is a Fante rapper who is currently signed on as a member of the High Grade Family. With great punch lines and an artistic approach to rap, he has released songs like “Move”, “Different”, “Obi Ne Ba” among others. Notwithstanding, he was as well featured alongside Baby Jet (Asamoah Gyan) in Castro’s “Odo pa” track which is at present receiving considerable airplay.
As a fast rising upcoming artiste, he calls himself the Flight Lieutenant Kernel Corporal Sergeant Commander Kinaata. He can be referred to as imminent new king of rap. Kofi Kinaata represents the people of Tarkoradi which I must say, he is raising the flag of his people very high.
Even though he received not a single nomination with regards to the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Kinaata continues to make great songs as he is known for. If there is any artiste to watch out for in 2014, Kofi Kinaata should definitely be one of them.
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Kumi Guitar
Nana Yaw Kumi is his real name. He enjoys performing his job as a taxi driver, yet music is his greatest passion. He started his music career as a rap artist. Somewhere along the line, he rebranded himself and took upon himself to engage in highlife music. With a unique voice and great stage performance, Kumi is ever ready to take over the Ghanaian music industry.
As it is often said by our musicians that Ghanaians do not buy CDs anymore, one person I would ever want to buy his album for records will be Kumi Guitar. His songs are distinctive, original, and can stand the test of time.
With unending buzz surrounding musician-Nana Yaw Kumi also known as Kumi Guitar of ‘1 Litre/Break into Two’ fame, GhanaCelebrities.Com caught up with the fast rising musical star to talk about how it all started for him, aspirations, fears and the ongoing controversy that has engulfed his VGMA nominations.
In the exclusive tell it all interview, Kumi Guitar shared with us his most embarrassing moment in life—and indeed it was embarrassing. He also talked to us about how tough the struggle has been for him as he maintains a taxi driver job in order to fuel his musical ambition.
As if his own life struggles were not enough, the rains had no mercy on us when we were recording the interview…
It surely has been a long journey for the talented Kumi Guitar and his perseverance makes us love him more…
Check out the interview below…
GhanaCelebrities.Com caught with Kumi Guitar for an exclusive interview and before we bring you the video interview, we want you to enjoy this real Highlife in its original form, supported by just a guitar—as Kumi Guitar takes us on a wonderful acoustic ride. If you doubted his talent and the speed at which he is … Read more
After scoring two 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards nomination-New Artist of the Year and Highlife Song of The Year, Kumi Guitar (real name Nana Yaw Kumi) has been on the lips of every Ghanaian music lover…
With an outstanding musical talent, Kumi Guitar is set to make an unforgettable mark with his ‘swaggering’ Highlife style of music which he layers so well with humour while tackling some of the everyday life issues people can relate.
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As the buzz around Kumi Guitar increases, GhanaCelebrities.Com caught up with him today for an exclusive interview—and he opened up to us about how things started for him, his aspirations among interesting things.
Before we bring you the video interview, check out the perfect handsome gentleman behind the name Kumi Guitar…
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I am amazed as to how quick Ghanaians forget things—perhaps, the rebranding of Nana Yaw Kumi by Mark Okraku Mantey has worked so well that people do not even remember the fact that, Kumi Guitar has ‘always’ been in the industry…
The whole talk and extensive buzz about Kumi Guitar (real name Nana Yaw Kumi) nearly got me confused into thinking that, out of no where a musical ‘revolutionist’ has emerged. To be frank, Nana Yaw Kumi has always loved music but has struggled to get the attention he deserves.
Before I take you back to the early days of Kumi Guitar, let me reveal the ‘obvious secret’—Kumi Guitar was featured in a song by Reggie Zippy some years ago. At the time, he called himself ‘Nightmare’.
Watch Kumi Guitar (Nightmare) in Reggie Zippy’s song-Virgin
Any individual who was at Adisadel College between 2001-2003 will remember the nickname ‘Nightmare’ or the formal name-Nana Yaw Kumi, of Canterbury House.
Full of humour and with great understanding of music, Nana Yaw Kumi thrilled us to great self-composed high life songs almost every weekend during our school Entertainment nights. Sometimes, he challenged himself by taking up rap music and he was really good at that too.
