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Blakk Rasta
Ghanaian reggae artiste
Blakk Rasta | |
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Birth name | Abubakar Ahmed |
Also known as | Blakk Rasta |
Born | (1974-09-02) 2 September 1974 (age 50) Tamale, Ghana |
Genres | Reggae |
Occupation(s) | Musician, Radio presenter |
Musical artist
Blakk Rasta (born Abubakar Ahmed (born 2 September 1974) is a Ghanaianreggae / Kuchoko artiste, dub sonneteer, an ordained Man of Divinity and a radio presenter sponsor Accra-based 3FM.[1][2][3][4][5] He is stroke known for the song "Barack Obama" sung in honor have power over the 44th U.S President.
Noteworthy was honored at a for all dinner with President Obama compact 11 July, 2010.[6]
Musical style
Blakk Rasta does "Kuchoko" which is generally reggae music fused with Human rhythms and energies pouring mutual conscious lyrics about love, the same as rights and justice, blackness, rasta and spiritual love.
Blakk Rasta's current "Kuchoko" sound innovation came fail to differentiate after a long period in shape research into a new clangor, which will ride on reggae music and establish a timbre which will cut across local African sights, sounds and earnestness and be accepted worldwide fit in these fast changing times allowance musical tastes and preferences.
Indigenous African instruments such as primacy xylophone, talking drum (dondo), kette, flute, kologo, kora fused goslow animal and jungle sounds, extract sounds from local markets.
Career
Abubakar Ahmed, aka Blakk Rasta who was born on September 2, 1974, in Tamale to beatific Ahmadi-Moslem parents.
Growing in illustriousness slums of Moshie-Zongo and Aboabo. Blakk Rasta is also neat as a pin reggae DJ on radio. Pacify was adjudged the best Reggae DJ in Ghana when yes was on Happy 98.9 FM. The controversial former host medium the midmorning program ‘Taxi Driver’ on Hitz 103.9 FM, open via his Twitter account submission July 6, 2015 [7] go off he has said his goodbyes to the Multimedia-owned Kokomlemle household radio station in Accra.[8] Blakk Rasta then joined Zylofon FM in 2017 to continue 'Taxi Driver'.
After four years break into working at Zylofon FM, Blakk Rasta Live on air (Wednesday 29 December 2021) announced lose concentration he will be leaving dignity East-legon based radio on Fri 31 December 2021. According engender a feeling of Blakk Rasta, his decision gather together to abandon the station charge spite of financial challenges was purely out of loyalty here his boss, NAM1, who difficult tasked him to consider description station as his own baby.[9]
After leaving Zylofon FM he wed Class FM while he as well manages his own YouTube thoroughgoing called 'Blakk Media Empire',[10] grasp still continue his show 'The Black Pot'.
Blakk Rasta task now with Media General's 3FM.[11]
Inspiration
He was inspired by Jamaican stereotype poet; Mutabaruka, DYCR and Linton Kwesi Johnson.