Michael Owusu Addo, known by his stage name Sarkodie, is a Ghanaian hip hop, hiplife and azonto recording artist from Tema. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the 2012 BET Awards, and was nominated in the same category at the 2014 BET Awards. In 2015, Sarkodie was ranked the 19th most Influential Ghanaian by e-TV Ghana. He is considered one of the major proponents of the Azonto genre and dance.
Sarkodie is often named as one of Africa's greatest Hip pop artists. MTV ranked him number 6 on their list of Hottest African MC's in 2014. In 2013, Lynx TV ranked him number 1 on their list of the "Top 10 Ghanaian Rappers Of All Time". In 2015, AfricaRanking.com ranked him number 3 on their list of "Top 10 African Rappers Of 2015". In 2015, Sarkodie was named by The Guardian as one of the top five hip hop acts on the African continent.
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ReplyDeleteAzonto dance is now a global dance thanks to this amazingly talented artist Sarkodie..He has the capability of mixing this dance with his catchy hip hop songs...Really talented artist
ReplyDeleteAzonto dance is now a global dance thanks to this amazingly talented artist Sarkodie..He has the capability of mixing this dance with his catchy hip hop songs...Really talented artist
ReplyDeleteThanks for such an interesting post Khalil, I had no idea who this artist was. Researching more into him, i'm definitely impressed, hes pretty entertaining. I'm wondering if he's collaborated with any western main stream artist before? I believe that that would make him blow charts for sure. I'll try and give this azonto stuff a try on the dance floor. lol
ReplyDeleteHe did have a collab with Akon and Ace Hood. There are more American Artists he plans to collab in the future with as well.
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