M.anifest | |
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 M.anifest | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kwame Ametepee Tsikata |
| Also known as | M Dor-dor-dor-ti-dor, M Digidi, god MC |
| Born | 20 November 1982 Accra, Ghana |
| Genres | Hip hop, Hiplife, R&B, Afrobeats |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Pro Tools |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Singitdamnit Music |
| Website | www |
Kwame Ametepee Tsikata[1] (born 20 November 1982), known professionally as M.anifest, is a Ghanaian musician, rapper and record producer.
He won Best Rapper and Hip-Hop song of the year at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards.[2] He has worked with Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen, Erykah Badu, and is featured on five songs on the Rocket Juice and The Moon album.[3] He is the grandson of one of Africa's foremost ethnomusicologists and composers J. H. Kwabena Nketia.[4] In 2012, The Strand on BBC Radio tipped him as one of four acts to look out for in 2012.[1] In 2015 M.anifest's single "Someway bi" earned him a third-place honour in the International Songwriters Competition (ISC).[5] In the same year, The Guardian named M.anifest as "the foremost rapper on the continent.".[6] M.anifest currently divides his lifetime between Madina in Ghana and Minneapolis in the United States.
- ^ a b "Tsatsu Tsikata's son Manifest wins two awards at VGMA 2013". Highstreetmail. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
M.anifest...was born Kwame Ametepee Tsikata on November 20, 1982.
- ^ Aglanu, Ernest Dela (9 April 2017). "VGMA 2017: M.anifest crowned Ghana's 'King of Rap'". MyJoyOnline Showbiz. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen share more details of Rocket Juice and the Moon". pitchfork.
- ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (22 September 2011). "M.anifest, continental drifter". Star Tribune. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "M.anifest makes Ghana proud". GhanaWeb. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Egbejule, Eromo (26 January 2015). "The sound of Africa in 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2015.