KANI
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I can only pull from the places I’ve walked. I can only speak of the people I’ve loved and learned from. I can only write what I feel. Sometimes those feelings are joyful and nostalgic. Sometimes they are painful and pushing. But always — they are human. Unapologetically human. It is my honour to share my second album with you: KANI: A Bantama Story My only request is simple — listen from top to bottom, with all your heart. Stream now: PS: This story could have been told by Kwadwo Aji, Kofi Kyei or Azorlɛɛ but it was left to me. I owe it to them. #KANI #ABantamaStory #Vol2
KANI204,153 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
The journey is its own reward but recognition matters too. If not for anything, then for history. Day ones, you already know what this means. You’ve walked this road with me: every doubt, every win, every level up. So don’t just celebrate this ... OWN IT. This is YOUR WIN too. I don’t take your love lightly, that’s why I fight for the music, for the moments, for the things I know you care about. And now that we’re here … we go all the way. I’ll need you with me. Fantastic 4. We’re not here to just participate, we’re here to bring it home. PS: Love to everyone who helped bring KANI to life .. from conception with the frayedjacket to execution with Gold River the frayedjacket creative agency rain.labs @virginmusicnaija copy, moon joy ripe organic world Shot Pictures Junie Annan @s_for_sabog and to every collaborator, producer, mentor, and supporter. This is what the work looks like. I hope you’re proud.
KANI68,821 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
The first time I heard this … I didn’t just hear a song … I heard a prayer … and I said a loud “Amen” in my heart. God’s Time with Kweku Darlington now available on all platforms. 🎥 Simz Gallery Ps: My verse contains a very strong Biblical reference, did you catch it? Drop your answer in the comments.
KANI29,404 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
“The hate never bothered me. The fake? Never brotherly” - Cedi Kasa, 2023 🎥 Shot Pictures
KANI15,930 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
When one of my heroes dies, I struggle to accept it. I think about my own mortality all the time, and the mortality of the people close to me too. But the heroes… the heroes always seem immortal. They seem immune to the laws of the universe. So how? How? I’m writing this as much for myself as I am for Sway. Trying to find some peace in it. I first heard you on Allo Tigo (or Smash TV, I forget which iteration it was). Back then, we didn’t really have a lot of UK rappers on Ghanaian TV or radio. We didn’t even think the UK had rappers who were good enough. So when Jon Germain played Up Your Speed, F Your Ex and Flo Fashion, he changed my mind in a way nobody could have predicted. Those songs exhibited a level of skill I didn’t know could exist outside the US. But it was Month in the Summer that did it for me. I swear Shakespeare was shaking when you wrote Month in the Summer. Such a high exhibition of wordplay and wit. With so much soul. I texted the lyrics as my own words, trying to woo Felicity, but her big sister found out and killed my motion. You became untouchable to me after that song. The fact that you were Ghanaian was just the icing on the cake. And as I grew older and began to understand the depth of a song like Flo Fashion. When I played This Is My Demo (I’m sorry, I got it from the bootleg guy. It was hard to get original CDs down here) and understood the story. The skits. Little Derek. Oh my God. Then you did something even greater than the music. You came to Ghana and collaborated with some of our very best. Lay Away had the cafés on smash, I swear down. Intoxicated had the clubs going up. This act of giving back, which you continued well into your last days through mentorship and helping artists, producers, etc. understand where royalties and such were hiding, is what finally took you from someone I really liked to a hero in my books. You made a huge mark. In the UK especially, but here in Ghana as well. Pray 4 Kaya! Pray 4 Kaya! What a song! Every time someone does a heartfelt, almost drumless storytelling song about a tragedy that befell someone else, I think of Pray 4 Kaya. I thought of it when I heard Dave’s Lesley. I thought of it when Ghetts did Little Bo Peep. And it was definitely on my board when I made Shii the Song Pt. 2. Imagine my surprise when I dropped FMB and saw that you followed me back on Instagram. I DM’d you straight away with the lyrics to I Declare War (one of the greatest exhibitions of technical ability ever! The wordplay!) and you responded. God. Sway responded. You said we should definitely link on one of your many trips to Ghana. My fault that it never happened. I have a fear of meeting my heroes. It meant the world to me that you responded, sir. On This Is My Demo, you asked, “If I die, will the world remember me?” Well sir, if you’re seeing the tributes pouring in, I’m sure you know the answer to that. Thank you so much for your service. Wherever you are, sir, just know that little Derek did more than okay. He saved my life.
KANI12,027 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
She held me before the world did. The one who raised me and prayed me into being. This album started in her arms and it took a village to finish it. Here’s the cover, the songs, and the names of the beautiful people that built ‘ KANI: A Bantama Story’ with me. Album out in 8 days. PRE-SAVE NOW: ⸻ CAST Producers plugn6ix (Plugnsix) · Kristian Dior · Fortune Dane (F. Dane) · Mickey Lux · Cσπsσle Chrσπikz · copy, moon joy · Manuel Osei · DWOODWOO 🎶 · WhoIsDrumxBeats ™️ · @paapaversa Featured Artists Jiire Smith · Genna · Kigali Kay · The Therapist · ARATHEJAY · Ofori Amponsah · Marince Omario · TopBöy🤴🏽 · 👑Ayisi · @tsieotsie Supporting Musicians SONofFRA! · Enid Blekk · Kofi Jamar · Pure Akan · Henry Potter & The Half Baked Asanka · JeShurun Amui · Power of the Word Ministry Sunday School · Shaker · Nana Yaa Agyapong · Elizabeth Yaa Animah Somuah · Toka · NiiQuaye 🎲 · Keli · Nana Akosua Achiaa Sempe · Russell Kani Asante ⸻ CREW Mixing & Mastering copy, moon joy · Ko-Jo Cue · Shaker Executive Producers Nana Akosua Achiaa Sempe · Clay · the frayedjacket Creative Direction the frayedjacket creative agency Art Direction & Design ripe organic world · the frayedjacket creative agency Label Bantama Blues · rain.labs Management Gold River Project Management Kwame Media Management BiG Mike · Sabog Moore Eugene ⸻
KANI80,049 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
