Stories I Never Told, Episode 2 The year was 2008 or 2009 (my memory fails me). Deon Boakye’s Alewa and a Yung Cee Song (Guru will later take that beat and make a song called Alkayida that started a revolution) had the radio on lock in Kumasi (@djsliming drop a video mix if you have any of those songs still). I was a skinny SS graduate who had no clear idea what he wanted to do with his life. Uni was looking like it wouldn’t come on (more on that later). I tried entrepreneurship and my cousin cheated me. Then the homie K Rich tried to hook me up with a JSS teaching job at Peniel (Bremang) but the headmaster said I’ll worry the girls and tried to get me to teach class 3 (I failed that interview because I didn’t prepare for that). Eventually I found a safe space in Plus 2 Cafe (Maakro) surrounded by like minded young boys thrust into adulthood who were finding their place in the sun. In between Skype and arguments about who is the best Sark, Yaa Pono or Flowking, I would play a few demos I recorded and the boys will encourage me to take the music seriously. Their push gave me the confidence to take the bold step of moving to Accra to find a manager and take a stab at music whilst getting some education. Fast forward, my debut album brought over 600 people together to have a therapy session called #FMBConcert. And every time the crowd sang along to my lines I remembered those boys - Plus 2, Lincoln, Chameleon, Suffer, Alhaji (who currently manages another Maakro boy named O’Kenneth of Asakaa Boys). If I made it, it’s only because they believed I would. On Thursday I will share with you (on my YouTube) a behind the scenes look at the days before the #FMBConcert facilitated by the good people at @thevinylplus
