Music Maestro, Kojo Antwi, takes his music concert to De-Icon Event Centre on the 24th of December.
Undoubtedly one of the seasoned and still highly celebrated Musicians from Ghana with a legendary status, he has lived a music career spanning at least 4 decades and still counting.
All roads come to a stop at the plush event Centre located at East Legon on Christmas Eve — December 24th. This is a lifetime concert and a historic one nobody needs to miss!
About Kojo Antwi:
Known as “Mr. Music Man,” Kojo Antwi is a Ghanaian Afro-pop, highlife, and reggae musician. His original birth name is Julius Kojo Antwi and was born into a family of 13 siblings. He spent his early years in Darkuman, a suburb of Accra.
Kojo Antwi began his musical career shortly after he graduated from high school, he joined the Boomtalents band. While singing with the Boomtalents Band, Kojo Antwi was discovered and made Front-man of the newly formed Classique Handel’s and which was later named Classique Vibes band.
After a short period, the genuine and youthful band caught the attention of Ghanaians and neighbouring West African countries. The band was later discovered by an international agent who flew them to Europe to perform at festivals and concerts. The band however disintegrated after they faced issues of immigration and popularity.
Kojo Antwi then pursued a solo music career and subsequently released his first solo album ‘All I Need is You’ in 1986. The album became the talk of the town and an instant hit after its release.
Kojo Antwi’s style of music has been dynamic and consistent throughout his music career. His music is a cross of Ghanaian highlife, Congolese soukous, Caribbean lovers rock, and African American soul and R&B.
Kojo in his music career is credited with 22 albums, with his famous “Tom & Jerry” song which became one of the most successful songs in Ghana, West Africa.
Kojo Antwi’s magnificent talent and versatility became famous and toured several African and European countries including; Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast. He also passed through Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, and the U.K. performing upon the invitation of the African Societies.
Kojo Antwi at the peak of his musical career won numerous awards and honours including, the West Africa Tourism Award, All Africa Music Awards, Kora Award, and the Our Music Award.
He also served as Chairman of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) in 2015, the law-mandated agency responsible for collecting revenue for musicians in the country.
Kojo Antwi seems not to have laid down his music tools after featuring Ghanaian reggae/ dancehall act Stonebwoy titled ‘Akyekyede3 Nante3’ in 2020 and being featured on King Promise’s ‘Bra’ song in 2019.
The Music Man has also been performing at events including the MOBO concert organized by Citi TV and Citi FM.
Elorm Beenie is an experienced Public Relations Officer and Author with a demonstrated history of working in the music industry.
He holds an enviable record of working directly and running PR jobs for both international and local artistes; notable among his huge repertoire of artistes worked with are Morgan Heritage (Grammy Winners), Rocky Dawuni (Grammy Nominee, 2015), Samini (MOBO Winner - 2006, MTV Awards Africa Winner - 2009) and Stonebwoy (BET Best African Act Winner - 2015). Other mainstream artistes of great repute he has worked with are Kaakie, Kofi Kinaata, Teephlow, (just to name a few), who have all won multiple awards under Vodafone GHANA Music Awards (VGMAs).
Elorm Beenie has done PR & road jobs for Sizzla, Jah Mason, Busy Signal, Kiprich, Anthony B, Demarco, Turbulence, Popcaan, Jah Vinci & Morgan Heritage who came to Ghana for concerts and other activities.
Elorm Beenie has done countless activations for artistes and has coordinated dozens of events both locally and internationally. He deeply understands the rudiments of the industry.
His passion for the profession is enormous. Aside his PR duties, he also stands tall as one of the few bloggers who breakout first hand credible and also dig out substantial information relating to the arts & industry. He is quite visible in the industry and very influential on social media, which to his advantage, has gunned a massive following for him on social media as well as in real life.
He is a strong media and communication professional skilled in Coaching, Strategic Planning, and Event Management.
He's very transparent on issues around the art industry.