Nana Kwame (Nockus) is a famous radio presenter known from Ghana’s top radio station for the youth, YFM Ghana. He is one of the founding fathers of new music in Ghana by making way for previously underground artists like Shatta Wale. Grammy award winners Burna Boy and Wizkid made a name for Nigeria ans African artists all over the world by winning at the 63rd Grammy Awards on March 14th, 2021. Ghana and Nigeria are like brothers as English speaking countries in West Africa, mostly dominated by surrounding French countries. In this episode we talk about if Ghana is ready to receive a Grammy. We also dive into the music industry and why there is not a lot of Ghanaian music played outside the country as much compared to Nigerian and South African music. His main advice for upcoming artists is to keep links with the people who helped put you on in the industry.

Key takeaways:
*Rely on people in the industry with nuggets of knowledge
*Pushing the Ghanaian agenda in other (African) countries
*Focus needs to be on excellence
*Make music that is founded in Ghanaian originality
*Know the history and the roots of your countries music to create
*Don’t focus on unnecessary controversy and drama

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Where to find Nana
You can listen to him every Friday night 8pm - 12am on Yfm radio: https://yfmghana.com

Intro music: Groove On - performed and written by Sentini produced by Romel Veal
Outro music: Mario Trap produced by Milli

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