Legendary Ghanaian musician Nana Ampadu Reported Dead

 

Information reaching MyGhanaMedia.com indicates that the legendary highlife musician, Nana Ampadu is dead.

 

He is said to have died today, Tuesday, 28th September 2021. The cause of death is yet to be discovered. Keep it locked here we’ll update you.

He died at age 76.

 

My Favourite tracks from Nana Ampadu
Obra
Ebe Te Yie
Anibre Ny3
Oman Bo adwo
And all the Animal songs (Mmoasem)😭
Nana Ampadu Deserves a Statue
RIP Legend

— Boadi Cocoa Tea (@Cocoatea57) September 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

Nana Ampadu has been my dad's favorite musician ever since…. RIP Legend 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/yiKTCbTHWo

— StayWoke➕ (@mylo_sw) September 28, 2021

 

 

BREAKING: Legendary Highlife musician, Nana Ampadu reported dead at age 76. RIP Legend! pic.twitter.com/sWMUw4085t

— Mi Minds (@mi_minds) September 28, 2021

 

 

Legendary Highlife Musician Nana Ampadu dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday September 28.

Rip Legend # tataletv pic.twitter.com/3bSwwhIXqJ

— #PossibleChange #Blogger (@TataleTv) September 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Legend 🚨

It is been alleged that Nana Kwame Ampudu, a seasoned highlife artist has pass on aged 76 😢

May his soul rest in peace pic.twitter.com/0QQlJMXQvU

— Kamara 🦋 🇬🇭 🇳🇬 (@NaaKamara) September 28, 2021

Nana Kwame Ampadu, Biography

 

Nana Kwame Ampadu (born 31 March 1945) was a Ghanaian musician credited with numerous popular highlife tracks and he is known to have composed over 800 songs.

Ampadu’s “African Brothers Band” was formed in 1963

 

He formed the African Brothers Band in 1963 with Eddie Donkor as one of the founding members.

In 1963, he released a song, Ebi Te Yie, meaning “Some Are Well Seated” which caused a stir in the country during the then-governing of the National Liberation Council. The song subsequently disappeared from the airwaves but returned after the military rule. He won a nationwide competition in 1973 and was named Odwontofoohene.

 

He composed a song for Jerry John Rawlings and the National Democratic Congress in the 1992 election campaign as well well a song that attempted to disqualify Jerry John Rawlings from the 1992 elections because he was half Scottish.

 

 

 

 

 

May his soul rest in peace. A true legend is gone

 

 

 

Source: MyGhanaMedia.com