Koby Maxwell | |
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| Born | Maxwell Koby Okwensy 5 November 1978 Ghana |
| Occupation(s) | Recording artist, producer, actor, singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | kobymaxwellproductions |
Koby Maxwell, (born 25 November 1978, as Maxwell Koby Okwensy) is a Ghanaian musician,[1] singer, actor[2] and producer[3][4] who currently resides in Washington, D.C., in the United States. He says that his goal is to maintain the authenticity of African music, while incorporating the sounds of others.[5] In June 2010, he became a film producer and executive producer when he hired a US film production company to produce his first Nollywood[6] feature film, entitled Paparazzi Eye in the Dark.[7][8][9]
In 2016, he started producing a show on the North American TV channel ABC2 called Nollyhot TV which was first aired on 6 January that year. The show captures happenings within the Nigerian entertainment industry of Nollywood for an American audience. Nollyhot TV is also broadcast on the DCW 50 and The CW television channels in the USA.[10] Koby Maxwell Productions in association with Lafa Media & Zealmatic Pictures also came out with a 2019 movie titled The Wrong One.[11]