M.anifest | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Kwame Ametepee Tsikata |
Also known as | M Dor-dor-dor-ti-dor, M Digidi, god MC |
Born | Accra, Ghana | 20 November 1982
Genres | Hip hop, Hiplife, R&B, Afrobeats |
Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, Pro Tools |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Singitdamnit Music |
Website | www |
Kwame Ametepee Tsikata[1] (born 20 November 1982), known professionally as M.anifest, is a Ghanaian musician, rapper and record producer.
He won Best Rapper and Hip-Hop song of the year at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards.[2] He has worked with Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen, Erykah Badu, and is featured on five songs on the Rocket Juice and The Moon album.[3] He is the grandson of one of Africa's foremost ethnomusicologists and composers J. H. Kwabena Nketia.[4] In 2012, The Strand on BBC Radio tipped him as one of four acts to look out for in 2012.[1] In 2015 M.anifest's single "Someway bi" earned him a third-place honour in the International Songwriters Competition (ISC).[5] In the same year, The Guardian named M.anifest as "the foremost rapper on the continent.".[6] M.anifest currently divides his lifetime between Madina in Ghana and Minneapolis in the United States.
M.anifest...was born Kwame Ametepee Tsikata on November 20, 1982.