Friday, March 2, 2012

blak mexxiah's rehearsal for Ghana's 55th Anniversary concert with Antony B and Jah Mason pt 3

blak mexxiah's rehearsal for Ghana's 55th Anniversary concert with Antony B and Jah Mason pt 3

HAILING FROM THE VOLTA REGION GHANA , MESSIAH AGUZE ALSO KNOWN AS BLAK MEXXIAH (DA HARDCORE GAVANA) REALISE HIS MUSIC ABILITY AT THE AGE OF 9 IN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE CAPITAL CITY , ACCRA , CALLED JERICHO PREPARATORY SCHOOL .DURING SCHOOL DAYS , HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL'S SINGING GROUP WHICH REALLY IMPROVED HIS KNOWLEDGE IN MUSIC . HE GOT HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE WITH COMMANDER MESSIAH AND BLACK PROPHET IN 1994 DURING SHABBA RANKS AFRICAN TOUR IN GHANA . IN 1995 , HE WAS ALSO CALLED UPON TO PERFORM ON FUNWORLD , A WEEKEND SHOW FOR THE YOUTH HELD AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE AND ALSO HELPS IN AUDITIONING TALENTS LIKE TICTAC , BORAX ,TINNY AND MANY MORE WHO WOULD PERFORM ON FUNWORLD , THESE TALENTS ARE NOW TOP ARTIST IN GHANA NOW. LATER THAT YEAR I MEET THE LEGENDARY LATE MAC TONTOH OF THE OSIBISA FAME WHO REALLY CHANGED MY MUSIC LIFE TO ANOTHER LEVEL. I THEN STAYED WITH HIM AS A SON AT HIS RESIDENCE AT DZORWULU WHERE I HAD THE NECESSARY TUITION IN MUSICAL TRAINING IN LIVE B! AND FOR 15 YEARS. WHILES LEARNING WITH THE GREAT LEGEND LATE MAC TONTOH, I WAS STILL PERFORMING REGGAE AND DANCEHALL MUSIC AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE.LATER IN 1995 WE PLAYED OUR FIRST SHOW AT THE PAN-AFRICAN FESTIVAL ALONGSIDE MUTABARUKA FROM JAMAICA ,MANY MORE ARTIST AT CAPE COAST. IN 1996 , HE PLAYED ALONGSIDE THE REGGAE LEGEND LATE JOSEPH HILLS AND THE CULTURE BAND, AMAKYE DEDE , NANA TUFFOUR , VIP , TICTAC , OBRAFOUR AND MANY MORE AT THE ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM AND IN 1998 HE PERFORMED WHEN KING ...





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