Amerado

Amerado
Background information
Birth name	Derrick Sarfo Kantanka
Also known as	Amerado Burner, Younger K.A, Lord Immortal
Born	(1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 30) Kumasi, Ghana
Genres	Hip hop Hiplife Afrobeat Highlife
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter
Years active	2016–present
Labels	MicBurnerz Music

Derrick Sarfo Kantanka, (born 14 February 1995), best known as Amerado, is a Ghanaian rapper and singer from Kumasi. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} He is the curator of Yeete Nsem, Ghana's first news casting rap series. ^{[5] [6]}

Early life and education

Derrick Kantanka was born and raised in Ejisu, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended KNUST Senior High School. ^[7] Amerado is currently pursuing a degree in Political Science at the University of Ghana. ^[8]

Music career

After placing third at the Solid FM Freestyle Show in 2015, Amerado caught the attention of music producer, sound engineer and A&R, Azee Ntwene, who signed the rapper to his label MicBurnerz Music. ^{[9] [10]} Amerado was featured on a song by Mix Master Garzy intended to promote peace around the 2016 Ghanaian general election. ^[11] The following year, Amerado released his first single I AM, ^[12] which Pulse Ghana included among their top 10 Ghanaian songs in January 2017. ^[13] He released his first EP Rapmare that November. ^[14] In 2018, Amerado was featured on Sarkodie's hip-hop song "Biibi Ba", ^{[15] [16]} which was nominated for the Best Hiphop Song at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. ^[17]

On 8 August 2019, Ghanaian disc jockey DJ Black released a list of the country's top 50 rappers, ranking Amerado in the forties. ^{[18] [ importance? ]} On 1 October 2020, Reggie Rockstone, a significant figure in the Ghanaian music genre hiplife, described Amerado as one of the most talented rappers to emerge from Ghana. ^[19]

In 2020, Amerado joined Shatta Wale and other rappers in Kumasi to release Ahodwo Las Vegas. ^{[20] [21]} In August 2021, Amerado had a freestyle and interview session with Tim Westwood on Capital Xtra in London. ^[22] GRM Daily reported his freestyle session as one of the best on the show. ^[23]

Amerado released his second extended play Patience on 26 October 2021, featuring Black Sherif, Shatta Wale, Fameye, YPee and Kweku Flick, with production from Azee Ntwene, Izjoe Beatz, Samsney and ItzCJ Madeit. The EP peaked at No. 1 on music streaming platforms Apple Music, Audiomack, Boomplay and YouTube. ^{[24] [25] [26] [27] [28]} The EP was adjourned the BEST EP at the 2022 3Music Awards. ^[29] Amerado is the first Kumasi-based artist to win the Rapper of the Year award at the 3Music Awards. In May 2020, Audiomack listed Amerado in Top 10 African Artists to look out for which also featured A-Reece, Nandy, Joey B and others. ^[30]

On 25 October 2022, Amerado released his debut studio album, G.I.N.A , which featured S1mba, Fameye, Eno Barony, Laioung, Efya, Gidochi, Lasmid and Epixode. ^[31]

According to a post published by Peacefmonline.com, Amerado is the first rapper from Kumasi to win the Best Rapper award at both the Ghana Music Awards and the 3Music Awards. ^[32]

Amerado in an interview with Jackson Mvunganyi of VOA stated that, his failed aspiration to become a football star led him to do music. ^[1] On 4 December 2024, he became the third Ghanaian artiste to receive a certification plaque by Audiomack for hitting the 100 million streams milestone. ^[33]

Style

Amerado raps and sings mostly in the Twi dialect of the Akan language of Ghana, but he sometimes uses English as well. His stage name, Amerado, which means 'Governor' in Akan, was chosen to assert his command of the music scene. ^{[34] [35]}

Brand ambassador

Amerado is the brand ambassador for Ghana-made chocolates, an initiative of the Ghana Cocoa Board. ^[36] He wrote the song "Ghana Chocolate" to promote the campaign. ^[37] He has also worked with Vodafone Ghana, AirtelTigo, HD Plus, GoTV, Cheezzy Pizza and other brands. ^{[38] [39]}

Live performances

Amerado's notable live performances include the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, ^{[40] [41]} S-Concert, ^[42] Rapperholic Show, ^[43] the 2019 Ghana Music Awards UK, ^[44] VGMA Xperience Concert, ^[45] Ghana DJ Awards, ^[46] the Ghana Party in the Park, UK, ^{[47] [48]} Accra in Dusseldorf (Germany), ^[49] Ghana Music Awards USA ^[50] and 2024 Ghana Music Awards. ^[51]

My Motherland Concert

On 28 December 2023, Amerado hosted his maiden concert at the Okese Park in Ejisu dubbed My Motherland Concert. The concert which hosted thousands of fans had support from fellow artists like Fameye, Kwadwo Nkansah, Lasmid, Eno Barony, Fancy Gadam, Kweku Darlington and others. ^[52]

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Award	Recipient/Nominated work	Result	Ref
2024	Eastern Music Awards	Most Influential Act GH	Himself	Nominated	[53]
		Most Viral Song GH	Kwaku Ananse	Nominated
	Ghana Music Awards UK	Best Highlife Song of the Year		Nominated	[54]
		Most Popular Song of the Year		Nominated
		Best Rapper of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Hip Hop Song of the Year	The Hardest	Nominated
		Hip Hop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Artist of the Year		Nominated
	3Music Awards	Viral Song of the Year	Kwaku Ananse	Nominated	[55] [56]
		Highlife Song of the Year	Kwaku Ananse	Won
		Hip Hop Song of the Year	The Hardest	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hip Hop Act of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Rap Performance of the Year	The Hardest	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Kwaku Ananse	Nominated
	Ghana Music Awards USA	Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[57] [58] [59]
		Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year		Nominated
		Collaboration of the Year	Kwaku Ananse Remix	Nominated
		Most Popular Song of the Year	Kwaku Ananse	Nominated
		Songwriter of the Year		Nominated
		Rapper of the Year	The Hardest	Nominated
		Highlife Song of the Year	Kwaku Ananse	Won
	Telecel Ghana Music Awards			Won	[60]
		Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Collaboration of the Year	Kwaku Ananse Remix	Nominated
		Rap Performer of the Year	The Hardest	Nominated
		Hiphop Song of the Year	The Hardest	Nominated
		Most Popular Song of the Year	Kwaku Ananse	Nominated
2023	Eastern Music Awards	Most Influential Act In Ghana	Himself	Won	[61] [62]
	Ghana Music Awards UK	Best Rapper of the Year	Obiaa Boa	Nominated	[63]
		Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Best Collaboration of the Year	Grace	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hip Hop Song of the Year		Nominated
	Ghana Music Awards USA	Rapper of the Year	Obiaa Boa	Won	[64] [65]
		Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Vodafone Ghana Music Awards	Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[66] [67]
		Hiplife Song of the Year	Grace	Nominated
		Collaboration of the Year		Nominated
		Rap Performer of the Year	Obiaa Boa	Won
		Hiphop Song of the Year		Nominated
2022	Central Music Awards	Ghana Popular Song of the Year	Grace	Nominated	[68]
	Eastern Music Awards	Most Influential Act In Ghana	Himself	Nominated	[69]
	Ghana Music Awards UK	Best Collaboration of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated	[70]
		Best rapper of the Year	The Throne	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hip Hop Song of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hip Hop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Ghana Music Awards France	EP of the Year	Patience EP	Won	[71] [72]
		Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year	Sing Along	Nominated
		Rapper of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Won
		Best Collaboration	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated
		Producer of the Year (Samsney)	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated
		Most Popular Song of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated
		Hip Hop Song of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Won
		Hiplife /Hip Hop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Ghana Nigeria Music Awards Festival	Rapper of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Pending	[73]
		New Artist of the Year	Himself	Pending
	Ghana Music Awards USA	Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[74] [75] [76]
		Rapper of the Year	Best Rapper	Won
	Vodafone Ghana Music Awards	Hiphop Song of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated	[77]
		Best Rap Performer of the Year	The Throne	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	3Music Awards	Rapper of the Year	Himself	Won	[78] [79]
		EP of the Year	Patience EP	Won
		Hiplife Song of the Year	Abotr3 (Patience)	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hiphop Act of the Year	Himself	Nominated
2021	Ghana Music Awards UK	Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[80]
		Best Rapper of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		New Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	4Syte TV Music Video Awards	Best Hiphop Video	Best Rapper	Nominated	[81]
	Ghana Music Awards USA	New Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[82] [83]
		Hiplife/Hip Hop Song of the Year	Twa So	Nominated
		Hiplife/Hip Hop Artist of the Year	Himself	Won
		Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year	Box Of Memories	Nominated
		Rapper of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Vodafone Ghana Music Awards	Rap Performer Of The Year	Himself	Nominated	[84]
		New Artist Of The Year	Himself	Nominated
	Entertainment Achievement Awards	Best Music Video	Best Rapper	Nominated	[85]
	3Music Awards	Best Rapper of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[86]
		Digital Act of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Global Music Awards Africa	Most Influential Ghanaian Act of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[87]
2020	Muse Bangerz of the Quarter	Hiplife Song of the Quarter	Twa So	Nominated	[88]
	One Awards Ghana	Rapper of the Year	Himself	Won	[89]
	COPO Award	Discovery Lyricist of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[90]
	Ghana Entertainment Choice Awards	Best Rapper of the Year	Himself	Won	[91]
	Ashanti Music Awards	Influential Act In Ashanti	Himself	Won	[92]
		Best collaboration of the Year	Twa So	Nominated
		Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Best Rapper of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Greater Accra Music Awards	Non-Gama Artiste of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Eastern Music Awards	Influential Act In Ghana	Himself	Won	[93]
2019	Emerging Music Awards Ghana	Emerging Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[94]
		Most Popular Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Rapper of the Year	Redemption Freestyle	Nominated
		Hiplife Artist of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Ghana Music Awards UK	Uncovered Artiste of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[95]
	3Music Awards	Next Rated Act	Himself	Nominated	[96]
2018	Ghana Music Awards SA	Most Promising Artiste	Himself	Nominated	[97]
	3RD TV Music Video Awards	Best Newcomer Video		Nominated	[98]
	Kumasi Awards Night	Artiste of the Year	Himself	Won	[99]
		Best Rapper of the Year	Himself	Nominated
2017		Artiste of the Year	Himself	Nominated

Co-nominee / co-winner

Year	Event	Award	Recipient/Nominated work	Result	Ref
2019	Vodafone Ghana Music Awards	Hip-hop Song of the Year	Biibi Ba	Nominated	[100]
		Best Video of the Year		Nominated
	4syte TV Music Video Awards	Overall Best Video of the Year		Nominated	[101] [102]
		Best Hiphop Video of the Year		Won
		Best Photography		Nominated
		Best Directed Video		Nominated
2020	3Music Awards	Hip Hop Song of the Year		Nominated	[103]

Videography

Year	Title	Director	Ref
2016	Peace Forever (as a featured act)	Yaw Skyface	[104]
2017	I AM	L2M	[105]
	Beast Attitude	L2M	[106]
	At My Back	Quophi Asiama	[107]
2018	Redemption Freestyle I	A Certain YO	[108]
	Redemption Freestyle II	Lixil Montage	[109]
	Menpe	Motion Master	[110]
	Biibi Ba (as a featured act)	Bab Direction	[111]
2019	Dede	Film God	[112]
2020	Twa So	Gordon Appiah	[113]
	Box of Memories	Gordon Appiah	[114]
	Kyerɛ Me	Gordon Appiah	[115]
	A Piece on Peace	Director K	[116]
	Kumerica (as a featured act)	Kobby Shots	[117]
	Ahodwo Las Vegas (as a featured act)	PKMI	[118]
	Best Rapper	Gordon Appiah	[119]
2021	Taxi Driver	Sivo	[120]
	Me Ho Y3	Sivo	[121]
	Younger K.A	SARP.the.KR8toR	[122]
	Death Sentence	SARP.the.KR8toR	[123]
	We Outside	Director Zizy	[124]
	Sika Besu	Gordon Appiah	[125]
	Abotr3(Patience)	Gordon Appiah	[26]
2022	Metua	XBills Ebenezer	[126]
	The Finish Line (as a featured act)	Takyi Native	[127]
	Obiaa Boa	Bra Shizzle	[128]
	Grace	Bra Shizzle	[129]
	Nyame Dada	Bra Shizzle	[130]
2023	The Hardest	Prince Dovlo	[131]
	Rap Is Still Alive (with Strongman)	Kobby Shots	[132]
	Kwaku Ananse	Bra Shizzle	[133]
	Kwaku Ananse Remix	Gordon Appiah
2024	Abronoma	Gordon Appiah	[134]
	Tin Ton Tan	Creative House	[135]
	Date Rush	Gordon Appiah	[136]
	Playman	Director Zizy	[137]
	Ankonam	Director Zizy	[138]
	Angry	Bra Shizzle	[139]
2025	The Last Prayer	The Boldz	[140]

Discography

Selected singles

• I Am
• At My Back
• Beast Attitude
• Mix Master Garzy – Peace Forever (as a featured act) ^[141]
• Edem – Kporda Remix (as a featured act) ^[142]
• Redemption I
• Redemption II ^[143]
• Menpe ^[144]
• Pistol ft Cabum ^[145]
• Gods ft Kuami Eugene & Koo Ntakra ^[146]
• Sarkodie – Biibi Ba (as a featured act) ^[147]
• Twa So ft Fameye ^[148]
• Box of Memories ^[149]
• Kyer3 Me ft Okyeame Kwame ^[150]
• Shatta Wale – Ahodwo Las Vegas (as a featured act) ^[151]
• Best Rapper ^[152]
• Dawgi ft. Sarkodie ^[153]
• Indelible Flow ^[154]
• Taxi Driver ^[155]
• Me Ho Y3 ^[156]
• Younger K.A ^[157]
• Death Sentence ^[123]
• We Outside ft Kofi Jamar ^[158]
• The Throne ^[159]
• Metua ft Kuami Eugene ^[160]
• Eno Barony – The Finish Line (as a featured act) ^[127]
• Obiaa Boa ^[128]
• Back to Sender ^[161]
• Grace ft Lasmid ^[129]
• Fa Me Saa ft Kwaku DMC ^[162]
• The Hardest ^[131]
• Kwaku Ananse ^[163]
• Kwaku Ananse Remix ft Fameye ^[164]
• Abronoma ^[165]
• Tin ton tan ^[135]
• Sista Afia - 2 Things (as a featured act) ^[166]
• Date Rush ^[136]
• Shatta Wale - Blessings (as a featured act) ^[167]
• Playman ft King Paluta ^[137]
• Ankonam Remix ft Samini ^[168]
• Nana Acheampong - Ase Mene Wo (as a featured act) ^[169]
• I Am Aware ^[170]
• Angry
• The Last Prayer

Extended Plays

• Rapmare EP (2017) ^[171]
• Patience EP (2021) ^[172]
• Young And Strong EP (2023) ^[173]
• The Gold Coin EP (2024) ^[174]

Albums

• G.I.N.A (2022) ^[175]

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External links

• Amerado on Instagram