Blackway (rapper)

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Yaw Sintim-Misa, professionally known as Blackway is a Ghanaian-American rapper. He is most known for the single "What's Up Danger" which was released as a soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse through a collaboration with Black Caviar. [1]

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Early life

Blackway is the son of Ghanaian comedian and talk show host, Kwaku Sintim-Misa. [2] He was born in Ghana and lived there until 2006 when he moved from Ghana to stay with his mother in Long Island, New York. [3]

Career

Blackway had a long history of music in Ghana. In 2014, he was featured on "Raise My Flag", the first single of DJ Juls' debut EP. [4] He was also featured on the single "Pretty Please" from Kojo Cue's debut album, "The Shinning". [5] In 2015, Blackway was featured on "The Best Shape", which was track 15 on EL's Bar 2 Mixtape. [6] [7] When M.anifest released his album, APAE (The Price of Free) in 2016, he featured Blackway on the 7th single "Never Feel". [8]

It wasn't until 2019 that his biggest breakthrough came when he collaborated with American DJs Black Caviar to release "What's Up Danger" as a soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. [9] It was nominated at the Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media category at the 62nd Grammy Awards. [10] Blackway signed a global record and co-publishing deal with Position/Hive Music in 2022 [11] He released two songs that featured as soundtracks for NFL Madden 24. [12] [13] He was featured by Shaquille O'Neal on his 2023 single, "King Talk" [14] Also in 2023, he was featured on "The Return of Mansa Musa" on the tenth track of Busta Rhymes' "Blockbusta" album alongside Swiss Beatz. [15]

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  7. ↑ Edusei, Philip (12 July 2016). "The Shining: Ko-Jo Cue Album Review" . Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  8. ↑ Edusei, Philip (8 September 2016). "Apae (The Price of A Free EP): M.anifest Album Review" . Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Blackway Signs Exclusive, Global Record & Publishing Deal with Position/Hive Music - Music Connection Magazine". www.musicconnection.com. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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