Blakk Rasta

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Blakk Rasta
Birth nameAbubakar Ahmed
Also known asBlakk Rasta
Born (1974-09-02) 2 September 1974 (age 50)
Tamale, Ghana
Genres Reggae
Occupation(s)Musician, Radio presenter

Blakk Rasta (born Abubakar Ahmed (born 2 September 1974) is a Ghanaian reggae / Kuchoko artiste, dub poet, an ordained Man of God and a radio presenter for Accra-based 3FM. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is best known for the song "Barack Obama" sung in honor of the 44th U.S President. He was honored at a special dinner with President Obama on 11 July, 2010. [6]

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Musical style

Blakk Rasta does "Kuchoko" which is predominantly reggae music fused with African rhythms and energies pouring out conscious lyrics about love, equal rights and justice, blackness, rasta and spiritual love.

Blakk Rasta's current "Kuchoko" sound innovation came about after a long period of research into a new sound, which will ride on reggae music and establish a sound which will cut across indigenous African sights, sounds and spirituality and be accepted worldwide in these fast changing times of musical tastes and preferences.

Indigenous African instruments such as the xylophone, talking drum (dondo), kette, flute, kologo, kora fused with animal and jungle sounds, and sounds from local markets.

Career

Abubakar Ahmed, aka Blakk Rasta who was born on September 2, 1974, in Tamale to devout Ahmadi-Moslem parents. Growing in the slums of Moshie-Zongo and Aboabo. Blakk Rasta is also a reggae DJ on radio. He was adjudged the best Reggae DJ in Ghana when he was on Happy 98.9 FM. The controversial former host of the midmorning program ‘Taxi Driver’ on Hitz 103.9 FM, revealed via his Twitter account on July 6, 2015 [7] that he has said his goodbyes to the Multimedia-owned Kokomlemle based radio station in Accra. [8] Blakk Rasta then joined Zylofon FM in 2017 to continue 'Taxi Driver'. After four years of working at Zylofon FM, Blakk Rasta Live on air (Wednesday 29 December 2021) announced that he will be leaving the East-legon based radio on Friday 31 December 2021. According to Blakk Rasta, his decision not to abandon the station in spite of financial challenges was purely out of loyalty to his boss, NAM1, who had tasked him to consider the station as his own baby. [9]

After leaving Zylofon FM he joined Class FM while he also manages his own YouTube channel called 'Blakk Media Empire', [10] to still continue his show 'The Black Pot'. Blakk Rasta is now with Media General's 3FM [11] .

Inspiration

He was inspired by Jamaican dub poet; Mutabaruka, DYCR and Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Honors and awards

Discography

Selected singles

Albums

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References

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