Kingzkid

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Kingzkid
Birth nameEmmanuel Essuman Mensah
Also known asKingzkid
Genres Gospel Hip pop Afrobeat
Occupation(s) Musician
Years active2013–present

Emmanuel Essuman Mensah (born September 29, 1989), known as Kingzkid, is a Ghanaian Christian hip hop recording artist and songwriter. [1] [2] He is the first African Gospel Musician to win the Gospel Academy Awards Best International Act 2019 award. [3] [4]

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Music career

Kingzkid released his first album "Vindicated" in 2011 and "Metamorphosis" in 2014. He is the President of Gifted Music Records and Founder of "Amplified" a youth movement which also hosts an annual concert dubbed Amplified Concert which aims at winning souls for Christ. [5] [6] [7]

He has collaborated and performed with numerous gospel musicians, including Mali Music, Tim Godfrey, Ohemaa Mercy Joe Mettle, MOG Music, Micah Stampley, Sinach, Denzel Prempeh, Nii Okai. [8] [9]

Discography

Albums

Selected Singles

Awards and nomination

YearEventAwardNominated WorkResultRef
2019Gospel Academy AwardsBest International ActHimselfWon [14] [15]
2019Africa Gospel AwardsHip pop song of the yearHimselfWon [16] [17]
20154syte TV Music Video AwardsBest gospel video of the yearHimselfWon [18] [19]

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