Showbezzy
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Background information | |
Birth name | Sam Kwabena Safo Junior |
Also known as | Showboy |
Born | 20 September 1993 (age 26) Eastern Region Ghana |
Origin | Ghana |
Genres | Hip hop Afrobeats |
Occupation(s) | Rapper Singer Record producer |
Years active | 2017–present |
Labels | 2Hype Gang |
Associated acts |
Sam Kwabena Safo Junior (born 20 September 1993), better known as Showbezzy or Showboy, is an award-winning rapper and musician from Ghana[1] and a controversial figure in the Ghanaian Music Industry. He is popularly known as one of the co-founders of AMG Record Label which produced Ghanaian sensational rapper Medikal.[2] Showbezzy is currently serving a six (6)-years-jail-term in the US for stabbing a guy known as ‘Junior’.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Showbezzy was born in Akim Oda in the Eastern Region of Ghana to Ghanaian parents, where He had his elementary education before moving to Presbyterian Senior High, Accra-Legon Accra. After his Father's death in 2015, He joined his mother who lives in Maryland, US.[4]
Music career[edit]
Showbezzy began to pursue a career in music after falling out with his best friend Criss Waddle, founder of AMG record label . He has released more than twenty (20) singles since then. He won the Ghana Entertainment Awards for the Best new act GH/USA 2018 and International Artiste of the year at the 2018 Eastern Music Awards.[5][6][7]
Controversies and Legal issues[edit]
Showbezzy is popularly known for his beef and feud with several artists from AMG records and their associates including award-winning rapper Medikal and CEO of AMG Record Label Criss Waddle, with few diss songs to his credit.[8][9][10] in 2019, Showbezzy was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault and Aggravated Battery after he stabbed a guy named Junior, a close friend of Ghana's Multi award-winning Dance hall Artist Shatta Wale, who he claimed tried to attack him inside his home in the US .[11] He was found guilty and currently serving a six (6)-years-jail-term.[12]
Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
- "Kafuii" (2018)[13]
- "Ye Blow" (2018)[14]
- "Yen Kra" (2018)[15]
- "Paapa Ye Guy" (2018)[16]
- "Sankofa"(2018)[17]
- "Abrewa Twe" (2018)[18]
- "Me wu" (2018)[19]
- "Oblaze" (2018)[20]
- "Ehuu" (2018)[21]
- "Me ye Guy" ft *"Ypee"(2018)[22]
- "Fwdg" (2018)[23]
- "Bossu" (2018)[24]
- "Wontumi Taake" ft *"Sonsono" (2018)[25]
- "Gemenekutu" (2018)[26]
- "Letter to Obidi" (2018)[27]
- "Bie mu" (2018)[28]
- "Sister Kate" (2018)[29]
Awards and nomination[edit]
Ghana Entertainment Awards[edit]
Year | Recipient/Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Himself | Best new act | Won | [30] |
Eastern Music Awards[edit]
Year | Recipient/Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Himself | International Artist of the year | Won | [31] |
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Showboy-wins-International-Artiste-of-the-year-at-the-2018-Eastern-Music-Awards-707348
- ↑ https://www.celebritiesbuzz.com.gh/showboy-biography-age-parents-hometown-wife-net-worth-career-awards-instagram-facebook-twitter-latest-songs/
- ↑ https://www.pulse.com.gh/entertainment/celebrities/showboy-handed-6-years-sentence-in-america-for-stabbing-shatta-wales-friend/y3trjev
- ↑ https://gobnewsonline.com/2019/12/15/showboy-biography-age-parents-hometown-wife-net-worth-career-awards-instagram-facebook-twitter-latest-songs/
- ↑ https://www.ghanamusic.com/lists/2018/07/03/full-list-of-winners-for-2018-ghana-entertainment-awards-usa/
- ↑ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Full-list-of-winners-at-2018-Ghana-Entertainment-Awards-665066
- ↑ https://nkpromogh.com/eastern-music-awards-2018-full-list-of-award-winners/
- ↑ https://www.ghgossip.com/marry-me-and-lets-shame-the-devil-showboy-to-sister-debbie/
- ↑ https://www.ghanamusic.com/audio/singles-audio/2017/08/01/audio-worry-criss-waddle-diss-showboy/
- ↑ https://myamoako.com/dont-accept-any-money-from-medikal-hes-a-ritualist-showboy-warns/
- ↑ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Showboy-jailed-6-years-in-US-for-stabbing-Shatta-Wale-s-friend-730568#:~:text=Former%20AMG%20member%20Sam%20Safo,%2C%20Ghbase.com%20has%20learned.
- ↑ https://yen.com.gh/124510-showboy-sentenced-6-years-prison-stabbing-shatta-wales-friend.html
- ↑ https://www.ghclick.net/showboy-kafuii-medikal-diss-prod-by-ivan-beatz/
- ↑ https://loudingh.com/show-bezzy-ye-blow-mixed-ivan-beatz/
- ↑ https://www.shazam.com/track/426308501/yen-kra
- ↑ https://www.ghanamusic.com/tag/paapa-ye-guy/
- ↑ https://www.ghanamusic.com/video/music-videos/2018/05/04/video-sankofa-by-showboy/
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/user-595319370-255009381/showboy-abrewa-tw3-prod-by-ivan-beatz
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Me-Wu-Explicit/dp/B07DHB2V4J
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Oblaze-feat-Brago-Explicit/dp/B07DH9H8YF
- ↑ https://www.deezer.com/en/track/508065082
- ↑ https://www.ghanamotion.com/ypee-miy3-guy-ft-showboy-prod-sickbeatz/
- ↑ https://www.shazam.com/track/426308492/fwdg
- ↑ https://www.shazam.com/track/426308497/bossu
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wontumi-Taake-feat-Sonsono-Explicit/dp/B07DH99RQ4
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Gemenekutu-Explicit/dp/B07DGVQXVF
- ↑ https://www.deezer.com/en/track/508065012
- ↑ https://www.amazon.es/Bie-Mu-feat-Geesus-Explicit/dp/B07DH83L7P
- ↑ https://www.shazam.com/track/426021188/sister-kate
- ↑ https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/stonebwoy-sarkodie-and-shatta-wale-scoop-top-entertainment-awards-in-us
- ↑ https://jonilar.net/2018/12/14/eastern-music-awards-full-list-of-winners/
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