Yvonne Ohene Djan
GHANAIAN MUSIC lovers and fans of the late Daddy Lumba have taken to social media to demand recognition for sensational backing vocalist Yvonne Ohene Djan, popularly known as ‘SHE’, for her years of support to Lumba’s music career.
SHE is known to be the vocalist behind many of Daddy Lumba’s hit songs, which include the controversial 2016 New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign song “Nana Ye Winner”, “Tokrom”, “Mensei Da (Harry)”, and “Asante Nkae”, among others.
She also backed Bradez and Okyeame Kwame’s “One Gallon”, Mzbel’s “16 Years”, and Becca’s “Daa ke daa”, and has extensive catalogue of over 70 hit records.
Content Creator, Toni Wingx, in a song compilation shared on TikTok on SHE, which has since generated over a million views, has seen followers calling on stakeholders in the industry to recognise her contribution to the Ghana music industry. The video, captioned, “@SHE deserves her flower, she has worked!!! Legendary!!!” has 114.2k likes, 4,468 comments, 10.6k saved and 2,547 shared content under the post.
Azizwalawhy wrote, “If this girl did all this why wasn’t she winning the best female vocalist at the VGMA? She deserves to win that category back to back every year.”
Chibsah also wrote, “She needs to be celebrated by the Ghana music industry while she’s still alive.”
Phasial Adam Mahama mentioned, “SHE is who SHE thinks SHE is! Whaaaaaat!!! SHE, TINA these 2 there’s a number of them though!! Undisputed vocalists!!! Woow! God bless SHE! Herrrrrrr! Ghana really needs to celebrate her and her colleagues!”
Prajett stated, “But wait, how much at all was she paid that her name wasn’t on any of their songs? Because she sang a lot of verses. That recognition could have put her at a higher height by now.”
Jahbart also stated, “I mean I knew she did most of all these songs, but Mzbel’s own be discovery.”
Francis Hilarious added, “Really … She’s still de (the) legend of all backing vocalists of all time… Awwwwn, meaning she’s de dopest female artist. Argue with your phone.”
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke