Kweku Smoke
GHANAIAN RAP artiste, Kweku Smoke, has vowed to pay the school fees of three brilliant but needy students of Accra Technical University (ATU), as his charitable acts for fans supporting his craft.
Performing at the just ended ATU Akwaaba night on campus, Kweku Smoke expressed gratitude to the students’ community, emphasising that their support over the years have projected his craft as one of the most sought-after rap artistes.
“If not you, my fans, my mom will starve; if not you people streaming my music, I’m grateful. I am forever ready to support any youth empowerment programmes the university community will undertake.
“I will engage with the SRC president for him to give me about three needy students for me to pay their school bills for them, so in the near future they can remember my good works,” he added.
Kweku Smoke, is known for supporting students’ initiatives. It would be recalled that he supported one Osman Awudu Abu, a final-year BA History student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), by paying the full GH¢66,000 needed for his urgent spinal surgery.
Osman needed the surgery to prevent permanent nerve damage and potential loss of mobility. The rapper responded to an appeal made by Reginald Jojo Gwira, an Engineering student at KNUST, on Twitter, saying, “I will pay it “. This generous act has earned Kweku Smoke widespread admiration on social media, with many praising him for using his platform to make a difference.
Emerging in 2019, he quickly gained attention with hits like ‘Yedin’ (featuring Sarkodie), and is recognised for his contributions to contemporary Ghanaian hip-hop as well as winning awards like Best Rap Performance.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke