Kwesi Arthur
Hip-hop artiste Kwesi Arthur is hoisting Ghana’s flags high on the world stage with a nomination for the 2018 edition of Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.
The ‘Grind Day’ crooner has been nominated in the Viewer’s Choice Best New International Act category of the 2018 BET Awards, scheduled to take place at the Microsoft Theatre in L.A. on June 24.
The nomination comes on the heels of earlier reports that Ghana missed out in nominations for this year’s awards after it emerged that no Ghanaian artiste made it to the Best International Act category.
Kwesi Arthur’s nomination came as a surprise to Ghanaian music fans across the country.
He has been nominated alongside South African recording artiste Sjava, Nigerian songstress Niniola, among others.
Kwesi Arthur has become a household name in the Ghanaian music industry for his hit songs such as ‘Anthem’ and ‘Grind Day Remix’, among others.
‘Grind Day’ got him the hip-hop song of the year at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The next nomination at the BET is for Ghanaians to support him to win.
He was born Emmanuel Kwesi Danso Arthur Jnr. on December 18, 1994 and describes himself as a Tema boy. He started his basic school at the Good Shepherd to Sakumono Estate to Naylor SDA before Tema Secondary School (Temasco).
“My childhood was a bit challenging. When I was growing up and after SHS, I was supposed to go to GIJ but I couldn’t pay the fees so I didn’t make it. At one crazy moment, I almost became a security guard. The story is, I had bought forms to the University of Ghana but I didn’t get admission so, I was home. Now there was this guy in my hood I went to talk to and he told me about an opening as a security guard in some company and said he could link me and get me the job and that was it,” he narrated.
“My whole rap career started after listening to Drake’s ‘Thank Me Later’. Let’s say it was the stepping stone to what Kwesi Arthur is today. Big ups to Drake. Maybe I’ll get to thank him later. About Ground Up Charle, I don’t know if I should call it a movement but for me, it is more of a family,” Kwesi said about his life journey.