One half of music group Bradez Flowking Stone has stated that he is the originator of Afrobeats in Ghana saying they brought up the Genre in their hit single “Simple” released in 2009.
According to Flowking Stone in an interview with Kumasi-based YFM had not been their “Simple” song, there would have not been any genre like Afrobeats in the country.
Our track “Simple” is the beginning of all this new ‘Afrobeat’ sound and stuff in Ghana, he said.
Kwaku Nsia Boama Known by his stage name as Flowking Stone is one of the sensational Hip-Life rappers hailing from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, The undisputed rapper had formarly belonged to a duo team called BRADEZ BRADEZ was a Multi-talented musical duo, made up of the two blood brothers by the names of Kwaku Nsiah-Boamah (Flow King-Stone) and Kwaku Nsiah-Amankwah (Kunta Kinte)
Flow King-Stone is a BSc Bio-Chemistry graduate of KNUST (2007) and Kunta Kinte is a Social Science student of University of Ghana (Legon).
They’ve been versatile musicians who had mastered the art of rap, singing, showmanship, keyboard playing thereby had dedicated to releasing quality music to inspire and promote joy and happiness in their cherished listeners. They were hence referred to as one of the ‘Most Talented Rappers in Africa’.
Source ghpage.com