22Sep
Just as the Ghanaian artist Black Sherif becomes the first Ghanaian artist to reach the 100M streams milestone on Boomplay, he received the enviable Golden Club plaque from the digital music streamer. Presenting the plaque to Black Sherif, Public Relations Manager for Boomplay Ghana, Paul Azumah-Ayitey, said “For a platform that first discovered Black Sherif as a potential rising star, Boomplay is proud to see his phenomenal growth in such a short time. Boomplay’s Golden Club houses artists who have clocked and surpassed 100M streams. We are excited about the journey thus far and believe this will inspire other new and emerging Ghanaian acts to greater heights with Boomplay at their side as an enabler..
Born Mohammed Ismail Sherif, the 20-year-old talented artist released “Money”, “Cry For Me”, and “Destiny” in 2020. Later, he dropped “Money (remix)”, “Adea Kye”, and “Ankonam” which garnered huge buzz on Boomplay across several countries. The release of “First Sermon” and “Second Sermon” in 2021, would see Blacko go viral, ushering him into the mainstream limelight. Blacko earned a feature from fellow Golden Club member, Burna Boy, for the remix of Second Sermon”. This gave him a further reach across Africa and opened the floodgates for plaudits from prestigious awards
and platforms.
In a recent post, Black Sherif disclosed that there is life in his forthcoming debut album whose release date is scheduled for October 6th this year 2022. The Ghanaian Trapstar has been a center of discussion for the past year due to his consistent release of soul-soothing music, ranging from “first sermon, second sermom, Kweku the Traveller and his current track ” Soja”.
Gifted with undiluted talent, the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominee music has been a device that activates and vitalizes music listeners’ ideas, association, and information through his choice of words and experienced references. While unveiling the official cover art for the album, he mentioned emphatically that it took him everything to create the body of work, adding that it is the first thing in his life that he has given up everything for, hence, there is life in it (the album). Blacko’s story written in bright stars, the sensational talent went on to win four awards at the 2022 3Music Awards, held in March 2022, including the Boomplay Breakthrough Act of the Year category. At the same event, he debuted a spectacular performance with “Kwaku the Traveller”. The song skyrocketed him to African stardom and peaked at No.1 on both Boomplay Ghana and Nigeria charts. It currently has over 57 million streams on Boomplay.
“It took me everything to give life to this body. The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for.
There is life in this body, I hope it treats you well and speaks to you as I want it to.
My debut album, “The Villain I Never Was”
Available in all stores on October 6, 2022.
Thank you, Love you.”
From the details he shared via his official social media accounts, the album will be available for purchase and streaming on all digital music platforms on Thursday, October 6, 2022. It will also interest you to know that the album, ‘The Villain I Never Was’, contains 14 tracks which include the ‘Second Sermon’ remix featuring Burna boy, ‘Kweku The Traveller’, and ‘Soja’.
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