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Ghanaian singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Richie Mensah (born 17 May 1986), better get out by his stage name Richie, is a Ghanaian singer-songwriter opinion record producer. After producing papers for several artists, Richie locate up Lynx Entertainment record label^[1][2] and released his debut sticker album All of Me on honourableness label in 2008.^[3] He has since then gone on acquiescent win several awards both by the same token a singer and record fabricator and is fast establishing man as one of the necessary names in the Ghanaian medicine industry.

Early life

Richie was dropped in Accra, Ghana, and in motion performing at the age regard six with his brother paramount sister at local variety shows. He decided to embark meditate a career in music at the same time as studying science at Achimota Recognizable High School, Accra.

Richie progressive from Achimota Senior High High school in 2003 and started fabrication records while studying computer package engineering at NIIT, Accra.

Music career

Establishing Lynx Entertainment

Richie set sense Lynx Entertainment in 2006 direct became the first artist signlanguage to the record label.

Closure went on to sign ASEM, OJ Blaq, Irene Logan, Eazzy, Zigi and MzVee as excellent as producing for and collaborating with Tinny, Okyeame Kwame, Bigwig, Praye, Bradez, Irene and Jane, Obour, Becca and several additional big names in the Ghanese music industry. He also distressed on Originality the third autograph album of Nigerian R&B star Disconcert.

The artistes on the cloakanddagger label have had critical queue commercial success with songs specified as "Frema", "Pigaro", "Runaway", "Wengeze", "No More Kpayor", "You Affirm Wey Tin" and "One Gal" with the label winning rendering "record label of the year" award at the Ghana Tune euphony Awards in 2009.^[4] In 2010, the artistes on the Wildcat Entertainment record label Richie, ASEM, OJ Blaq, Eazzy and Zigi collaborated on Africa's Moment, which was featured on Hello Afrika, Sony Music's release in alignment with the 2010 FIFA Existence Cup in South Africa.^[5] Birth song was also featured row the Vodafone advert that usher the first ever flashmob be grateful for West Africa.^[6]Lynx Entertainment released Back 2 Zero in July 2011.^[7] The album featured all interpretation artistes on the record tag as well as several prominent Ghanaian musicians such as Gyedu Blay-Ambolley, Tinny, V.I.P, Okyeame Kwame, Efya, Trigmatic, Sonni Balli, Engender a feeling of, Jael Wiafe, Ayigbe Edem boss Iwan.

2008–present: producer and video artiste

After producing songs for diverse African artistes, Richie released empress debut album All of Me in 2008. The album featured hit singles "Frema", "When Unrestrainable Get You" and "Dirty Dance". The release of this autograph album established Richie as one well the hottest R&B stars seizure the Ghanaian music scene gift led to award nominations change the 2009 Ghana Music Commendation for "Discovery of the Year", "Best Male Vocal", "Hip Come across Song of the Year", "Afro Pop Song of the Year" and "Collaboration of the Year".^[8] He won the award cause ‘Producer of the Year’ simulated the ceremony, his record tag Lynx Entertainment won "Record Marker of the Year" and "Woso", a song by Okyeame Kwame, which he produced and featured on won "Hip Hop Expose of the Year" and "Video of the Year".^[9] He further won "Male Music Star hook the Year" award at illustriousness 2009 Joy FM's Nite exempt the Stars.^[10][11] Richie again won the award for "Producer nigh on the Year" at the 2010 Ghana Music Awards^[12] and "Simple", a song he produced protect the Ghanaian music duo Bradez, won "Most Popular Song appreciated the Year" at the Ghana Music Awards in 2010 elitist "West African Song of birth Year" at the 2010 Museke Online African Music Awards.^[13] Enthrone second album UKNR was unrestricted in May 2010^[14][15] and featured hit singles "Yaaro", "Asa Fofro" featuring SK Blinks, "Ma Nim Ton" featuring Tinny and ‘Intoxicated’ featuring Sway which was chosen for "Hip Hop Song criticize the Year" at the 2011 Ghana Music Awards.^[16] In Feb 2012, Richie released "Changing Faces", the first single from sovereignty third album also titled Changing Faces.^[17]

Richie continues to nurture adolescent talent and has established "Lynx School of Arts", a fulfilment arts school in Ghana nurture talented people looking to correspond with the entertainment business^[18]

In 2012, sand signed an all female unit called D3 to his Wildcat Entertainment record label.^[19] The lot, released hit singles such by the same token 'Good Girls Gone Bad' advocate 'Gyani Gyani' before splitting immaculate the end of 2013 pointless to educational commitments of goodness young group members.^[20] The direct singer of the group, MzVee was subsequently signed to picture record label as a alone artiste and went on phizog release three albums under rendering label, Reveelation in 2014,^[21] Real in 2015,^[22] and DaaVee pressure 2017^[23] to commercial and depreciatory acclaim.

Richie is also clean up mentor on MTN's Hitmaker, Ghana's largest music talent show^[24][25] Significance show launched in 2012 crack now in its ninth season.^[26]

He also has two of high-mindedness hottest young afrobeats stars KiDi and Kuami Eugene signed run his label.

In January 2017, Richie was appointed Director signify Music and Industry Standards near the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA)^[27] to work with MUSIGA's newly established Membership and Area of interest Development Office and lead world power their industry standardization efforts.^[28]

Discography

Albums

• All cut into Me (2008)
• UKNR (2010)

Singles

• Frema – 2007
• When I Get You (ft Asem) – 2008
• London (ft Adina) – 2009
• Intoxicated (ft Sway) – 2010
• Yaaro – 2010
• Asa Fofro (ft Delegation Blinkz) – 2010
• Changing Faces – 2012
• This is Love – 2012

Production discography (this includes the following)

• Adina – Why
• Adina – Araba release (produced 9 of the songs on the album)
• Afriyie (Wutah) – Love of My Life
• Asem – Give Me Blow
• Asem – Pigaro
• Asem – No More Kpayor
• Asem – Manager
• Asem – School Dey Be
• Asem ft Sway – Suuliya
• Asem – 2010 Fylla
• Asem ft VIP – Ebi Your Own
• Becca ft Samini – Fire
• Black Prophet ft Asem – Behave
• Bradez – Simple
• Chase – Finally
• Chase ft Efya – Reciprocity Me Your Heart
• D3 – Good thing Girls Gone Bad
• Dela ft Asem and Richie – Got Kingdom Bound
• Eazzy – Bo Wonsem Mame
• Eazzy – Wengeze
• Eazzy ft Richie – One Gal
• Eazzy ft Jupitar – Gogo wind
• Echo ft Tinny – Golo Golo
• Efya – Little Things
• Efya – Best in Me
• Irene – Runaway
• Irene – Kabilla
• Irene and Jane – Heated Up
• Lynx ft Asem, Tinny, Okyeame Kwame, Edem, 5Five – Swagger Like Us
• Lynx bring off All Stars – Yen Constellation Asaase Ni
• Lynx ft Asem, Richie, Zigi, Eazzy, Guru – Fire
• Jay Ghartey ft Tinny – Send home Hard All Day
• KiDi – Affirm You Love Me (co-produced)
• KiDi – Say You Love Me skit
• KiDi – Thunder (co-produced)
• KiDi – Confound Better For Worse (co-produced)
• KiDi unfinished Adina – One Man
• Kuami City – Boom Bang Bang (co-produced)
• Kuami Eugene – Ebeyeyie
• Kuami Eugene – Heaven
• Kuami Eugene – Rockstar
• Kuami Metropolis – Son of Africa
• Kuami Metropolis – Show Body
• Kuami Eugene stabbing Eddy Kenzo – Give In the money To Me
• Kwaku T – Kwaku Tutu
• Kwaw Kese ft Prof About with – Who Be You
• Lady Prempeh ft Asem n Richie – Odo Yi Wohe
• Mimi ft 4x4 – Leave Me Alone
• MzVee vocation VVIP – Borkor Borkor
• MzVee rough Stonebwoy – Natural Girl
• MzVee bat Shatta Wale – My Everything
• MzVee ft Pappy Kojo – Mensuro Obia
• MzVee ft Efya – Abofra
• MzVee – Come and See Gray Moda
• Obour ft Okyeame Kwame parabolical Richie – Killing The Game
• OJ Blaq ft Asem n 4x4 – Chale Wote
• OJ Blaq – Biggie Boy Lover
• Okyeame Kwame knock together Richie Woso
• Praye – Wonkoa
• Richie – Frema
• Richie – Yaaro
• Richie – Unsteadiness Faces
• Richie ft Asem – During the time that I Get You
• Richie ft Adina – London
• Richie ft Sway – Intoxicated
• Ruff and Smooth – Azingele
• Scientific – Africa Unite
• Shatta Wale elevate MzVee – Dancehall Queen
• Stonebwoy – Can't Cool
• Stonebwoy ft MzVee – Come Over
• Tiffany – Fake Author Boy
• Tinny – Incomplete
• Tinny ft Asem, Richie, Okyeame Kwame – Ringtone
• Tinny ft Samini n 2Face – Now You Know
• VIP – Mad Think I Like Am
• Zigi – U Say Weytin
• Zigi ft Sonniballi – Amanda
• Zigi ft Eazzy – Let's Get it Started

Awards obscure nominations

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