Words By Phil Chard

Last week Ghanaian artist Kweiks walked away from the 4 man battle royal to be the winner of our Twitter poll that secured him an interview on our #FFeatureFridays series. I called up the Accra based rapper to discuss his burgeoning career, recovering from a serious accident, working with Edem and how he manages to fuse 5 languages into into his music.

Who is Kweiks and when did he start making music?

Kwiks is one individual who works with one of the biggest youth creative agencies in Ghana right now, however I started doing music way back. I just had to pause at a point so I could be in school for a while and I just jumped back into the game. Kweiks is signed to Gab Music. I have a few singles out and I put the latest one out last week [Doto] and it's been making waves.

Who else is on Gabs Music besides you?

Currently it's me and another artist named Jackie Morris she is a very great singer. She’s amazing.

The first time I really got introduced to your music was Whisper In Your Ear with Wanlov. Had you been making for a long time before that release? 

I have been making music for a long time, I have a number of stuff out. Officially this will be my fourth release. Prior to Whisper In Your Ear I had one high life release titled Ankwandobi after that came Whisper In Your Ear then Kweku Sekyi then this current one called Doto. The issue with the space between Kweku Sekyi and Whisper In Your Ear was that 4 hours after releasing Whisper In Your Ear I was involved in a car accident that took me out for a year, so Kweku Sekyi was my comeback single 

How bad was this accident?

I suffered a left humeral fracture. I was in hospital for a while. I had to undergo a some surgery to fix the broken bones. I've been to and fro [from] therapy and it's been great so far.

We're glad you made it out. In terms of videos what can we expect from you? I’m pretty sure Doto is going to get a video since you are pushing it right now.

We have plans of shooting a video very soon [for doto]. Hopefully we might shoot the video in South Africa somewhere in October and September and hopefully we can shoot for all the videos for Doto, Kweku Sekyi and Whisper In Your Ear

What's the Hip Hop scene in Accra like right now?

For the past few weeks it has shot up drastically.  It's Amazing how many people have gotten involved in the whole Hip Hop thing because there was a feud between the top artists like Sarkodie, M.anifest and E.L. It became the talk of town, they took to radio and TV and everyone was talking about them. It has actually brought some focus onto the Hip Hop scene because it was one genre that people really weren't paying attention to because they felt it's foreign. They would rather vibe to something they can dance to [rather] than a Hip hop tune. I think gradually everyone is just accepting it and it's a good feeling knowing that the work that we are putting in wouldn't go to waste. It's something we can be thankful for. 

That's surprising considering what I've heard from other artists in Ghana. It's always interesting when you listen to another point of view. Are you planning on releasing a project anytime soon ? 

I'm actually planning on releasing an EP titled Kweku Sekyi. It will probably have 10 to 12 or 14 new songs. I have a lot of songs lined up, I just needed to drop the singles to inform people that I have something really awesome for them. I chose that strategy because I need people to understand my versatility. So the first single was a high life song, the next was a slow tempo club tune, then I put out a Hip hop song.. I chose to do that so people can know that the package I'm bringing out isn't just like ordinary they've been listening to all the time. I fuse 4 different Ghanaian languages onto my songs in addition to the English that I do. I try to diversify what I do so every Ghanaian out there understand something in what I do.

@KweiksLive