American-based Ghanaian music producer, Edgar Panford, better known as Nabeyin, has revealed how he got introduced to the hip hop music genre
Describing the introduction to the popular music genre as “accidental”, the music genius revealed that he was only 8 years old.
“I was about 8 when I accidentally discovered that hip-hop was a song by Buster Rhymes titled “Wooha got you all in check”. From that moment, I became the biggest fan of hip-hop”, he said to Kokonsa Kester on Y 107.9 FM during the #YoungNGettinIt segment on the ‘Weekend Rush’ show.
Nebeyin also revealed that prior to the accidental discovery of hip hop, his Ghanaian parents restricted him from listening to anything hip pop and only listened to highlife and gospel music.
“My parents did not let me listen to hip-hop at all or rap at all. My first memory of music was Michael Jackson and the Jackson fire. I listened to that and a lot of the Motown artistes, my parents also loved listening to highlife music and gospel music a lot”, he said.
Nabeyin is currently one of the most sought-after hip-hop music producers in the United States and across the globe. He has worked and produced songs for some of the top hip-hop acts in the United States including multiple Grammy award winners Lil Nas X, Drake and Kanye West. He recently worked with Kanye West and produced his 13th song ‘Heaven and Hell’ on his DONDA album released in 2021.
Nabeyin is currently in Ghana for some holidays. He is open to working with some Ghanaian artistes.
By: Caleb Asante Annor
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