Black Messiah Black Messiah was one of young poet singers of the late '90 debuting with a series of popular live performances with the Kete Warrior in UK, Europe and America.
He first adopted the approach to do reggae-ragga music when he was in primary school and later met a couple of young energetic reggae boys by name Vibration boys at a reggae show.
In the late 90s, a friend took Black Messiah to see the legendary Mac Tontoh (a great international afro music icon and a member of Osibisa Band whom he had heard of many years) who handpicked him to play Afro Jazz music with him.
He had intensive indoor training and internal touring almost throughout Ghana with Mac Tontoh and later become a young member of the Kete Warriors.
Black Messiah presented his first big show at the Pan African Festival (PANAFEST), the first African Home and Abroad Emancipation Day in 2000. They (Kete Warriors) played alongside with Sharon Karts from South Africa and the world acclaimed OSIBISA.
In 2000, Kete Warriors began the Mac Tontoh Project UK Tour 2000 which was managed and funded by Amanas Music records, and local representatives like the North-Folk Council in the UK that ended up in USA (they toured almost all the states). ?It was a nice and historic one for me because it was like a trail for me on the Mac Tontoh Project UK,? he said.
During the tour, he attended workshops with their UK partners that he met there. He also found out that musicians there took their music serious. They toured many theatres and had radio and TV interviews on BBC and World Net.
Returning from the historic and booming tour, he changed from the Ghanaian-Nigerian highlife he did to modern reggae hiplife music.
Black Messiah?s poetic nature led to the acquisition of the name - "Black Messiah" (a name given to him by a Jamaican woman who claimed he was very conscious when it comes to matters of consciousness).
A well-heard voice, Black Messiah thinks it is time to follow up with his debut album titled 'Show Me Your Love'. His debut album is set to go places and would be ranked as Black Messiah?s masterpiece. He describes the album as a fusion of Afro jazz beats and hip-hop with live instrumentation.
Black Messiah recorded with artistes like Abortion (4x4), Mad Commander and Harrison father. Reliable information reaching me is that the album is already on a quest to cross over to the international market; it also has songs like Bglen Bglen (spoilt brat), HIV (conscious message), No war, Tampico and show me your love.
His string of performances over the last few years abroad has been unprecedented in Reggae music world.
Messiah thinks musicians should introduce revolutionary lyrics into songs for the sake of the youths in our society to enlighten them on moral matters.
?We artistes stand as teachers, people listen to our songs and take advice from us, so our songs should always be positive and finally producers should do good listening so that our music can cross the borders?, he added.
Black Messiah as a young reggae artiste is modest in his achievements and gives credit and respect to his long time ?old man?, Mac Tontoh, who he cites as, 'been helpful in his life", Mr. Alex, Omega Sounds Ltd, his girlfriend in the states avital Rashmany, his producer scott Jacoby of the Maze studios in New. Black could be emailed at messiahaguze@yahoo.com or phoned on 233 24 402 7467.
