Lucky Mensah It may not come as a surprise to people when Lucky Mensah says that his Brofre Nie,Abaa Nie song is not profane because we have seen and heard most of these musicians try to give all sorts of unconvincing explanations for lewd lyrics in their songs.
But one may be compelled to believe him because of the sincerity he exudes when he says that the song was directed at a friend of his who betrayed him. Hear him ?I would like to correct this assumption now. I had this friend who even though was pretending to help me was at the same time gossiping about me to people who were willing to help.?
?I did this song to dare him because he said he could do it better than I could and I wanted him to do it for everybody to see. I want everybody to listen very well to the lyrics and they will believe what I am saying,? he ended.
Going professional 11 years ago, things have not been all rosy for the 34 year-old. Having to struggle to release two previous albums Nsawa Bo Nti and Ope a Hwe in 1993 and 1996 respectively they failed to make any impact.
After that, he began writing songs for others in the industry like Oheneba Kissi and Charles Eloh.
But it was not until he wrote Me Da Ho Ma Wo, (a song that caught on well with the public) for hiplife group Abomofo that he decided to try his hands at singing again.
Even after that he still found things very difficult as he could not land a producer. Luckily for him, he met Wes Kay who he is still with and he released Agooji Baby which had the hit track Me Ne Wo Nni Asem Bia.
According to Lucky ?that album was very good and was very popular in terms of sales and airplay, but I wasn?t surprised that it was well received by the public because I had the confidence that everything would work out fine this time and it did?.
After the success and acclaim that came, he knew that he had arrived and there was no stopping him.
Then came Brofre Nie which he says was also very good in every sense even though there was a bit of public outcry over it.
After a while, he is out with his latest Adu Sumo Akwadu which has a track that is becoming a favourite Nnongbo. Its video which has been on air for a while is impressive in its simplicity and is ably directed by Abraham Ohene Djan of OM Studios.
The Gomoa Domenase native is seriously attached to someone who he is planning to marry soon and has a baby boy, Eric.
His words of advice to up and coming artistes is that ?they should seek advice from their older peers and not think that they can do it on their own because their peers have been there before and can give them much needed help,? he said.
Realising now that people are warming up to the Nnongbo video, he says there is a better video coming out of Adu Sumo Akwadu by the end of the month.