I deserve to win best rapper of the year – Amerado

Rapper Amerado is confident he would win this year’s best rapper category for the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA).

He said he has worked harder than the other nominees and, therefore, deserves the title.

“Unless people say they have forgotten about what I have done. But genuinely, I did my best as a young act to hold Ghana rap down when everything was shut down during this COVID time,” he justified. “And even after that, I have proven myself. I am just hoping for the best. I am not going to say every nominee deserves it. But I am going to say Amerado deserves it.”

Born Derrick Sarfo Kantanka, Amwerado stressed that the category is for best rap performance which connotes a collective musical effort and not just about a single song.

He said despite naysaying, having the VGMA plaque is a physical representation of hard work, and he will not relent until he receives one.

“It is something I  can show to investors and sponsors as I  build my career,” he said in an interview on TV3.

He is the curator of Ghana’s first-ever newscasting rap series called Yeete Nsem.

Amerado was born and raised in Ejisu, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended KNUST Senior High School for his senior high school education.

Amerado started his career when he was discovered by Azee Ntwene in 2015 as he emerged third at the Solid FM Freestyle Show to join fellow rapper Strongman Burner at MicBurnerz Music.

He was summoned to feature on the GH Youth All-Stars hosted by Mix Master Garzy to compose the official peace song for the 2016 general elections held in Ghana.

In 2017, Amerado released his lead single “I AM”, which announced his presence in the music industry in Ghana.

The song was rated 3rd in the Top 10 Ghanaian songs of January 2017 listed by Pulse Ghana.

He released his first EP titled Rapmare under the MicBurnerz Music label in November 2017.

He was called up later in 2018 to feature on the most-talked-about hip hop song ‘Biibi Ba’ by Sarkodie. The song was nominated for the Best Hip-hop Song and Best Edited Video at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

On 1 October 2020, the founding father of the popular music genre hiplife, Reggie Rockstone, took to his Twitter page to announced Amerado as one of the best rappers to ever come from Ghana.

As part of pushing the Kumerica agenda, Amerado joined Shatta Wale and other rappers in Kumasi to release Ahodwo Las Vegas.

The song has more than 1Million views on Youtube.