Michael Takyi-Frimpong (born October 11) known by the stage name Lord Paper is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian soul,

afrobeats Afrobeats (not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing), or Afro-pop or Afro-fusion (or Afropop or Afrofusion), is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially developed in Nigeria, Ghana, and ...

and hip hop musician. He is best known for his 2016 single "Awurama".

Early life

Lord Paper was born in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

but hail from ''Mampong'', a suburb of

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, a town in the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

. He completed his senior high school education at Swedru Secondary School in the year 2008 and attended

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

in 2013 for his undergraduate degree.

Music career

He entered the music scene 2010 after leaving his job as an actor in

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to pursue full-time music in Ghana (2014)). He became famous when he released his debut controversial single and video ''Awurama'' in 2016. The song has been criticised over the sexually explicit content of the music video.

Discography

''Singles''

Awards and nominations

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards

MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards

References

External links

Lord Paper
on SoundCloud {{DEFAULTSORT:Lord Paper Living people 21st-century Ghanaian male singers 21st-century Ghanaian singers 1989 births Musicians from Accra University of Ghana alumni