Black Sherif

2022 - 10 - 7

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Black Sherif drops debut album The Villain I Never Was (The FADER)

The Villain I Never Was features recent single "Kwaku The Traveller" plus the Burna Boy remix of his breakout hit "Second Sermon." Mixing afrobeats with asakaa ...

“The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for. ADVERTISEMENT 16 on [The Fader's 100 best songs of 2021](https://www.thefader.com/2021/12/16/the-100-best-songs-of-2021).

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Listen to Black Sherif's Debut Album 'The Villain I Never Was' (OkayAfrica)

Black Sherif, who was born as Mohammed Ismail Sharif Kwaku Frimpong, formally started exploring music at the age of 17 with his single "Cry For Me." This record ...

[The Irrefutable Reign Of Black Sherif - OkayAfrica ›](https://www.okayafrica.com/black-sherif-ghana-interview/) [Black Sherif 'Second Sermon (Remix)' feat. This record was quickly followed by "Money," a record that highlighted his journey as a young man who was navigating the streets of Accra. “I have loved music since I was a kid. The album is a 14-track offering that has a single feature from Nigeria's [Burna Boy](https://www.okayafrica.com/its-plenty-burna-boy-video/). There is life in this body, I hope it treats you good and speaks to you like I want it to.” “The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for.

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Meet Clementina, Black Sherif's late girlfriend who got featured on ... (Pulse Nigeria)

Black Sherif has taken the global stage with his debut album The Villain I Never Was, which is out today October 6, 2022. | Pulse Nigeria.

But in the quest to quench the curiosity of fans who have wondered who this particular lady was, pictures of the late Clementina Konadu, a former student of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School believed to be Black Sherif’s former girlfriend, have been splashed on the internet. Five years after losing his unforgettable love, Black Sherif pours out his heart in the emotional tune which highlights ‘sad Blacko’ telling a story of how his late girlfriend left without a goodbye. The twelfth track on Black Sherif’s ‘The Villian I Was' album titled, ‘Oh Paradise’, captures a painful period in the musician’s past where death laid its icy hands on his lover.

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Listen To Black Sherif's Debut Album 'The Villian I Never Was ... (grmdaily.com)

Arriving following lead single “Soja”, the 14-track project includes his huge singles “Kwaku The Traveller” and “Second Sermon”. The project showcases his ...

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Social media users impressed with Black Sherif's 'The Villain I Never ... (Myjoyonline.com)

On Thursday, rapper Black Sherif released his much-anticipated debut album 'The Villain I Never Was'.

Blacko to the whole ewiase [https://t.co/GBDFOkfHHE] [October 6, 2022] That Tina girl Blacko dey talk about was her girlfriend but she died too. I feel the soul. I have played it all bro. Most often, I see comments from people claiming they don’t listen to a certain musician or song because they can’t connect with its sounds.— Church Bell (@otis_yaw) I love Don’t forget me, Oh Paradise and oil on my head— Elvis Semenya (@eukito9) Aside KTT, second sermon remix, and soja, I guarantee extra 4 hit songs on that album. This is your fault Black Sherif.— Maame Ama Adoma (@MaameAmaAdoma) My fave tracks aside the pre-released are, Toxic Love City, Homeless Song, Oil in my head and Prey da youngsta. Writing nice songs at the age of 20 is something marvelous . The villain I never was.— Certified Damu (@UncertainedDamu) Black sheriff never fails.

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Black Sherif: Rapper Sings For His 1st Girlfriend In Oh Paradise ... (YEN.COM.GH)

Black Sherif's maiden album, The Villain I Never Was, has been released. It features Oh Paradise, a song he did for his late SHS girlfriend, ...

I suffered to get mine but she left me like a train," parts of his lyric translate. Starting the song, Blacko lamented why Tina had left him alone and gone to be with her maker. He cried out that their wedding could not come off as they had planned as young lovers. Heartbreaking: The sad story of how Black Sherif's pretty 1st girlfriend died in 2017 and broke his heart - The rapper dedicated Oh Paradise, one of the songs on the 14-track album to the memory of his high school girlfriend, Clementina Konadu, who passed away in 2017 Black Sherif: Rapper Sings For His 1st Girlfriend In Oh Paradise, Shares Sad Story Of How She Broke His Heart

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Ghana: Black Sherif shares new album The Villain I Never Was (Music In Africa)

Ghanaian hip hop artist Black Sherif today released his debut album The Villain I Never Was. The 14-tracker, published by Blacko Management/Empire, ...

The artist has currently surpassed 100 million streams on the Africa-facing DSP. [Black Sherif](https://www.musicinafrica.net/node/218858) today released his debut album The Villain I Never Was. “The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for. Thematically, the project addresses a myriad of issues, including spirituality, love and loss, courage and life in the fast lane. [2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards](https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/vodafone-ghana-music-awards-2022-all-winners) and a four-time winner of the [2022 3Music Awards](https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/3music-awards-2022-kidi-edges-black-sherif-win-top-honour). This caps an impressive couple of years for the artist that has seen him serve up runaway hits like ‘Second Sermon’ and ‘Kwaku The Traveller’.

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Black Sherif: More Photos, Details Of Rapper's Late 1st Girlfriend ... (YEN.COM.GH)

Black Sherif's album The Villain I Never Was contains Oh Paradise, a song dedicated to his late girlfriend, Clementina Konadu. See photos and details of ...

The deceased girlfriend of Black Sherif was officially known as Clementina Konadu. She was actually a mate of Blacko. Black Sherif's first love passed away on December 5, 2017. [Black Sherif was given a rousing welcome](https://yen.com.gh/entertainment/celebrities/218242-black-sherif-visits-nima-villain-i-album-release-massive-video/) as he visited Nima, one of the popular zongo suburbs in [Accra](https://yen.com.gh/tag/accra/). She was in form two (2C1). - Out of the 14 tracks on the album, one song titled Oh Paradise was dedicated to Black Sherif's SHS girlfriend who passed away in school

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Black Sherif: The Sad Story Of How Rapper's 1st Girlfriend Died In ... (YEN.COM.GH)

Black Sherif's has released his first album The Villian I Never Was on which he sang Oh Paradise for his late girlfriend, Clementina Konadu.

She was in the first term of her second year in senior high school. The deaths started in April and raged on for months claiming the lives of 11 students in total while many others got hospitalised. A solemn burial ceremony was held at Krofrom in Kumasi before her burial. New feature: Сheck out news that is picked for YOU ➡️ find “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! A student of Kumasi Academy, Clementina was a mate of Black Sherif. Black Sherif: The Sad Story Of How Rapper's 1st Girlfriend Died In SHS In 2017

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New Music Friday: Latest music releases from Joeboy, Blaqbonez ... (Pulse Nigeria)

Joeboy and Blaqbonez continue their singles run ahead of his new album. KeyQaads rising star, Kaestyle drops debut project while Tekno drops new single.

Joeboy and Blaqbonez continue their singles run ahead of his new album. We also got new singles from Tekno, Jamopyper and others. New Music Friday: Latest music releases from Joeboy, Blaqbonez, Tekno, Black Sherif and others

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Ghanaian musician Black Sherif sings for late girlfriend in debut album (Vanguard)

Ghanaian musician, Mohammed Ismail Sharif popularly as Black Sherif released his debut album 'The Villain I Never Was' on Thursday.

Konadu was part of the two students who lost her life at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hospital after the incident. It can be recalled that sometime in 2017, it was reported that two first-year students of the Kumasi Academy SHS died following an outbreak of swine flu. The report said the obituary pictures of the Konadu who was 17-year-old when she met her demise have been the talking points on the internet.

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Black Sherif didn't lose BET, his nomination is a win – Reggie ... (Myjoyonline.com)

Hiplife grandpapa Reggie Rockstone says he disagrees with the reports that see Black Sherif's failure to grab the 2022 BET Best International Flow award as ...

10 hours 9 hours 8 hours “The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for. 7 hours He was nominated in the coveted Best International Flow category with stiff competition from UK’s Knucks, South Africa’s Blxckie, France’s Benjamin Epps and five others. 6 hours That is why it’s difficult to tell the difference between Ghanaian musicians and Nigerian artistes. “It’s very hard right now not to be influenced by what is going on around you. Everyone is doing Afrobeats, and he went the other way. He has won.” He won.

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Black Sherif is Bob Marley incarnated - Sonnie Badu (GhanaWeb)

Twenty-year-old Ghanaian rapper, Black Sherif, also known as Blacko has won the heart of gospel singer and preacher, Sonnie Badu, who has commended the ...

[Sonnie Badu](/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=1261) added: "This new album solidifies the fact that - he will be one of the Giants of African music. And he will surely win some #Grammys for Ghana .. [Sonnie Badu](/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=1261), who has commended the young champ for his hard work and rise in the local industry.

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Black Sherif Dedicates His Debut Album To His Late Girlfriend (Guardian)

Ghanaian musician Black Sherif has debuted his new album "The Villain I Never Was. It describes the losong of his late girlfriend.

The singer whose song Kweku The Traveller is currently trending has been accused of abandoning Shadrach Agyei Owusu after he invested in his career. Apple will finally release Will Smith's next major film, "Emancipation," this December after holding it in limbo in the wake of his Academy Awards slap of Chris Rock. A childhood classic now turned into a film musical musical version "Matilda" opened the London Film Festival with line up of actors such as Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch. Since slapping Chris Rock in front of a live audience at the 94th Academy Awards,… Whoopi Goldberg is clearing the air after a review of her most recent movie, "Till," implied that Goldberg was filming while wearing a fat costume. Mavin records Ayra Starr still basking in the glory of the success of her hit song 'Rush' revealed on Twitter tips she had used in performances before she became well-known. Mike O'Neill, president and CEO of BMI, and Shirin Foroutan, vice president of creative for BMI Europe, presided over the ceremony. Peng Man is the New Kid on the block of Hype. Tems makes it one of the top winners of this year's BMI Awards in London. The highly talented Nigerian Afro-pop artiste, Ajayi Solomon, better known as Specdo, has returned to the music scene with a master of all hit albums, the NFT Album. Black Sherif, a generally known Ghanaian musician, debuted with his album "The Villain I Never Was." The 12th tune, "Oh Paradise," by Black Sherif, however, describes the agonizing sorrow of losing his late girlfriend.

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Black Sherif: Bulldog Predicts 'The Villain I Never Was' Will ... (YEN.COM.GH)

Bulldog has stated that Black Sherif's debut album "The Villian I Never Was" will surpass Sarkodie and Shatta Wale's upcoming albums in terms of ...

[72 million streams on Audiomack](https://twitter.com/Charts_Ghana/status/1577961379138527232?t=5ATSgz4Uq6tNAI45-yc9kA&s=19). The song Oh Paradise was dedicated to his high school girlfriend, Clementina Konadu. Bulldog added that it would take a miracle for Sarkodie and Shatta Wale's projects to outperform Black Sherif. If you look at the numbers, Black Sherif has a label, they don't. [dedicated one of the songs ](https://yen.com.gh/entertainment/music/218293-black-sherif-rapper-sings-1st-girlfriend-paradise-shares-sad-story-how-broke-heart/)on his debut album, The Villain I Never Was, to his first love. Black Sherif will do better than all of them.

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Black Sheriff speaks on being a villain and going solo on his debut ... (Pulse Nigeria)

Fast-rising Ghanaian rapper Black Sheriff has released his debut album The Villain I Never Was and in an interview with Dada Boy Ehiz on Apple Music Africa ...

I want people to know my perspectives on life, to actually brief them on what I know, what I’ve seen, what I believe in and how I’m doing. "I really needed to know myself and explore everything in me before I can start sharing out for people to help me tell my story. I feel like I’m fighting myself, and I’m a human, I need to feel like that sometimes.

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I think Black Sherif is Bob Marley reincarnate - Sonnie Badu ... (Myjoyonline.com)

Gospel musician Sonnie Badu is pleased with the work rapper Black Sherif did on his debut album 'The Villain I Never Was'.

10 hours 4 hours 8 hours 7 hours “The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for. 3 hours 5 hours 2 hours There is life in this body, I hope it treats you good and speaks to you like I want it to,” he earlier wrote in a social media post.

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[Album] Black Sherif – The Villain I Never Was (Song) | Dmartpreneur (Dmartpreneur)

On his debut album, Ghanaian rapper Black Sherif extends the raw delivery and the overcoming-self-sabotage philosophy he introduced on singles like 'Kwaku The ...

[Go to Source](https://tooxclusive.com/download-mp3/black-sherif-the-villain-i-never-was-album/) “Even outside, with things that happen to me, and situations that I’ve been through, I’ve always been the villain in my own head. Centred on making sense of a hard life, “The Villain I Never Was” plays like a collection of Sherif’s personal affirmations, ones he uses both to battle inner demons and fuel his ambitions.

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Black Sherif is Bob Marley incarnate – Sonnie Badu reacts to ... (Pulse Ghana)

Ghanaian-UK-based gospel artist and philanthropist Sonnie Badu has lavished praises on Black Sherif following the release of his new album. | Pulse Ghana.

“This new album solidifies the fact that – he will be one of the Giants of African music. And he will surely win some #Grammys for Ghana .. Sonnie Badu took to his official social media account to express to speak how talented Black Sherif is, stating emphatically that Black Sherif is the second coming of Bob Marley in our time.

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Black Sherif's 'Oh Paradise' about late girlfriend gets fans emotional ... (Myjoyonline.com)

Rapper Black Sherif released his debut album on Thursday to critical acclaim. The songs touch on a variety of topics.

Love you 5Ever [#Adam] [pic.twitter.com/TlPxPWa2VA] [October 6, 2022] PICTURES SHOW CLEAR ANYTIME I LISTEN TO THE SONG AND BIG SHOUTOUTS TO— VAWULENCE ONLY (@VAWULENCEONLY) E be memorial song to someone Blacko truly loved who has passed on. This be ayie nnwom. I wish he lived longer or I was born earlier. Never say men are trash is your taste of men that is trash. I felt his pain tbh.— Devilinwhite (@righteousdevil_) [#TheVillainINeverWas]really got me Missing you so much Akua. [October 6, 2022] Look at the words he poured on the Oh Paradise song. Many of them have been recounting their experiences of losing loved ones. This sent many looking for answers.

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5 albums to discover this week (Pan African Music)

20-year-old Konongo rapper Black Sherif releases a highly anticipated first album, The Villain I Never Was. This project drops after an impressive run of hits, ...

[here](https://hagan.bandcamp.com/album/textures). [Hagan](https://pan-african-music.com/en/hagan-interview/) grew up on the voices of [highlife](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tag/highlife/) legends [Pat Thomas ](https://pan-african-music.com/en/pat-thomas-the-tireless-golden-voice-of-highlife/)and Edo Taylor, and Ghanaian gospel resonating in church. [here](https://sunrastrut.bandcamp.com/album/living-sky). [Sun Ra Arkestra](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tag/sun-ra-arkestra/) marked a prolific return: [Swirling](https://pan-african-music.com/en/arkestra-sun-ra-whirlwind-is-still-here/), the Outros Espaço project with Brazilian act Rodrigo Brandão and a [ joint album with Egyptian percussionist Salah Ragab](https://pan-african-music.com/en/sun-ra-arkestra-cairo-jazz-band/). With this new project Living Sky, the Arkestra pays homage to its founder [Sun Ra](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tag/sun-ra/), as well as [Pharoah Sanders](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tag/pharoah-sanders/). [here](https://music.empi.re/thevillainineverwas). Hagan told [PAM](https://pan-african-music.com/en/hagan-interview/) the origins of the third song “Royal Jama” : “if you watch the Ghanaian football team you will see that before they play they come together and they play rhythms to kind of hype themselves up. The single preceding her new album “Capricorn Sun” featured the songbird of Wassulu [Oumou Sangaré.](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tag/oumou-sangare/) This project is a cohesive collection of uptempo sounds like “Power” and melancholic, nostalgia-inducing songs that feel like a 2000’s drama soundtrack in the best way possible. [Black Sherif](https://pan-african-music.com/en/black-sherif-interview/) releases a highly anticipated first album, The Villain I Never Was. [TSHA](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tsha-capricorn-sun/) has been turning big heads from Annie Mac and Bonobo to The Gorillaz breaking through with a string of singles in 2019 and 2020 like the deep house “Sister” or the poppier “OnlyL” featuring NIMMO. TSHA quickly began to incorporate sounds from the African continent in her work, at first seduced by [Queen B](https://pan-african-music.com/en/tag/beyonce/)’s The Lion King: The Gift original soundtrack, and taking a peculiar interest in Malian music. They sing in French, English, and the local languages of Benin, more specifically their native city Natitingou.

DOWNLOAD: Black Sherif honours late girlfriend in debut album 'The Villain I Never Was' (TheCable Lifestyle -)

Mohammed Ismail Sherif, the fast-rising Ghanaian singer better known as Black Sherif, has dropped 'The Villain I Never Was', his debut album. Advertisement. The body of work contains 14 tracks, including 'Soja', 'Kwaku The Traveler', 'The Homeless ...

“I really need to know myself and explore everything in me before I can start sharing it with people to help me tell my story. I went deeper, I talked about my perspectives on love and things and my experiences. I talked about my external battles, my internal ones, how I cope and how I’m doing,” he said while speaking on Apple Music Africa Now Radio shortly after the album release. All the plans I shared with you, don’t forget them.” “So, in the chorus, I’m telling her, ‘Tell me how it is in paradise,’ because I believe she’s there. ‘Tell me how it is in paradise, and when you are there, don’t forget I’m home.

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Incredible Black Sherif will be an African giant, he will win Grammys ... (Pulse Ghana)

Prophet Sonnie Badu has seen the legendary Bob Marley in Black Sherif. | Pulse Ghana.

He continued that "This new album solidifies the fact that - he will be one of the Giants of African music. ‘The Villian I Never Was’ album in less than 24 hours of its release surpassed 70 million views on streaming and audio discovery platform, Audiomack. His song writting abilities are just incredible".

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