Nana NYC Black or white American. Ghana’s talented hitmaker who also doubles as an award-winning Television Producer, Artist, and Entertainer based in New York unlocks this brand new Hit tune which is titled “Black or white American”. Black Lives Matter
For the past 20 years, Ghanaians in the United States have really made noise about Ghanaian entertainment ranging from Music to Soccer, specifically when Ghana and the USA met up in the FIFA World Cup.
If you know nothing about Ghanaians in the USA, I am sure you have come across the name Nana NYC. Nana NYC is a Ghanaian entertainer from the Eastern Region who’ve set a few records moving as an independent artist/record label in New York City. Nana NYC really got his first notoriety when he was featured on SOUL OF AFRICA, a Television show that aired Saturdays on BET JAZZ back in 2008.
His music video to a single off his demo mixtape called “OH NANA” was spotted on the network years when most people probably didn’t take African music seriously. After being featured on the network, Nana NYC decided to learn how to market himself in order to appeal to more promoters who would eventually book him for shows. Working with the likes of Boogie Down Nima Productions and a few Production houses abroad, Nana NYC eventually got into organizing and promoting events himself. While doing promotion he was still in the Recording studio recording music, although he states that he didn’t have any immediate plans of dropping an album. Forward to 2019 and Nana NYC has released his debut album AFROKING OF HIP HOP.
NANA NYC wins ’19-dikoder.com
The album has 23 songs on it. With production from Dikoder, Oz Tribeca, J Muse, Flonyce just to mention a few, the album was released July 27th, 2018 and has been doing very well especially on Apple Music. With diverse songs and instrumentals, the album has its own lane. The Ghana Entertainment Awards USA is an event put together to celebrate Ghanaians in the entertainment business both Ghana and in the diaspora. Nana NYC was nominated in 2 categories(Best US Act & Best US Album).
He walked away with the Best US Album award and his supporters were ecstatic. You can check out his debut album AFROKING OF HIP HOP on iTunes, Apple Music, TIDAL, Spotify, Google Play, and any online music platform. The easiest way to access the album if you don’t use any of the paid services is YouTube under the same name.