Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, King Promise is an ardent storyteller inspired by life writing about love, hustling, partying, family, and moreover an irresistible blend of afrobeats, highlife, hip hop, and R&B. Since first releasing music officially in 2017 via
\nSoundcloud, Promise\u2019s fan base quickly began to swell as word spread and a huge buzz manifested locally.<\/p>\n
Before he knew it, his career had taken off and he now counts fans in the likes of GQ, Complex, Boiler Room, BBC Radio 1, and more. Though a humble guy not bothered by numbers, he has over 35 million streams on his top 5 tracks on Spotify alone and 2.6 million followers on his socials and claims Ghana\u2019s most-streamed album of all time with his 2019 album As Promised (which saw him share tracks with Raye, Wizkid and more).<\/p>\n
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With his irresistible signature crooner lyrics and palpably warm and danceable energy, King Promise is somewhat of a hidden gem outside of West Africa.<\/p>\n
Promise hasn\u2019t always been making music though, as in classic child-of-African-parents form he was focused mainly on finishing school and securing a degree up until a few years ago which he achieved in 2017 in the midst of his ascent.<\/p>\n
Music was never the plan that was until he jumped in on an impromptu friend\u2019s studio session where his curiosity and raw talent was sparked in the booth \u2013 soon to be discovered by Killbeatz (Fuse ODG, Burna Boy, Wizkid and more). At home, though he still had a lush and diverse sonic upbringing.<\/p>\n
Enveloped in music from a young age where his \u201cmusichead\u201d father inadvertently helped shape his genre and culture-spanning tastes: immersing him in everything from reggae to R&B to boybands to Ghanaian highlife, nowadays Promise finds himself pulling from and enjoying an incredibly wide range of sounds, both in his own sonics and also during his
\ncreative process.<\/p>\n
At the moment, he\u2019s particularly feeling Ghanaian drill, the South African Amapiano scene, and collaborating with UK artists like NSG and Headie One for his own music he has coming this year.<\/p>\n
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