{"id":29950,"date":"2018-04-17T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=29950"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:51:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:51:54","slug":"29950-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/29950-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want To Sign Deon Boakye Onto Highgrade Music &#8211; Samini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High-Grade Family Head Samini, has made known his intention of signing Deon onto his record label.<\/p>\n<p>During his performance at the 19th\u00a0edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Samini paused to introduce singer Deon Boakye as Ghana\u2019s next big star.<\/p>\n<p>That was when he made public his intention to sign the singer onto the Highgrade Family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29978\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Samini-n-Deon-Boakye.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Samini-n-Deon-Boakye-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Samini-n-Deon-Boakye-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Samini-n-Deon-Boakye.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deon Boakye and Samini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Samini, born Emmanuel Andrews Samini is the CEO of the Highgrade Music Label. The label has nurtured great artistes such as Kaakie, Stonebwoy, Kofi Kinaata among others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3457\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/Samini-sweet-girls-download-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/Samini-sweet-girls-download-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/Samini-sweet-girls-download-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/Samini-sweet-girls-download-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/Samini-sweet-girls-download-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/Samini-sweet-girls-download-1.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Deon Boakye born Gideon Adade Boakye\u00a0is a Ghanaian Afro-Pop singer, songwriter and graphic designer.<\/p>\n<p>He has been in the industry for a while now and his talent is nothing new to Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29976\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Deon-Boakye.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Deon-Boakye-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deon Boakye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, he was nominated for Unsung Artiste category in 2017. Aside this, the singer has worked with the likes of Yaa Pono, Strongman, Kofi Kinaata, Medikal, Ko-Jo Cue among other influential names in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to the official outdooring of Deon Boakye as HiGrade\u2019s newborn for the world to witness his super talent.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-Grade Family Head Samini, has made known his intention of signing Deon onto his record label. During his performance at the 19th\u00a0edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Samini paused to introduce singer Deon Boakye as Ghana\u2019s next big star. 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