Ofori Amponsah is 52. Yaw Tog is 23. Between them sit most of the names that run Ghanaian music in 2026, and the ages explain a lot: why some artists sound like veterans at 25, why others are still breaking through at 30, and why the Asakaa generation now looks grown up. Here are the ages of 41 Ghanaian musicians as of 12 November 2026, from oldest to youngest, using the birth dates on their AfroYard profiles.
The elders: 40 and over
Ofori Amponsah is 52 (born 2 March 1974). He started with Daddy Lumba in 1999 and was still releasing remixes with Stonebwoy, KiDi and Kurl Songx in 2026.
Diana Hamilton is 47 (4 December 1978), and turns 48 next month. M.anifest is 43 (20 November 1982), with his 44th birthday a week away. Flowking Stone is also 43 (13 July 1983).
Ras Kuuku and Shatta Wale are both 42: Ras Kuuku was born on 23 July 1984 and Shatta Wale on 17 October 1984, less than three months apart. Sarkodie is 41 (10 July 1985).
The thirty-somethings
Efya is 39 (10 April 1987) and Stonebwoy 38 (5 March 1988). Ko-Jo Cue and Joey B are both 37. Kofi Kinaata is 36. Kelvyn Boy and Eno Barony are 35, and Eno Barony’s birthday was only two weeks ago, on 30 October.
MzVee and Takum are 34, born three days apart in June 1992. KiDi and Kofi Mole are 33.
The class of 1994 is remarkable: six artists, all 32. Camidoh (January), Medikal (April), Kay-T (May), Amaarae (July), Fameye (September) and Sista Afia (8 November, so she has just had her birthday).
Amerado, Kofi Jamar and Lyrical Joe are 31. Amerado and Kofi Jamar, both born in 1995, went to the same primary school in Kumasi. Lyrical Joe turns every birthday into a release: his 5th August series is named after it.
The thirty club
Five artists are exactly 30, all born in 1996: Wendy Shay, Cina Soul, Y Pee, Kweku Darlington and Kwesi Amewuga. Kweku Darlington and Kwesi Amewuga were born four days apart, on 17 and 21 July.
The twenty-somethings
Kuami Eugene and Okese1 are 29, born three weeks apart in February 1997. Kuami Eugene had won Album of the Year at 22 and Artiste of the Year at 23.
Essumann and Beeztrap KOTM are 27, and Gyakie is 26, turning 27 on 16 December. Kweku Flick and KOJO BLAK are 25.
Black Sherif is 24 (9 January 2002). He has two albums, a BET nomination and a Davido feature behind him already. And the youngest on our list is Yaw Tog, 23 (8 May 2003), who released “Sore” at 17.
What the numbers show
The median age on this list is 32. Ghanaian music’s centre of gravity is the class of 1994 to 1996, artists who broke through in the late 2010s and are now established. Above them, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy are all still releasing new music in 2026. Below them, the drill generation that broke in 2020 is still only in its mid-twenties, which means its best years may still be ahead.
One more: AlorG, whose new project came out in October, was 20 in March 2026. He would be the youngest on this list if we had his exact birth date.
