The Apple Music Ghana top 10 belongs to Ghanaians. On 5 November 2026, eight of its ten places were Kweku Smoke songs and another was Kofi Mole’s “Balotelli (Supa)”. The only foreign song that broke in was “IKEBE 3000” by Blaqbonez and Asake, at number eight. In Nigeria the same song sat at number four. Here is how a Nigerian rap record made the Ghana top 10, and who made it.
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Blaqbonez “IKEBE 3000”: the release
“IKEBE 3000” came out as a single on 23 September 2026 through Chocolate City Music, credited to Blaqbonez and Asake together. It runs 3 minutes and 17 seconds. Three weeks later, on 16 October, it reappeared as track four of Blaqbonez‘s 15-track album NOMADINHO: 4TH PRIME, this time listed as “IKEBE 3000 (feat. Asake)”.
The official video arrived on 1 October and had passed 3.9 million YouTube views by early November. Its description sets the scene: dancers “in bold carnival outfits”, Blaqbonez “right at home”, and Asake stepping in with what it calls “a natural bromance” between the two.
Five producers and three writers
The credits on the auto-generated YouTube upload are long for a three-minute song. The producers are Spykida, Johnson IP, JayPoppin, Ramoni and BlaiseBeatz, with JayLon on mixing and mastering. The writers are Emeka Akumefule (Blaqbonez), Ahmed Ololade (Asake) and Destiny “AttiFaya” Eghomwanre. AttiFaya is a familiar name: Blaqbonez guested on AttiFaya’s single “Shege” in June 2026.
The second Asake hit of the year
This is not the first time the pair have charted together in 2026. “Chanel“, featuring Asake, came out on 21 May. Its video description says it had more than 2.5 million views across social media before it was even released, and that Asake, an early supporter of the record, joined it as the buzz grew. The video has now passed 10 million views, Apple Music put it on its Afrobeats Hits: Best of 2026 playlist, and in early November it was still at number 27 in Ghana and 36 in Nigeria.
Asake is having a huge year of his own. He released REAL, Vol. 1 in January and M$NEY in April, and he appears on ten songs on Apple’s Best of 2026 playlist, more than anyone else. His own “Forgiveness” sat just behind “IKEBE 3000” on both charts, at number 11 in Ghana and number five in Nigeria.
The O2 Arena moment
In October the two performed “IKEBE 3000” together at the O2 Arena in London, in a clip shared by Billboard Nigeria on 16 October that described it as their “latest chart topping single”.
Why Ghana is listening
Three Blaqbonez songs were in the Apple Music Ghana top 50 in early November: “IKEBE 3000” at eight, “Chanel” at 27 and “BIG PERFORMER” at 47. That is a strong showing for a Nigerian rapper in a chart dominated by Kweku Smoke’s NO DAYS OFF.
Blaqbonez has history with Ghanaian music. Amaarae is on “Bling” from his 2021 album Sex Over Love, he was on the 2019 African remix of “Saï Saï” with Pappy Kojo, and in 2025 he joined Joey B on the Hennessy Cypher with Kabza De Small. The Asake connection does the rest: an artist with ten songs on Apple’s year-end Afrobeats list brings an audience wherever he goes.
Who Blaqbonez is
Blaqbonez is Emeka Akumefule, born on 29 January 1996, from an Igbo family in Imo State and signed to Chocolate City. He won Terry Tha Rapman’s Zombie competition at 16, beating 3,000 rappers, and in 2019 started an argument across Nigerian hip-hop by calling himself the “Best Rapper in Africa”. His albums run from Sex Over Love through Young Preacher (2022), Emeka Must Shine (2023) and No Excuses (2025) to NOMADINHO.
Where to listen
“IKEBE 3000” is on Apple Music and the other stores, and the video is on Blaqbonez’s YouTube channel. Play it next to “Chanel” and “BIG PERFORMER“, the other two songs keeping Blaqbonez in Ghana’s top 50.
