Ghana’s footballers danced to Kofi Kinaata’s “Confession” after scoring at AFCON 2017. A Black Stars coach named it his favourite song. Kweku Flick and Smallgod made a supporters’ anthem for the 2022 World Cup, and Medikal played in the Ghana Premier League before he ever rapped. Ghanaian music and the Black Stars have been tangled together for years. Here are eight moments where football and Ghanaian music met.
1. The “Confession” dance at AFCON 2017
Kofi Kinaata‘s “Confession” (2016) was already a national hit when Ghana’s players took it to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Black Stars players did the “Confession dance” in their goal celebrations, which spread the song even further.
2. Avram Grant’s favourite song
In his last interview before he left the job as Black Stars coach, Avram Grant told Bola Ray on Starr Chat that “Confession” was his favourite song, according to Wikipedia.
3. Kweku Flick and Smallgod’s “Blackstars” (2022)
Before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Kweku Flick teamed up with Smallgod on “Blackstars”, a supporters’ song for Ghana.
4. Kofi Kinaata’s “Black Stars” (2026)
In June 2026 Kinaata released a single called simply “Black Stars”. He had already performed at the Ghana Football Association Awards in September 2023.
5. Medikal, the Hasaacas footballer
Before he became Medikal, Samuel Adu Frimpong played professionally for Sekondi Hasaacas in the Ghana Premier League. Rap won, but he is one of the few Ghanaian stars with a professional football career behind him.
6. Asamoah Gyan and the music
Former Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has his own place in Ghanaian music. Kofi Kinaata worked on “Odo Pa” by Castro and Asamoah Gyan, and when Kinaata’s “Things Fall Apart” came out in 2019, Gyan and Michael Essien were among the stars rating it on YouTube’s Ghana trends.
7. “Balotelli (Supa)”
Footballers turn up in song titles too. Kofi Mole‘s 2026 single “Balotelli (Supa)”, which borrows the name of the striker Mario Balotelli, reached the top five of the Apple Music Ghana chart. It opens his 4 DA POPPIN’ EP.
8. “Africa’s Moment” and the 2010 World Cup
For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Lynx Entertainment’s Richie, ASEM, OJ Blaq, Eazzy and Zigi recorded “Africa’s Moment”, which appeared on Sony Music’s Hello Afrika release for the tournament. It was the summer Ghana reached the quarter-finals.
Next up
Football and music keep borrowing from each other in Ghana: goal celebrations become dances, dances become hits, and hits become stadium chants. The next major tournament will bring the next anthem. Until then, “Confession” is still the one to beat.
