Born as Derrick Osei Kuffour Prempeh. Kofi Jamar was born in Kumasi, Ghana. Jamar is from Bantama in the Ashanti region of Ghana. His genre of music includes Drill music, rap, and hip pop. Concerts he has performed in were 17th Ghana party in the Park UK concert and the Ghana music awards.
Has been nominated for awards at Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
Jamar is primarily known for his viral song “Ekorso”, featuring Yaw TOG and Ypee. The song is inspired from the youth having the ambition to win even the circumstances they may be in. The setting of the video is in the rough areas of Ghana. A group of guys and children in the background.
The music video highlights the poverty that the men are going through and what they are grinding so they can get themselves out of their situation. Jamar intro for the song, “make we ball till we fall”, representing that they will continue to succeed until they no longer can.
I believe the theme for this song is to keep working hard to succeed. The line, “we just wanna get it we don’t want no trouble” conveys that they want to make it out of life. Their goal is to live a poverty free life.
Having the video set in the poverty of Ghana is good because Jamar is showing the world what these young boys are going through and what they need to get up. The flow in this song is upstanding. Jamar, Yaw TOG, and Ypee interchangeably have their lyrics as Twi and english. Showing their culture and their style.
Jamar showing the public the people of Ghana on the other side is good for them because they get notice as well.
The spotlight is on them and people can acknowledge what they go through.