{"id":109952,"date":"2022-07-08T18:19:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=109952"},"modified":"2022-07-08T18:19:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:19:18","slug":"black-sherif-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/black-sherif-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"PAM in conversation with Black Sherif"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PAM met with rising global superstar Black Sherif in Accra to talk about his career in music, Burna Boy linkup, trap-highlife blend and what motivates him as an artist. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Black Sherif is a rapper originally from Konongo on the outskirts of Kumasi who has taken the world by storm. Using an original blend of trap, drill, and the Ghanaian heritage of highlife, Mohammed Ismail Sherif Kwaku Frimpong aka Blacko aka Kwaku Frimpong has made a mark on the scene with a distinct voice and taste for hits. Since 2020 Black Sherif has been releasing a string of singles that weaved in and out of different lanes; like on Blacko\u2019s 2021 single \u201cAnkonam\u201d which he describes as a \u201csoul trap highlife blend<\/em>\u201d. However, it was with the release of First and Second Sermon in May 2021 that saw the artist take on a new level of notoriety at home and abroad. A welcome surprise because, as Blacko explains, these tracks were a series of freestyles that came out without much thought or planning. \u201cThere were so many mistakes in that,<\/em>\u201d Black Sherif laughs, \u201cwe just mixed it and dropped it.<\/em>\u201d Though it\u2019s perhaps this raw and personal quality that makes the tracks so appealing. Two months after \u201cFirst Sermon\u201d comes \u201cSecond Sermon\u201d and Black Sherif has totally found his voice, attracting the attention of the African Giant, Burna Boy, for a remix treatment and an invitation to Lagos to shoot a music video. It was hard to imagine a follow-up to this massive success, but Black Sherif managed to top expectations with his single \u201cKwaku the Traveller\u201d and the now iconic lyric, \u201cOf course I fucked up. Who never fuck up hands in the air. No hands?<\/em>\u201d Black Sherif has officially settled any question on the reality of the hype and is now doing his own remix tour, collaborating with Darkoo on \u201cAlways\u201d, Arrdee on \u201cCome & Go\u201d and most recently \u201cGIDI GIDI\u201d with Ghanaian socialite Smallgod (who also invited Sherif on the single \u201cHoly F4k\u201d)  and American rapper Tory Lanez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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