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A mainstream highlife artist.
Daddy Lumba is a multiple award-winning Ghanaian musician with a career spanning three decades. Lumba was born Charles Kwadwo Fosu on the 29th of September 1964 in a village called Nsuta Amangoase in the Sekyere Central District, near Mampong in Ashanti Region. In the early 1980s, he debuted on the highlife scene with his massive hit "Yeeye Aka Akwantuo Mu" with Nana Acheampong (known together as the "Lumba Brothers"). Widely regarded as the greatest Ghanaian musician of all time, Daddy Lumba has recorded an impressive 33 studio album. The albums include critically acclaimed ones like Aben Wɔha, Awosuɔ, Obi Ate Me So Buɔ, Sika Asɛm and Ebi Se Ɛyɛ Aduro.
Daddy Lumba was known for his highlife and hiplife music, blending traditional Ghanaian sounds with modern influences across his extensive discography.
You can explore his musical legacy and discography on Mood.
Daddy Lumba, born Charles Kwadwo Fosu, was from Nsuta Amangoase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and was also based in Cologne, Germany.