Kelvyboy’s ‘Black Star’ Album to Tell Ghana’s Afrobeats Story

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By Naliaka Kitui

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Ghanaian Afrobeat’s singer Kelvin Brown popularly known by his stage name as Kelyvnboy has said that his album titled ‘Black Star’ is to be released soon denotes the diversity of music, unity and the overall acceptance of Ghana as a solid strength in Afrobeat’s music.
Titled ‘Black Star’, the 15 tracks album features great artistes such Medikal, Kofi Mole, Efya, Quamina MP, OV, Samini, Rocky Dawuni, Craon from Nigeria and Highlife Legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley among others.
Kelvynboy revealed in an interview with the Ghana News Agency that the upcoming album would put Ghana on a very different level with regards to Afrobeat’s music making Ghana a beacon of light for the music genre.
“I call this Black Star because I wanted it to have a part of Ghana in there. I do Afrobeat and I wanted people to accept Ghana in doing Afrobeat music.
“When you hear of Blackstar you get to know that it originated from Ghana and that is what we are known for. I also believe Blacks are stars and that is why the album is titled Black Stars,” he said.
He relates the album name to the Ghanaian football team which contains different players that symbolizes his decision of diversity on the album. Kelvynboy says Afrobeat is a combination of African music and the album was made of afro beat-bangers as well as other genres.

“I have already seen the support and the reception of people ahead of the album release. Music-loving fans are already developing a love for the album and I believe that the energy is going to be high and I’m expecting everyone to support this album to be number one in the world,” the afro beat star said.