In May 2016, during his performance at the 2016 Ghana Music Awards, Nigerian Afrobeats artiste Wizkid announced he had signed Efya, R2Bees and Mr. Eazi to his music label, Star Boy WorldWide Records.
Efya recently spoke with the folks at OkayAfrica about why she signed to StarBoy.
“Wizkid and I have been friendly for a long time so I think it was just about You know, it was a timing thing. We have so much music together and it made sense to be on the same team,” explains the ‘Forgetting Me‘ Songstress.
“It was meant to happen. Work-wise, we work really well together and as you can see on “Daddy Yo” we had a lot of fun.”
She also spoke about working with WizKid on his single ‘Daddy Yo.’
“I mean, every time I’m asked that question, I say we were in the studio and we were just vibing and that’s how it was, you know. We had come across a lot of different kind of sounds and I wanted to try something different. That was the first time that I tried anything in that genre and I’m glad we did it.”
A new single ‘Until The Dawn‘ produced by Maleek Berry will be released on June 10.
Born Jane Efya Awindor, she was introduced to the Ghanaian music scene when she made it as one of 12 finalists of the music reality show “Stars of the Future” in 2008. She placed second in the competition to winner Irene Logan.
She is a product of Yaa Asantewaa secondary School and University Of Ghana, Legon, where she graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts and Music.
Between 2008 and 2011, she was part of the group ‘Irene and Jane’. They released one album “Unveiled” before going their separate ways. After the break up, the then Jane changed her name to Miss Jane and then later, to Efya.
Efya got signed to One Nation Entertainment in 2011. Her first single after she left the group was ‘Little Things’. The mixtape This Is Not the Album released in 2013 consisted of songs released in the early days of her musical career.
She is a delight to watch on stage.
For four consecutive years between 2009-2013, she won ‘Best Female Vocalist of the Year’ at the Ghana Music Awards.
Efya released her debut album Janesis on April 22 this year. The 21-track album features collaborations with Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Bisa Kdei, Ice Prince, Mugeez, and E. L
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