Blitz the Ambassador grew up in Accra, Ghana where he was introduced to hip hop at a young age. His first feature as a rapper on a song by Ghanaian artist Deeba landed him an award at the 2000 Ghana Music Awards. The next year he moved to the U.S.A. to attend college. While at Kent State University he self-released his first album. After moving to New York he started work on Stereotype, a hip hop album with live instrumentation, drawing inspiration from different genres. The album came out on his own label, Embassy MVMT. Blitz performs with his band, the Embassy Ensemble, and on stage he raps and plays djembe.
GENRE: Hip Hop
COUNTRY: Ghana
RECORDLABEL: Embassy MVMT
WEBSITE: http://embassy.mvmt.com
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