Born Emmanuel Kweku Owusu Darlington on July 17th, 1996, Kweku Darlington, as he is popularly referred to, is a singer/rapper & music producer from Ghana, West Africa.
Darlington started writing & recording music at the age of 14 and since then, it has been his source of happiness.
He entered the TV3 Mentor Reloaded competition in 2019/2020 in which he gained a lot of followers due to his amazing concepts of music and performances.
Kweku Darlington released his first single ‘Obaa Ne Barima (Woman and Man)’ after the show, with a video which went viral on Facebook and Instagram. He further released two other singles which did barely well compared to his first single. Obaa Ne Barima is one of Kweku Darlington’s most talked about and successful singles.
His recent release Sika Aba Fie featuring Yaw Tog & Kweku Flick was the most-played song on Ghanaian Radio as of 21/03/ 2021 and was his breakthrough.“Sika Aba Fie” became the anthem on the street right after the release and triggered artists like Kuami Eugene and Fameye to join forces with talented artiste Kweku Darlington on the remix.
‘Sika Aba Fie’ is a twi phrase directly translated in English as “Money Has Come Home”; a drill song that preaches hard work and how necessary it is to go get it. Kweku moved on to record with the winner of Big Brother Naija 2019/2020 Laycon which was released on the 6th of August 2021.
His breakthrough song “Sika Aba Fie” grabbed him several nominations for various music awards in the country, talk of 3music Awards, Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Ghana Music Awards France and many more. Due to his diligence towards his craft, he was able to win the Best Collaboration of the Year in the 2022 Ghana Music Awards France with his hit song Sika Aba Fie featuring Yaw Tog and Kweku Flick.
In the year 2022, he released his first single in the month of May titled “Baabi Awu” translated as “Everywhere die” which was massively accepted by Ghanaians and put the nation to a surprise as they didn’t believe the artiste could sing in such a beautiful way. He went on to drop another single titled ‘Onipa’ featuring Fameye and Okyeame Kwame which received massive talk and accolades from the country due to its lyrical content and arrangement of the song.
He released four outrageous projects last year, talk of Baabi Awu, Onipa Go Slow and his last song which displayed his versatility titled Osama.
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