meet KOJO LION the next African Reage-dancehall King

June 06, 2016

Been identified as the next King of Ghana and African reage-dancehall.He goes by the birth name Bossomafi Ellis born in Ghana west-Africa in the ahantaman distric.
KOJO LION as popularly known,discovered his passion for music at an early age. Following his dad's footsteps, he started drumming and singing to his friends outside in his vicinity. He settled later in Europe where he started experimenting with music on his own.
Kojos music is mostly influenced by his many travels across the globe with different kinds of cultures, powerful dancers like SASA ADWA.
Kojo Lion's style of music can be described as a mixture of afro-European and reage Dance-hall. He started playing his songs at local clubs and festivals and later decided to take his music a step further so he signed with a label and releasie his debut Album."ETHIOPIAN CHILD. However Kojo Lion felt he couldn't express himself and his music the way he wanted, Therefore together with his friends they created their own record label called "HAF RECORDS, Which he used that platform as a higher boost to make quality and good music for his fans. As he hopes and makes all his effort to put and rise Ghanaian reggaedance-hall on the international platform ,so the whole of Africa and the world can appreciate and have access to the music we make out here.
Kojo Lion,has produced 9 Albums to his credits which reflects his musical struggle and Lifestyle. He has also been on many shows and graced stages accross the globe in Sweden, Ethiopia, UGANDA, Jamaica, Usa, Asia, Uk and in Ghana ....
According to him, musicians who inspired him are Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Israel Vibration, Wailing Souls, Peter Tosh, Burning Wailer, Mighty Diamonds, U-Roy I-Roy, Morgan Heritage and Culture Brown. Kojo Lion says he plans to make good music like his mentors and also love to adopt their lifestyle and style of music making.

While on tour promoting his latest album ( Salute Paradise King),he got together with Culture Brown from Jamaica, and toured in Ghana early 2014 after which he was invited in summer 2014 to tour with the Swedish based reggae band.By December 2014 his music has sailed through to the Caribain so he toured Jamaica Kingston Monington and Saint Elisabeth.
2015 was full of shows and concert for Kojo Lion, he played many stages like Busua Beach Resort, Asa Baako Festival,Danstadam,Pool Bar,Paparazi club, HOME SWEET HOME REPATRIATION Cape Coast, Busua KUNDUM FESTIVAL, JUNGLE PARTY,Ethiopia MASKEL FESTIVAL Addis Ababa, UGANDA NYEGER NYEGER FESTIVAL, Canada SENKOFA African Star Toronto. And he released 5 albums in 2015 have you ever heard this before? Watch out for 2016
Nevertheless 2016 even gets much bigger,as he started it with recieving a pristigious Award for his song "NOAH & THE ARK" February 2016 BEST SONG REGGAE AWARD in LOS ANGELES USA listing http://kojolion.com/
http://www.theakademia.com/february2016_bestsong_reggae5.html
KOJO LION - NOAH & THE ARK - AHANTA GYPSY #2
and Nominated for the International African Achievers awards in the category of Best Independent Excellence Showcasing Artist.
As he get ready for AFRICAN HERO NETWORK TOUR 2016 we look at touring Jamaica on Saint Elisabeth Festival, KINGSTON Java Music, Ethiopian independent day, Montengo Bay AFRICAN IN CARIBBEAN @ CHINADALL, Sweden Livekarusellen, Ghana Hemp & Ganja plantation, Uganda NYEGER NYEGER FESTIVAL, ETHIOPIAN NEWYEAR, SOUTH AFRICA, PLANT SAVANNA AREA new album coming out soon