ARTISTE BIOGRAPHY: Kasiebo [Dancehall Artiste]

ARTISTE BIOGRAPHY: Kasiebo  [Dancehall Artiste]


Ghanaian musician, born 1992.

Background information

Birth name Asare Emmanuel Lartey

Born November 18, 1992 (age 25)

Origin AkuapemAseseeso, Eastern Region, Ghana

Other names SpeechNation Prince

Genres Dancehall hip life hip hop

high life r&b

Occupation(s) Rapper singer song writer

Performer instrumentalist

Years active 2009 – present

Label JagonzyIconz Production

Asare Emmanuel Lartey (born November 18, 1992), known professionally as Kasiebo as well

as SpeechNation Prince, is a Ghanaian dancehall artiste and rapper from Akuapem Aseseeso

who was born and raised in Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He recorded his first

mixtape Gyptian Hold Yuhat Pgee studios in 2009. Kasiebo signed with Jgonzy Iconz Production

in 2015. Having released songs to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, LoudSound.com,

Ghanamusic.com and mapaddy.com, he is set to release his debut studio album soon.


Life and Career

1992 –2013:

Early life and career beginnings

Asare Emmanuel Lartey was born on November 18, 1992 in Koforidua, the capital town of the

Eastern Region of Ghana to Edmund Darko Asare (Shadow), who passed on in February 2003

and Sarah Asare, a teacher, singer and seamstress in Koforidua.Emmanuel is a Christian and the

last of five children born to his parents. His older siblings are Godwin Asare (a teacher, poet and

dramatist), Philomina Nyarkoa Asare (a teacher and decorator), Reverend Ernest Perbi-Asare (a

District Pastor with the Church of Pentecost Ghana) and Mavis Ayebea Asare (a nurse). Kasiebo

comes from a family of artists and artistes. His maternal grandfather was a composer and a

singer though not professionally. His mother and her siblings formed the group Apostolic

Melodies which gave startling performances in the Apostolic Church Ghana back in the days.

His uncle, Dr. Emmanuel Antwi, a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and

Technology is an artist and a singer while his older cousin, Apostle Immanuel Baffour Adjei, a

major character in the popular Ghanaian TV drama series Abibais an artist, singer and actor who

has starred in many movies. Again, the Ghanaian Gospel Musician Rev. Nana Perbiis another

older cousin of his.

Kasiebo had his elementary education at the Riis Presby School after which he continued at the

New Juaben Commercial Senior High School and graduated from the Koforidua Polytechnic,

now Koforidua Technical University, all in Koforidua. Kasiebo is often heard in his songs

referencing Koforidua to pay homage to the city where he was born, raised and had his schooling

up to the tertiary level.He maintains that he had loved music from childhood. He joined the Spirit

of One choir which was led by one Bro. James Saah at The Apostolic Church Koforidua, Central

Assembly. Later, he joined the Glorious Mass Choir of the Church of Pentecost Koforidua,

Asokore Assembly. In his words, he states, “I started my own songs in 2008 and recorded my

first mixtape, Gyptian Hold Yuh in 2009 at Pgee studios.”In 2010, when Kasiebo was in the

senior high school, he and two of his close friends, Astonish and Franco formed a group called

3geez and recorded tracks which made waves in their school and other neighboring schools to

establish them as known performers in Koforidua. Their main genres during this period were hip

hop, hip life, high life and r&b which were mostly done in English and the local Twi dialect.

Later, with the help of Ameyaw Gordon who was their senior and their English teacher, Mr.

Frank Owusuaka Phrawus, they shot videos for their tracks with a digital camera and sold a copy

for GH¢3.00. The videos went viral to further unveil their identity in Koforidua and beyond,

even as far as the UK. Unfortunately, the group disbanded after the completion of their senior

high education in 2013.



2013–2016: Solo projects and record deal

After senior high school, a popular underground artiste in Koforidua who goes by the mononym

Mayoka introduced Kasiebo to Wings Armani who had a music studio at Jumapo, a suburb of

Koforidua where most of the upcoming artistes recorded their songs. This was when Kasiebo

met artistes like Sean Khare, Koo Ntakra, Racky Nova, Ojay, Qweku Anda etc. Around this

time, Kasiebo who was mostly known for performances in the local Twi dialect shifted his

interest to dancehall music. In 2014, he got admission into Koforidua Polytechnic, now

Koforidua Technical University to pursue Purchasing and Supply as his major course of

study.Schooling however did not interrupt his ambition to become a musician as he went on to

record “Aseda in Chains” with his mother who used the name Zion Babea as well as “No Joke”,

“Bokoo” and “Bad by Far”, all featuring Sean Khare and produced by Wings Armani.

In 2015, Daniel Odame Junior, host of Stars TV told Kasiebo about a US based production

owned by a Ghanaian that wanted to manage an artiste in Ghana. Kasiebo sent his songs together

with that of some other artistes and by the grace of God he was chosen. Some months after,

Jagonzy Iconz Production (SpeechNation) came to Ghana to sign him, hence the name SpeechNation Prince.

Kasiebo has been interviewed and had many of his songs enjoy a lot of airplay on Pluzz FM,

Radio XYZ, Eastern FM, Radio 1, Bryt FM, Latenu FM, Kingdom FM and others. His song

“Bad by Far”which was released to YouTube has had more than 2k views and 12k views on

Facebook,“No Joke” has 1.8k views on YouTube and 8k views on Facebook and “Blessings” has

7k views on Facebook. Kasiebo, the Speech Nation Prince has shared stages with great Ghanaian

artistes such as Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Medical, Gallaxy, Eno, Joey B, Bisa Kdei, Pope Skinny

and many others.


2017 and the future

Under the management of Jagonzy Iconz Production, Kasiebo who is currently doing his national

service with Bel-Aqua Drinking Water Company in Accra is working very hard towards the

release of his first studio album. He is working with L.M Beats who is producing his new works

and Nii Saved who does his mixes.

When asked about his hopes for his musical future, Kasiebo said, “There are more things

planned and packed for the future. We are aiming for the VGMAs, BETs, the Grammys and other

international awards interspersed with international collaborations but surely, wait patiently for

my first album before the end of 2017. By the grace and mercies of Jehovah Almighty who gave

me the gift to sing and has brought me this far, my team and I will deliver.”


Artistry

Kasiebo has cited 2pac, Jay Z, Beenie Man, Busy Signal, Sean Paul, Obrafour, Lord Kenya,

Samini, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy as his major influences.