Ghanaian musician Black Sherif has revealed that his chart-topping album Iron Boy was impressed by legendary Highlife icon Amakye Dede, whom he later found to be a long-time household acquaintance.
In an interview on Hitz FM’s Dawn Hitz on Tuesday, the award-winning artiste defined that the mission was born from a private go to to Amakye Dede’s dwelling, the place he went to pay his respects to the veteran musician. To his shock, the assembly unveiled a generational household connection between them.
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“There have been layers to the choices behind making Iron Boy. I went to Nana Amakye Dede’s home and realised he was my grandfather, the actual iron boy. It wasn’t intentional. I went to pay homage and later came upon he was a household pal from generations again. That was the primary layer, homage,” he informed hosts Kwame Dadzie and Doreen Avio.
Black Sherif, also referred to as Blacko, added that though Amakye Dede doesn’t seem on the album, he had initially thought-about that includes him.
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“To be trustworthy, I did take into consideration placing Amakye Dede on the music, however it simply didn’t manifest in bringing the factor up,” he defined.
Launched on 3 April 2025, Iron Boy has turn out to be one of the vital streamed Ghanaian albums of the 12 months. The mission debuted at quantity six on Spotify’s UK Prime Debuted Albums chart and achieved the best first-day streams for a Ghanaian album, with over 2 million performs. It has since amassed greater than 103.3 million streams globally.
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On Apple Music, Iron Boy spent a formidable 158 days on the high of the Ghana Albums Chart, with 5 tracks reaching primary on the Ghana Prime 100 chart. The hit single Sacrifice dominated the chart for 23 consecutive weeks.
In the meantime, on Audiomack, Black Sherif surpassed 1 billion profession streams , reinforcing his place as Ghana’s most streamed artiste on the platform.
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The outstanding success of Iron Boy continues Black Sherif’s ascent as one in every of Ghana’s most influential younger artistes, celebrated for his evocative storytelling, emotional depth, and talent to mix road poetry with soulful Highlife influences.
