The highlife song steadily garnering numbers on social media since its inception has caught the attention of many music lovers.

Eddie Yank has been particularly popular in the world of acrobatics. He has toured around the world with talented acrobatic groups and won many awards.

He is a legend of acrobatics as he currently serves one of the Ambassadors in the Royal Festival hall, UK, for the street musicians and entertainers.

In the 1990’s Eddie began to produce his music, unfortunately, he couldn’t get a producer to promote his songs. 

Later in 2001, he travelled to Germany with his acrobatics team to participate in Germany gymnastics festival and won the 2nd prize. 

The same year, he travelled to the UK with his team and participated in London festival of gymnastics and won the 1st prize. This opened an opportunity for him and his team to tour in most parts of Africa, Europe and Asia.

Eddie is also the founder and managing director of an acrobatic company called Fanti Acrobats. He has worked and choreographed with many entertainment agencies both, locally and international.

Meanwhile, Eddie’s passion for music and acrobatic stunts began since his childhood.  He started singing in church and then later moved to playing instruments. 

He lived in Mataheko, Accra, where all the children in the police band quarters learn acrobatic and dance so his passion grew from there.

He later led the church choir and a band. He trained quite a few people on how to play instruments, and vocals.

In 2008, Eddie Yank produced his first album entitled Besia Sima but due to his engagement of tours, he wasn’t able to promote it. Being artistic and entertainment inclined has been Eddie’s lifestyle up to date.

Eddie has been preparing for a long time to produce his music locally and internationally.

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Kofi said he had presented a Fante rap, one that he thought showed his ability as a rapper to the team but Castro suggested some changes be made to the verse. 

“I actually went in well prepared; I went with a script with details of whatever I wanted in the song,” he told George Quaye on Drive Time on Joy FM.

He revealed that Castro said that his verse was too dense for non-Fante speakers while others were too long.

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“Castro was worried so he told me to put what I brought aside and do the first four bars for the intro and next eight bars for my verse. He made sure to edit it and when it was too hardcore or typical Takoradi style, he dissolved it,” he stated.

The ‘Susu Ka’ hitmaker explained that he had to rework his verse, bit by bit to achieve the desired results.

“After the song, I wasn’t happy because as an underground artiste, I needed to prove myself. But here’s the case he’s telling me this is too hardcore. I wasn’t impressed, so, I went to Takoradi very sad, I did not like what I did,” he told George Quaye.

However, Odo Pa went on to become one of the biggest songs of 2013. It later won the Highlife Song of the Year award at the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

‘Odo Pa’ was also the song through which Ghanaians discovered Kofi Kinaata, except for his fans in Takoradi.

Kofi Kinaata admitted that the response his verse got from fans shocked him to his core.

The ‘Things Fall Apart’ hitmaker stated that he was impressed with how Ghanaians were eager to know more about him after listening to the song.

“I realised Castro knew what he was doing. I gained fans from other sides who were not really into hardcore rap,” he revealed.

Kofi Kinaata added that his works since then, were influenced by some of these fans who appreciated his soft side.

He stated that he works hard to satisfy both sides of his fans.