Ohene

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Ohene in Concert at Temple University

Ohene (pronounced Ô-hen-e) is a hip-hop artist and keyboard based producer that splits his time between Philadelphia and Ghana and is one of the few (if not the only) rappers classically trained in piano. At the age of twelve he began playing piano, memorizing the cords of Bach, Mozart and Handel under the director of his uncle, a noted classical pianist in Ghana. At the age of 15 he left the amateur ranks and began performing at some of Ghana's biggest events.

In 2003 he returned to Philadelphia and was quickly recognized as one of underground rap's most talented. Ohene's first two releases, The Rapademics (2006) - a scientific and mathematical approach to Hip-Hop, studied in several universities (including University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and Virginia Tech) - and Inner City Soul (2006) - a spiritual and social approach to Hip-Hop - are two expressions of his well-roundedness and have received praise from legendary musicians as Rita Marley, Kenny Gamble and Mtume. Since his second album, Ohene's production talent comes to the forefront, as he now handles 90% of his instrumentation and arrangement.

Ohene's third studio album, Nina Simone by... was also recently released June 18, 2007.

Ohene has toured both the US (Philadelphia, Atlanta, Charlotte, Birmingham, Chester, Camden, Newark, Bryn Mawr, Jacksonville, and Wilmington this past year) and Ghana (Accra and Kumasi).

Ohene has been featured in Murder Dog Magazine, AllHipHop.com, HipHopKings.com, HipHopDx.com, The Philadelphia Weekly, Okayplayer.com, and HipHopLinguistics.com. His production can be heard on albums by Random (hip-hop artist), G., Phanatik of Cross Movement and more.

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