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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Nana| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Nana Kwame Abrokwa| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1968|10|5|mf=y|birth_place = Accra , Ghana | death_date =| origin = Hamburg , Germany | instrument =| genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , eurodance | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 1996–present| label = Motor Music GMBH Darkman Records Nana Kwame Abrokwa (born on 5 October 1968) is a Ghana ian born Germany|German Rapping|rapper and disc jockey|DJ , performing under the pseudonyms Nana or Darkman / Nana . Nana is not an actual first name, but a Ghanaian title of nobility. His most important achievement came in the second half of the 1990s, when his style was characterized as "euro-rap".
Biography
Nana arrived in Hamburg with his mother and his brothers at the age of 10. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nana+%282%29 Discogs.com: Nana biography At the beginning of the 90's, his debut consists of DJ-ing in hip-hop clubs. he also co-produces and raps in some songs of DJ David Fascher ("Here We Go", "Make The Crowd Go Wild"), under the alias MC Africa True .
In 1995 he joins as a rapper the Eurodance project Darkness, which was produced by Bülent Aris and Toni Cottura . The song "In My Dreams" becomes a club hit, but Nana didn't feel very comfortable with the style Darkness adopted and the group separates. However, his current scene name, Darkman, originates from this time.
In 1996 Aris and Cottura founded the Black Music label Booya Music, which Nana joined as the first artist. The first single, "Darkman" reached the top 10 of Germany 's official single-chart by Media Control Charts|Media Control . The following single, "Lonely", became the most successful euro-rap song, being number-one for several weeks. The album, Nana , released in 1997, is more on the mainstream, American style of rapping. It features numerous other members of the Booya Family, such as Jan van der Toorn and Alex Prince .
The second album, Father , was released in May 1998 and contains rather slow pieces with very personal lyrics. The songs "Too Much Heaven" and "War" were also featured on the tribute albums Love The Bee Gees and Hands on Motown .
At the end of 1999, Nana's released the single "I Wanna Fly", which flopped, due to a decrease in euro-rap's popularity and the growing importance of hip-hop played in German language|German . Nevertheless Nana still recorded two further albums with Booya Music, which were not released due to legal problems.
At the beginning of 2001 Nana released the German-language song Du wirst sehen , a gesture which was not appreciated by international fans. The single flopped, and the planned bilingual album Global Playa was canceled at the request of the record company.
After a long break, in the summer of 2004, Nana finally released the album All Doors In Flight No. 7 , featuring Jan van der Toorn and Manuell, on his own label, Darkman Records . The album was distributed exclusively over the Internet, through Nana's website.
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Title
Chart Positions
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AUT http:/ / austriancharts.at/ showinterpret.asp? interpret=Nana album charts AUT
GER http:/ / www.musicline.de/ de/ artist/ NANA album charts GER
SUI http:/ / hitparade.ch/ showinterpret.asp? interpret=Nana album charts SWI
1997
Nana
22
4
6
GER: Gold 250.000SWI: Gold 15.000
1998
Father
17
4
8
2004
All Doors in Flight No. 7
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2008
12 Y.O.
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2010
Stand Up
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Compilations
2002: The Best
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
1998: ECHO (music award)|ECHO for "Most successful German debut"
1998: ECHO (music award)|ECHO for "Most successful German artist"
1998: Comet Award for "Best German act"
External links
http://www.nana.de/ Official website
http://www.euro-rap.com/forum/viewforum.php? f=18 T-Music pages on Nana
Notes
Persondata | NAME =Nana | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =5 October 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Accra , Ghana | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Nana Category:1968 births Category:German rappers Category:Ghanaian rappers Category:Living people
