Blakk Rasta
Blakk Rasta, Official name Abubakar Ahmed (born 2 September 1974) is a Ghanaian reggae / Kuchoko artiste, Dub Poet and a radio presenter of Zylofon FM. He is best known for the song 'Barack Obama' sung in honor of the 44th U.S President. He was honored at a special dinner with President Obama on 11 July 2010 after. Musical style. Blakk Rasta does "Kuchoko" which is predominantly Reggae music fused with African rhythms and energies pouring out conscious lyrics about Love, Equal rights and Justice, Blackness, Rasta and spiritual love et cetera. Huge fans of Blakk Rasta's music  always hail him for his uncompromising consciousness and inspirational spirituality. Blakk Rasta's current "Kuchoko" sound  innovation came about after a long period of research into a new sound which will ride on Reggae music and establish a sound which will cut across indigenous African sights, sounds and spirituality and be accepted worldwide in these fast changing times of musical tastes and preferences. Indigenous African instruments such as the Xylophone,Talking Drum (Dondo),Kette, Flutes, Kolgo, Kora fused wit animal sounds,jungle sounds,market sounds etc.can now be heard in Reggae. Career. Abubakar Ahmed, aka Blakk Rasta who was born on  September 2, 1974, in Tamale to devout Ahmadi-Moslem parents. Growing in the slums of Moshie-Zongo and Aboabo. Blakk Rasta is also a reggae DJ on radio. He was adjudged the best Reggae DJ in Ghana when he was on Happy 98.9 FM. The controversial former host of the midmorning program ‘Taxi Driver’ on Hitz 103.9 FM, revealed via his Twitter account on July 6, 2015 that he has said his goodbyes to the Multimedia-owned Kokomlemle based radio station in Accra. Blakk Rasta then joined Zylofon Fm in 2017 to continue his controversial show 'Taxi Driver'. After 4years  of working at Zylofon FM,Blakk Rasta Live on air(Wednesday 29 December 2021) announced that he will be leaving the East-legon based radio on Friday 31 December 2021.According to Blakk Rasta, his decision not to abandon the station in spite of financial challenges was purely out of loyalty to his boss, NAM1, who had tasked him to consider the station as his own baby. After leaving Zylofon fm Blakk Rasta now created a channel on YouTube called 'Blakk Media Empire' on YouTube to still continue his most liked show 'The Black Pot'. So far the views are so encouraging  considering the time of creation. Inspiration. He was heavily inspired by Jamaican Dob Poet; Mutabaruka, DYCR and Linton Kwesi Johnson.