Franky 5, a former manager of Ghanaian music producer and singer Nacee, has said his artiste has not received enough attention for his works.
Speaking in a MUSE Africa Twitter Spaces conversation monitored by ghanaweekend.com on Friday, August 19, 2022, Franky 5 (born Frank Owusu Kwabena) said Nacee is the “greatest” music producer in Ghana but he has not been elevated as he should.
“Nacee is the greatest music producer we have in Ghana. Still we have not been able to put that spotlight ‘too much’ on him,” he said.
Franky, talking about how he helped in rebranding Nacee noted that when he took over the reins as his manager, he decided to change the spelling of his name.
“Then we needed to rebrand to make the brand a bit refreshingly different. So back in the day it [his name] was spelt ‘Nacy’ so we both agreed to change his name to ‘Nacee’,” he noted.
He said the name change came with a new direction to Nacee’s career which saw serious PR works that projected his various abilities to the world.
“It [his career] was stagnant. It was very stagnant when I got into that studio,” he added.
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Franky 5, formerly a banker and a musician decided to be an artiste manager upon going to Nacee’s studio one day to record his song.
He said after listening some songs Nacee had recorded for himself, he had to shelve his and support Nacee to market his project.
Also, the host of ‘This is Gospel’ on Hitz FM, Franky 5, a few months ago released a song titled ‘M’akoma.’
Nacee (born Nana Kweku Osei) who has over 20 years experience in music production, has worked with a lot of musicians both in the gospel and secular fields.
He is also the founder of the defunct music groups No Tribe and Skuulfo.
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By: Kwame Dadzie | Ghana Weekend
