Dr Cryme

Dr Cryme
Birth name Darlington Kwasi Agyekum
Also known as Da General
Born 1986 (age 29–30)
Tema, Ghana
Origin Tema, Ghana
Genres Afropop, hiplife, Twipop
Occupation(s) Rapper, singer
Years active 2009–present
Labels Twipop Records
Associated acts Sarkodie (rapper), Jesse Jags, Stay Jay, Chase, Fuse ODG, Chemphe, D-Black, BlaqBoy, Qwame Decash, Ray Jay, Oboo Sheshe,

Dr Cryme is the stage name of Darlington Kwasi Agyekum, a Ghanaian rapper and early proponent of the Ghanaian "twipop" genre. Dr Cryme has also performed as a TV presenter, a brand ambassador[1] and is CEO of Twipop Recordz.

Agyekum was born in Tema and began making music in his early school days. He studied at the Datus School and then attended ASUTECH in Cape Coast and Sotech in Somanya before earning a certificate in broadcast journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

Recognition and musical style

Agyekum began performing as Dr Cryme (Creative Rhymes You Most Enjoy) in June 2010, where he was presented by E-Jam Records at a debut party at the Bacardi Sports Bar in Tema.

His first major hit single was "Kill Me Shy", released off of his Finally Finally album in June 2011.[2] "Kill Me Shy" went on to become a number one hit for two quarters in 2011.[2] Dr Cryme's second major single, "1Step 2Back" was released on August 2012.[3] Dr. Cryme Darlington has shared the stage with Spliff Star, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and more[4]

In September 2011 Dr Cryme won the Golden Heart Award in the UK organized by Dzifa Gray who happens to be the founder, Producer and director of the Titi Gray Talk Show on BEN TV, (Sky Channel 184), airing every Saturday at 7PM.[5][6] Subesequently in 2012, Dr Cryme (also appearing as D-Cryme) won the "Hiplife Song of Year" award, and gained nominations for "Best New Artist of the Year", "Most Popular Song of the Year" "Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste of the Year" and "Song Writer of the year"[7] at the Ghana Music Awards Agyekum released two singles in 2013 off his upcoming second album(Arrival)namely "Komkom na maye" (Quiet that I am) and Wow (Woman of Wonders) which features Fuse ODG.[8] Recently, Agyekum has been on top of the music charts around Ghana with his hit single "Koko Sakora" which features Sarkodie.[9]

Awards and nominations

Ghana Music Awards

Golden Heart Awards

High school honors

Discography

Singles

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ghanamusic.com/news/top-stories/samsung-make-dr-cryme-brand-ambassador-for-new-phone/index.html
  2. 1 2 "Dr Cryme management calls Mark Okraku Mantey an 'educated Illiterate'". GhanaWeb. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "DR CRYME'S NEW SINGLE HITS THE CHARTS IN 2 WEEKS". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 http://www.ghanamusic.com/artistes/d/dr-cryme/index.html
  5. 1 2 http://www.ghanamusic.com/news/top-stories/dr-cryme-wins-golden-heart-award-in-uk/index.html
  6. ↑ http://houseofmaliq.blogspot.com/2011/06/house-of-maliq-dzifa-abequaye-gray.html
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 http://channelo.dstv.com/2012/03/ghana-music-awards-2012/
  8. ↑ http://omgghana.com/d-cryme-to-drop-wow-single-featuring-fuse-odg/
  9. ↑ http://nanayaw18.com/praye-honeho-birthday-photos-the-journey-of-music-duo-praye/index.php?page=233&heading=podcast:_airtel_chart_show_-_july_23rd_as_dr.cryme_tops_with_koko_sakora
  10. ↑ http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2012/04/15/full-list-of-winners-of-2012-vodafone-ghana-music-awards/
  11. ↑ http://www.ghanamotion.com/news/d-cryme-voted-most-influential-personality-by-high-school-honours
  12. ↑ http://www.ghxclusives.com/d-cryme-kom-komquiet-that-i-am/
  13. ↑ http://www.ghanamotion.com/music/motion-hype/dr-cryme-wow-ft-fuse-odg-prod-by-mixmasta-garzy
  14. ↑ http://www.ghanamotion.com/lyrics/dr-cryme-memories-on-the-wall-ft-chase-prod-by-masta-garzy-2
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