Joseph Nii Otu Ankrah, popularly known as Joe of the TV3 Mentor fame, is to release his new album very soon.
The album has 15 tracks which comprise English, GA, Twi and Reggae renditions. Ninety per cent of the music talks about himself and his love life. WUTA and others feature on his album.
The 22-year old artiste is a Nigerian-born Ghanaian. He attended De Youngsters Primary and Junior High School and furthered to Labone Senior High School. Again, he was the 1st runner-up of Mentor and the 2nd runner-up of the Battle organized by TV3.
According to Joe, though he had some money out of the Mentor and the Battle competition to begin his music career, he still faced some financial problem in recording the songs but with the help of his manager Dj Mensah, things were going to work out well for him.
“If musician are serious enough to produce something authentic and good, I don’t think any DJ will demand for ‘payola’”, he emphasized when he was asked to comment on the allegation that DJs demand money (‘payola’) before they air their (musicians’) songs.
Asked whether he intended to do music throughout his life, he said, “Music is my talent and I can’t run away from it. But in future I would like to take over my Dad’s position in the film industry.”
