Kwasi Gem to make waves in the music industry

Reginald Anderson, known in the entertainment world as Kwasi Gem is poised to make a name for himself and has therefore stepped up his skills as a singer.

“Music is a talent given to me by the Almighty God”, he says. Kwasi started singing during his childhood and says he used to sing at different programmes, including Funworld and Kiddafest. Also, when he was in secondary school, he used to sing during entertainment and sometimes represent his school in competitions at various entertainment programmes.

Kwasi Gem decided to join the music industry when he completed Nsaba Presbyterian Secondary School. “It was Jamaican musician legend Sizzla Kalongi who inspired me to become a musician.

Studying Marketing at Trans Africa College in Accra, he aspires to be a marketing executive and musician as well. Asked how he will be able to cope with the two professions, he says “music will be my full time career and support it with another job.

His maiden album, Ghana Mbaa (Ghana Ladies) talks about ladies and fashion and it is a fusion of high-life and hip-life (contemporary high-life).

He is has been performing at various programmes at different regions, including Accra, Eastern, Ashanti and Central Regions.

As to whether his album is out, he said “my album is ready but I needs a producer to produce my music”. He is therefore appealing to producers to finance this which he believes will sell very well.

Touching on his most challenging times, Kwasi says it was really difficult from the beginning of his music carreer, especially for him to be discovered and get someone to realize his talent. Though by the intervention of God he now has a manager, the most important thing now is a producer to produce his album.

As to how he came by the name Kwasi Gem, he replied “gem is anything vital in society and as such, it shows how important he will be in the music industry.

He enjoys listening to Ghanaian music and Wutah is his favourite artist. “I really admire them on stage and their style of delivery” he added.

His advise to the youth and up coming musicians like him is “they should be focussed in everything they set out to do and with hardwork, perseverance and determination; they will surely make it in life”. Adding that they should never let the sky be their limit but rather go beyond the it.