Artiste Profile: Who is Mr. Do Music and what you need to know about him

Naa Ben Sakaway, best known with the stage name Mr. Do, was born in Nandom at a place called Goziir. Aged 52 years by now is a Ghanaian musician.

His life was wide and full of passion for music. Growing up, his life was full of playing Reggae music and listening to the likes of Toots and the Maytals, The Wailers, Gregory Isaac, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and many more.

Alpha Blondy became his mentor, and most of his friends continue to call him by that name not because he leaves at the border close to Burkina Faso but because he could sing all the songs of Alpha Blondy.

His music career started at Nandom Secondary School with his friends as he rapped and sang with Jerry and Yomoah, while friends like Koro, Kojo, Cudjo, Ajacle, and Cletus played bowls, spoons, tables, chairs, and any object as an instrument they came across and danced to the joy of other students.

After school in 1994, he joined Jamboree Night Club in Wa, in the Upper West Regional capital. He left there within a short time on the advice of his friend by the name of Mr. Cletus Maasole to Cape Coast. On arrival, he started to follow the Agoro group at Town Hall, who were into learning and celebrating our various cultural valves. He started his first studio recording with Uncle Ato Believer in 1996, and yes, the era of Analog music.

He couldn't get anybody to help push his music career, as some producers wanted some particular direction of programming of the beats. He continues with the recording of his songs, with the late Mr. Charles Afari recording some of his songs, like " Kokola ‘‘album. He also teamed up with the late Mr. Samuel Saanuo Dery in 2010, where they produced ten tracks with the album title ''TRUE LOVE''.

They invited an American woman by the name of Nkiruka Yakini to be their lead vocalist, but it didn't end well because the video short was not in the best quality and the woman didn't allow that video to be aired. Mr. Do continued to record with Skyboo studios at Adisadel, recording a total of 20 songs for an album titled "God bless me now. He wrote and sung many songs with Gracious Studio, too champion by Mr. Michael Awuni.

He also collaborated with many artistes like Ziggy Boadi, Capon Ghadafi, Ayagon, Pinchis, Mula Palmer, Nana Dadzie, and many more.

He has to his credit three albums and over 50 single tracks.

Nomination: WORLD GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS-South Africa 2023 with the song titled Africa Liberation.

Having performed at several stages, Mr. Do picked Panafest launched in Cape Coast 2023 as his biggest stage.

With high hopes, Mr. Do is still looking forward to striking and pushing hard to the top.