Ace Highlife musician Nana Kwame Ampadu popularly called Adwomtofo) hene to wits King of Musicians has died on Tuesday morning.

Nana Kwame Ampadu who is seen as a pillar in the local Highlife genre and all spheres of Ghanaian music succumbed to an unnamed ailment on Tuesday morning at the Legon Hospital after he fell sick overnight but died shortly.

The song writer, guitarist, singer and story teller was 76 years and hails from Obo-Kwahu in the Eastern Region. but was born at Adiemmra in the Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana on 31 March 1945,

He was loved for his unique way of telling folklores through most of his songs as it was cleverly interwoven with current life happenings or experiences.

Some of his popular tunes include Obra (which became the theme song for one of the Akan Drama shows aired on GTV on Sundays), Getty, Oman Bo Adwo, Ebi Te Yie, Kofi Nkrabea, Yaw Berko and Obi Benya Wo.

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