Information available to Peacefmonline.com indicates highlife musician, Paapa Yankson is dead.
The 73-year-old who has been sick for some time now is said to have died at a hospital in Accra Friday morning.
His last public appearance was at the 2017 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards where he picked the Lifetime Achievement Honour.
His popular songs include; Wiase Mu Nsem, Show Your Love, Wo Yere Anaa Wo Maame, and Tena Menkyen.
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Born Benjamin Paapa Kofi Yankson on June 22, 1944, at Winneba, the highlife legend has 15 albums to his credit.
His hit songs included Wiase Mu Nsem, Show Your Love, Wo Yere Anaa Wo Maame, and Tena Menkyen.
Paapa Yankson has more than 15 albums to his credit. He has taught and performed in many countries around the world including the US, Canada, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Holland, Nigeria, Benin and Cote d’Ivoire.
He was also instrumental in the projection of music bands into critical national acclaim; the Western Diamond Band, The Gold Nuggets Band and the Carousel Seven Band.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Kofi, RIP You have paid your dues to Ghana Music. SHAME to all Radio Stations in Accra. No one is paying any tribute to you and ignoring your demise as a normal event. They waste our ears with ***barred word*** shouts and call it music.If it was a foreign artist, ***barred word*** Radio Stations will come out with biographies. Da Yie Abam Kofi
RIP Legend
RIP great legend
R.I.P Paapa
O my gosh, another big tree has fallen. I always enjoy his hi-life musics which are educating, informing and entertaining all the time. I remembers a young reporter then at The Chronicle office in Koforidua covering Eastern Regional beauty and dance competition, contestants had to dance according to his songs in order to win and it was so marvelous how they dance perfectly and won national competitions.Is sad he is no more but may the lord keep his soul in Abraham's bosom. Let us keep praying for the "Moses man"Mr.A.B. Crenstil and "Something dey there man"Gyedu Blay Ambuley and the rest to live long.
We thank God for ur life and the good music u gave us.Rip
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
RIP grand daddy. May the Lord be with you
RIP UNCLE GOD WITH WITH.