Black Sherif receives the Boomplay Golden Club Plaque as the first artist from Ghana.

Black Sherif receives the Boomplay Golden Club Plaque as the first artist from Ghana.

The outstanding musician, born Mohammed Ismail Sherif, age 20, released “Money,” “Cry For Me,” and “Destiny” in 2020. Later, he released “Money (remix),” “Adea Kye,” and “Ankonam,” all of which generated a ton of attention on Boomplay in numerous nations. Blacko would become popular after the release of “First Sermon” and “Second Sermon” in 2021, catapulting him into the public eye. In order to expand his reach across Africa, Blacko obtained a feature from fellow Golden Club member Burna Boy for the remix of Second Sermon. This feature also allowed him to receive praise from numerous prestigious platforms and awards.

Boomplay’s end-of-year Recap, which highlights stats and insights of music consumption and engagement on the Boomplay platform, in 2021, had Blacko emerging as Ghana’s 2nd Most Streamed Artist of the year. His “First Sermon” and “Second Sermon” were the 1st and 2nd Most Streamed Songs of 2021 in Ghana.

Blacko’s story written in bright stars, the sensational talent went on to win four awards at the 2022 3Music Awards, held in March 2022, including the Boomplay Breakthrough Act of the Year category. At the same event, he debuted a spectacular performance of “Kwaku the Traveller”. The song skyrocketed him to African stardom and peaked at No.1 on both Boomplay Ghana and Nigeria charts. It currently has over 57 million streams on Boomplay.