Abena Rockstar Explained

Bernice Bediako Poku, known professionally as Abena Rockstar, is a Ghanaian rapper and songwriter from Kumasi.^[1]

Music career

In 2014, she recorded a music project named ‘Only Few Can Relate,’ which she simultaneously released in April 2017 with her ‘May All Fears inside Abort’ EP. Abena is associated with cutting edges lyrics about life and the realities of living.^[2]

In September 2017, her eponymous single, ‘Abena’, was selected for study at the Department of African Studies at Howard University in the USA.^{[3] [4]} At the start of 2018, a Swedish television station, Sveriges Television featured Abena Rockstar in their documentary about Ghanaian hiphop.^[5]

Abena Rockstar released her debut album, the Harvest Season LP, in March 2019.^[6]

Abena Rockstar has performed on the stage of the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Ghana in 2017. Abena performed at Asa Baako Festival in Busia in the Western Region (Ghana).^[7]

Discography

Studio albums! Year! Title! Details

2017	Only Few Can Relate	Release date: April 12, 2017 Format: Digital download
2019	Harvest Season	Release date: February 28, 2019 Format: Digital download
2020	Harvest Season	Release date: June 23, 2020 Label: Bernice Bediako Format: Digital download

Extended Plays! Year! Title! Details

2017

M.A.F.I.A.

Release date: April 14, 2017 Format: Digital download

Singles! Year! Title! Details

2017	"Abena Abena"	Release date: April 3, 2017 Format: Digital download
2018	Advice Freestyle (cover of Fa so hor by Sarkodie)	Release Date: November 22, 2018 Format: Digital download
2018	More Fire Freestyle (cover of still by Dr. Dre)	Release date: November 22, 2018 Format: Digital download

Collaborations! Year! Title! Details

2019	"Kokonsa" [Kojo Trip feat. Abena Rockstar & Yung Pabi]	Release date: March 22, 2019 Format: Digital Download Album: Life's a Trip
2021	"The Fall (Chok Small Baako)" [Kay-Ara feat. Abena Rockstar, AmaaRae & Omosede Eholor]	Release date: April 30, 2021 Label: Neo Spirituals Format: Digital download Album: For Those in the Middle

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet Abena the Rockstar. 2014-10-02. Modern Ghana. en. 2019-05-24.
2. Web site: HHAP Episode 17: Abena Rockstar on Hip Hop and the Music Industry in Ghana. Clark. Msia Kibona. 2017-12-02. The Hip Hop African. en. 2019-05-24.
3. Web site: Abena Rockstar's song selected by Howard University. Graphic Online. en. 2019-05-24.
4. Web site: Top American University to use Ghanaian rapper's song in African Studies course. Quarshie. M.. 2017-09-06. Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.. en. 2019-05-24.
5. Web site: Abena Rockstar featured in Hip Hop documentary by Swedish television. Graphic Online. en. 2019-05-24.
6. Web site: Harvest Season LP By Abena Rockstar Is Out Now. Abdullai. Isshak. YFM Ghana. en. 2019-05-24.
7. Web site: AJ Nelson joins Africa and international acts at Afrocentric ‘Asa Baako’ fest. www.ghanaweb.com. en. 2019-05-24.