Celebrities congratulate Stonebwoy on graduation

Story: Joyce Kpeglo

The reigning Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) Artiste of the year, Stonebwoy completed a three-year Bachelor degree in Public Administration at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA with a second class upper.

GH Hyper’s Instagram videos showed Stonebwoy, his wife, and two children, as well as some of his team mates, attending the graduation ceremony in grand style. His family gave him a party at home after he finished his last exam.

According to YenNewsgh. Many celebrities such as the Grammy-nominated Nigerian Davido, and Comedian Michael Blankson also shared heartfelt messages celebrating Ghanaian dancehall musician Stonebwoy on July 26, 2024.

Davido, the Grammy-nominated Nigerian artist, congratulated Stonebwoy on behalf of himself and the 30BG crew.’Love to my niece, nephew (Catherine Jidula Satekla, L Janam Joachim Satekla) and my in-law, your beautiful wife (Dr Louisa Satekla), keep increasing barriers and making people angry.Legend!” Davido stated.

Nigerian artist Odumodublvck responded with a heartfelt message about how proud he was of him and how difficult it was to attend GIMPA school.

Comedian Michael Blackson also congratulated him and revealed that he was astounded that Stonebwoy continued his study without informing him.

This achievement comes after he began his academic path in 2021, having earlier halted his studies at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA), where he was studying business administration, to pursue a career in music.

This marks the second time Stonebwoy won the TGMA Artiste of the Year award;the first time was in 2015. Other than rapper Sarkodie and the group VIP, he is the third musician in history to achieve this feat.

The Ghanaian Afropop, Afro Dancehall and reggae musician Stonebwoy, born Livingstone Etse Satekla hails from the volta region. He is to Dr Louisa Satekla, a dental surgeon and ambassador for World Oral Health with two children. He founded the Livingstone Foundation through which he has done various philanthropic outreaches such as donating a sum ofGH¢5,000 to the accident ward of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in March 2018.

The CEO of Burniton Music Group has a plethora of other achievements to his name He received Best International Act: Africa at the 2015 BET Awards, as well as two Billboard plaques. Boomplay awarded Stonebwoy the Golden Club certificate for exceeding 100 million streams on the site.

Stonebwoy is also an actor, having starred in the films ‘Happy Death Day’ and ‘My Name Is Ramadan’.He serves as a worldwide sanitation advocate. In September 2019, he was appointed brand ambassador for Voltic Natural Mineral Water.He is the Tecno mobile brand spokesperson in Ghana.

Keri Hilson (USA), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Alicia Harley (Jamaica), Jahmiel (Jamaica), Chivv (Netherlands), and Spanker (Netherlands) are just a few of the collab names on record of his fourth album ‘Angloga Junction’.He has collaborated with producers such as Mix Master Garzy, Streetbeatz, M.O.G. Beatz, Riga, and iPappi.

In 2022, he signed with Universal Music Group’s Def Jam Recordings and its flagship, Def Jam Recordings Africa,to release his fifth studio album, ‘5th Dimension’ (2023).He intends to release three albums under the label.

Prior to his fame, Stonebwoy had down moments of his own. He revealed in an interview on Joy News Pm express, entertainment edition on Wednesday May 17,2023 that he had a difficult time after an accident he had in Junior high school, he wrote BECE a year after his colleagues did and had only transportation to high school.

With his captivating enthusiasm, diverse talent, hard work and now a degree, he has cemented his status as one of the continent’s most prominent artists. Stonebwoy has had an immense impact on the Ghanaian music industry and he has clearly expressed his yearn to achieve more in his music career.