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Lord Paper
Birth Name:	Michael Takyi-Frimpong
Birth Date:	11 October 1990
Origin:	Accra, Ghana
Genre:	hip hop, soul, afrobeats
Occupation:	singer
Years Active:	2010 – present
Label:	Auzy Media

Michael Takyi-Frimpong (born October 11) known by the stage name Lord Paper is a Ghanaian soul, afrobeats and hip hop musician.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} He is best known for his 2016 single "Awurama".^{[6] [7]}

Early life

Lord Paper was born in Accra but hails from Mampong, a suburb of Mampong Municipal District, a town in the Ashanti Region.^[8] He completed his senior high school education at Swedru Secondary School in the year 2008 and attended University of Ghana in 2013 for his undergraduate degree.

Music career

He entered the music scene 2010 after leaving his job as an actor in South Africa to pursue full-time music in Ghana (2014)).^[9] He became famous when he released his debut controversial single and video Awurama in 2016.^{[10] [11]} The song has been criticised over the sexually explicit content of the music video.^{[12] [13] [14]}

Discography

Singles

Awurama	Lord Paper	2016
Pono	Lord Paper	2016
Sika Duro	Lord Paper	2016
Like God Fu*k Up		2016
Financial Rape	Lord Paper feat. Luther	2016
Call On Me		2017
North K	Lord Paper	2017
Maame Serwaa	Lord Paper	2017
Insecure		2017
Abin Dada		2017
SMH	Lord Paper feat. Paq	2017
Mmaa No Feeli Mi	Lord Paper feat. Jason El	2017
Love No Catch You Before	Lord Paper	2018 ^[15]
Antipey	Lord Paper	2018
Fameye	Lord Paper	2018 ^[16]
Love No Catch You Before remix		2018^[17]
Dzigbordi	Lord Paper	2019^[18]
Asabone	Lord Paper feat Bosom P Yung	2020 ^[19]
Her Story	Lord Paper	2020
Jane	Lord Paper	2024^[20]

Awards and nominations

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards

Year	Organization	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2020	Vodafone Ghana Music Awards	Dzigbordi	Record Of The Year		^[21]
		Himself	Best New Artiste Of The Year
2021	Vodafone Ghana Music Awards	Asabone	Highlife Song of the Year

MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards

External links

• Lord Paper on SoundCloud

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Apinga. Lord Paper: ‘I’m not gay’ . Class FM . 15 July 2018.
2. Web site: Lord Paper Sorry Over Sexually Explicit Video . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20180716024929/http://dailyguideafrica.com/lord-paper-sorry-over-sexually-explicit-video/ . July 16, 2018 . 15 July 2018 . DailyGuide Africa.
3. Web site: Kweku Zurek. Lord Paper drops video for Mr Eazi assisted "Call on Me" (VIDEO) . Graphic . 15 July 2018.
4. Web site: Cecil Mensah. ‘DJ’s are killing us, a DJ collected my GH 1000 but he did not play my song"- Lord Paper god’s . Happy Ghana . 15 July 2018.
5. Web site: Staff Writer. Lord Paper outdoors ‘Call on Me’ video. MTN Pulse . 15 July 2018.
6. Web site: Awurama video not porn; Part 2 will be crazier says Lord Paper . 15 July 2018. en-us. 8 September 2016.
7. Web site: Lord Paper - Awurama (Prod. by Gomez) . 15 July 2018 . GhanaNdwom..
8. Web site: Adric Efua . Who is Lord Paper? Biography and Best music videos . 15 July 2018 . YEN Ghana.
9. Web site: Lord Paper Biography . 15 July 2018 . Beatz Nation.
10. Web site: Elorm Kojo Ntumy . Lord Paper apologises to Ghanaians over risque ‘Pono’ promo pictures . 15 July 2018 . Graphic Ghana.
11. Web site: Maxwell Amoofia . Video: I’ve repented but I don’t regret releasing ‘porno’ music video – Lord Paper . 15 July 2018 . Myjoyonline.
12. Web site: Lord Paper sorry for sexually explicit video . 15 July 2018 . Ghana web.
13. Web site: Maxwell Amoofia . Video: I’ve repented but I don’t regret releasing ‘porno’ music video – Lord Paper . 15 July 2018 . Myjoyonline.
14. Web site: Lord Paper Is Set To Release Another Controversial Music Video . 15 July 2018 . Kuul Peeps.
15. Web site: 2018-04-07 . Lord Paper – Love No Catch You Before (Prod. Kuvie) . 2019-05-10 . GhXclusives. . en-GB.
16. Web site: 2018-09-21 . Lord Paper – Fa Me Ye (Prod. by KC Beatz) . 2019-05-10 . GhXclusives . en-GB.
17. Web site: 2019-01-11 . Lord Paper feat. Medikal – Love No Catch You Before (Remix) (Prod. by Kuvie) . 2019-05-10 . GhXclusives. . en-GB.
18. Web site: 2019-04-30 . Lord Paper – Dzigbordi (Prod. by Gomez) . 2019-05-10 . GhXclusives. . en-GB.
19. Web site: 2020-02-03. Video: Asabone by Lord Paper & Bosom P-Yung Ghana Music Music Videos. 2020-09-03. Ghana Music. en-GB.
20. Web site: Vanity . Lord Paper Drops New Single Jane: A Fusion of Afrobeats and Sensual R&B . theukreport.com . Samuel . 18 August 2024.
21. Web site: See all the nominees for the 2020 VGMA [FULL LIST]]. 2020-09-03. Graphic Online. en-gb.
22. Web site: 2019-10-19. Full list of 2019 MTN 4Syte TV Music video Awards nominees Ghana Music . 2020-09-03. Ghana Music. en-GB.