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Highlife legend Paapa Yankson dead

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  • Champion's Corner 6 years ago

    RIP Paapa Yankson! We will miss and miss and miss you again. You were one of the best!!

  • Mr. N 6 years ago

    Rest in peace great guy

  • Mawunyo 6 years ago

    May God keep you and the family you left behind. RIP Paapa.

  • JOeY I0nDoN 6 years ago

    This are the stuffs killing our elders.

  • AMUZU 6 years ago

    WOW!THE MAN BEHIND C.K.MANN REST IN PERFECT PEACE.GONE ARE THE TIP TOE,APPOLO AND HOTEL THE KINGSWAY,ECT DAYS,WHEN HIGHLIFE WAS HIGHLIFE.

  • Nana Addo 6 years ago

    Absolutely.Rest in peace.

  • legon gal 6 years ago

    sorry tho... but is it his first time of dying?

  • Huge Fan 6 years ago

    Tsena(!) Me'nky3n, NOT "Tena.."

  • blue skies 6 years ago

    it is "tena me nky3n" somebody
    RIPP though Paapa

  • James Mahmoud Awotwe-Braun 6 years ago

    Blue Skies, Paapa Yankson was a Fanti so it is highly improbable that he would say 'tena', which is 100% Twi

  • H.S. FIRE 6 years ago

    If that's the case, then he was equally a "Fantse" not "Fante"

  • VOICE 6 years ago

    CENTRAL TEGION.

  • pocket lawyer 6 years ago

    Tsena is Fanti language,paapa is Fanti and always sing in Fanti dialect

  • Kwasi Kwesi. 6 years ago

    Tsena or tena? Twi v Fante, l give up. Twi wins hands down.

  • BLAKK MESSAIH 6 years ago

    May his soul rest in perfect peace

  • MAD COBRA 6 years ago

    May his soul rest in peace,that's a legend right there.

  • Joe 6 years ago

    Rest in peace Paapa. U have served humanity well!

  • qwesi Ben 6 years ago

    r.i.p ...you have impacted the world in ur own way..

  • Agya owusu 6 years ago

    Da yie

  • kwaku 6 years ago

    All our good people are dying leaving the wicked and murderers like Rawlings and Nana Addo alive!

  • Boat 6 years ago

    You can't hate Rawlings and Nana Addo at the same time, it doesn't make sense.

  • Lee 6 years ago

    till we meet again, may u find rest in the arms of Good Lord

  • kwesi koomson 6 years ago

    Paapa, may your soul rest in Peace. You gave a lot to the music world and may the almighty bless you. There will be joy in heaven when you arrive. Da Yie

  • Mess 6 years ago

    Rip

  • kwaku darko 6 years ago

    oh life

  • J.B WEMAH 6 years ago

    oh oh He is one of the best Ghana ever had.

  • Me 6 years ago

    May his gentle soul rest in peace. A true legend

  • Amidini 6 years ago

    Condolences to the bereaved family. RIPP !

  • Ernesto 6 years ago

    so go the way of mortal man. Uv done ur part n it's marvellous. may ur soul rest with ur maker

  • Kofi G 6 years ago

    May he rest in perfect peace

  • Kwabena Frimpong 6 years ago

    May his soul rip

  • Papa no no 6 years ago

    Wonderful voice, showman from the west.

  • Kwame 6 years ago

    Was enjoying his songs this afternoon didn't know he had passed on. Oh oh such a great talent. May is soul rest in peace.

  • Umar gh 6 years ago

    Rest in perfect peace legend paapa yankson

  • Akosua Mary 6 years ago

    U've done well, u have imparted the world with yr music , u have finished yr work.
    Well done Paapa n God be with u.
    RIP

  • King 6 years ago

    May this great man rest in peace

  • beehoney 6 years ago

    a legend he was, Sleep well big bro

  • Kofi 6 years ago

    The best in the whole world. You will forever be missed. Rest in peace, legend!

  • X-Calibur 6 years ago

    RIP

  • Jack 6 years ago

    RIP PAAPA

  • Bishop blay 6 years ago

    You really carved a niche for yourself in the hall of astute musicians, rest in perfect peace old Papa.

  • Biske Wale 6 years ago

    Rest in peace Paapa. U have served humanity
    well!

  • Minor Prophet 6 years ago

    MAY YOUR SOUL FIND FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF YOUR CREATOR

  • Really? 6 years ago

    Ghanaweb look at your brash title and compare it to Joy fm online .. please learn from them

  • James Adams Tamale 6 years ago

    YOU HAVE DONE YOUR PART MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE WE HAVE LEARN T ALLOT FROM YOUR SONGS NOT NOWADAYS SONGS WITHOUT WISDOM.

  • Fiifi, Moree 6 years ago

    One of the finest hilife musicians Ghana has ever produced. Paapa Kofi Yankson, may you rest in peace.

  • JNC 6 years ago

    may you rest in perfect peace

  • wisdom 6 years ago

    May your soul rest in peace. You have contributed your your bit

  • Pressman 6 years ago

    That is my man as far as Ghanaian contemporary music is concerned. We shall certainly miss him. Till we meet again, Rest In perfect peace

  • tablet nana 6 years ago

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  • teacher 6 years ago

    He is one of the musicians who have changed people lives including me.May his soul rest in perfect peace paapa

  • Ed 6 years ago

    RIP papa yankson

  • Agya kow 6 years ago

    Gye meo jehovah me nyakopon gye meo, always enjoyed your work and was listening to your song GYE MEO a few hours ago.Thank you for everything,may God bless your soul and grand you eternal life.

  • Kwaku 6 years ago

    May his rest in peace

  • Kwabena Apppiah 6 years ago

    May ur noble soul rest in peace....Papa Yankson,sad day for Gh music

  • Luze 6 years ago

    Oooooo Paapa !!! I will always remember you with your song" Eebey " you have written your name well in the world of music. May your soul rest in peace.

  • robert kwarteng 6 years ago

    good life is when we celebrate you. paapa legend of my four fathers, rest in peace.

  • Kofi 6 years ago

    Writers must add up to maintain the sorrow and history of the story and the information

  • Goro 6 years ago

    Will forever remember you for your days with C.K. Mann and the Carousel 7 band. RIP

  • CAPE BOY 6 years ago

    RIP UNCLE PEE YOU ARE A LEGEND UNTIL MEET WE AGAIN...

  • Nana Uhuru 6 years ago

    May his soul Rest In Peace. We have lost a great son in Ghana.

  • Robert AGLAGO 6 years ago

    May his soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Robert AGLAGO 6 years ago

    Papa, Rest In Perfect Peace

  • packer 6 years ago

    RIP paapa

  • Efo Kodzo 6 years ago

    We shall forever remember you

  • sam 6 years ago

    MAY THE LORD KEEP YOUR SOUL. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY OF OUR COUNTRY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

  • Tuutulapato's father 6 years ago

    Rest in peace Paapa Kofi Yankson. Eebei Eebei )tan hun arakwa.....

  • Mensah 6 years ago

    Fare thee well Paapa. You were a legend

  • ATO 6 years ago

    May his soul rest in peace.

  • Dzata 6 years ago

    He was seen at state house for 37 anniversary dinner last month

  • Ghana lady 6 years ago

    RIPP my Good friend,,may the almighty God grant you internal rest till we meet again.

  • Ghana ba 6 years ago

    Ghanaweb his age is 73 not 72

  • BODY 6 years ago

    PAAPA, YOU WERE ONE OF MY BEST MUSICIANS. I DO REMEMBER YOUR NICE MOVEMENTS ON STAGE. RESI IN PERFECT PEACE. WHY ARE ALL OUR GOOD MUSICIANS GOING AWAY LIKE THAT? YOU'VE PLAYED YOUR PART AND YOUR NUMEROUS ADMIRERS, INCLUDING M ...
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  • BODY 6 years ago

    SAD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONE SO SOON. YOU PLAYEX YOUR PART, MAKING A LOT OF YOUR FUNS, INCLUDING ME VER EXCITED ANYTIME WE LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC. REST IN PERFECT PEACE, PAAPA.

  • Kofi Duro, Milan 6 years ago

    Rest in Peace old man. You lived a good life

  • Buju B. 6 years ago

    May His Soul Rest In Peace.

  • RPG... 6 years ago

    My hero rest well in peace!!!!

  • Dont love money 6 years ago

    Paapa R.I.P

  • Frank 6 years ago

    What a great musician RIP

  • edem 6 years ago

    May He Rest in perfect peace

  • john mahama 6 years ago

    Rest In piece Paapa Yankson

  • Sirgeorg 6 years ago

    Paapa you have done your best rest in peace !

  • Akora 6 years ago

    One of the greatest musicians in the world. May he rest in peace. He was truly a western diamond in music

  • L.Alhassan, France 6 years ago

    May your departed soul rest peace.You are truely highlife legend. You 'll be greatly missed.

  • King 6 years ago

    Rest in peace

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  • Joe in US 6 years ago

    Paapa Yankson should never die. I suggest some artist collect all his songs onto one CD and I bet will sell like crazy. His are good listen. I hope some studio take this up.

  • Papa Alajo 6 years ago

    May his soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Larry Agyeman 6 years ago

    Heaven must be missing an ANGLE!!!! PAAPA REST IN PEACE. OSOODE KING keep on singing!!!###

  • Kwame Annae 6 years ago

    Rip....Paapa and thank u 4 your music.Hede nyui

  • hayperahfordp 6 years ago

    death you are are a truelly measure of how life is valuable. it is a call painful of nature it just a matter of time, we all wll oneday response to

  • Samuel B. Yankson 6 years ago

    REST IN PEACE PAAPA

  • Samuel B. Yankson 6 years ago

    PAAPA, WE WILL ALL MISS YOUR LOVELY VOICE

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  • DrG 6 years ago

    RIP Sir, and thanks for the wonderful music

  • Red Cap 6 years ago

    Sleep on Legend. You are not dead because your music will live on. And music never dies.

  • Nana Josh 6 years ago

    RIPP u were so wonder

  • Martin Adjei 6 years ago

    Legend papa may his soul rest in perfert peace

  • Nana 6 years ago

    May His Soul Rest in Peace.

  • VOICE 6 years ago

    IN GHANA.GOOD MUSIC HE IS GONE TO HIS MAKER BUT HIS TONGUE LIVES ON.DEAR REST IN PEACE.THE VACUUM LEFT BY PAPA YANKSON CAN NEVER BE FILLED.DEAR LORD WE NEED ANOTHER PAPA YANKSON FROM GOLDEN REGION CENTRAL.NOT THE KOOKOOASE AB ...
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  • EDUARDO DOMINGO 6 years ago

    YES YOUR MUSIC WAS UNIQUE AND CAN BE RECOGNIZED EVEN ONE IS ASLEEP, YOU THRILLED MANY SOULS, AND GOD WILL CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR FAVOR, WHEN THE POLITICIANS HAVE MADE LIFE UNBEARABLE FOR MANY , YOUR MUSIC GAVE SOME RESPITE IN ...
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  • Sankofa 6 years ago

    May Paapa Yankson abide in perfect peace.

    He made harmony in music. May he know harmony in eternity.