Entertainment of Saturday, 24 August 2013

Source: kojo e. smith

The queen of Azonto, Itz Tiffany

Antoinette Tiffany Owusu popularly known as "Itz Tiffany" is indeed one of the rising stars of Ghana making head news all across the globe. Born on the 20th of March, Itz Tiffany has indeed made a mark for herself.

The queen of Azonto has been in the music scene for 7 years, and we must concede that her versatility is not in doubt.

The 'fake London boy' hit maker showed us her rap skills lyrically after making her sounding presence felt in the main stream with the cross-border song.

She came back with 'Last one' featuring Castro, which made news in Ghana, London and surprising top the charts in other francophone countries.

Later dropping hit tracks like 'Agyekoom', 'carry go', 'Akyee wo' and her self-titled song 'Itz Tiffany' which had massive air play in Ghana. Particular of mention, 'Akyee wo' is currently hitting the top 10 iTunes worldwide chat in Belgium.

After featuring with 'fuse ODG' on the 'Azonto', it has been well established that she was indeed born for this game.

Azonto put her global, broke borders and has pioneered a new dance movement, and has reintroduced her to countries such as Nigeria, Abidjan, Liberia, Zambia, Benin, Niger, just to list a few, who incidentally have huge appetite for good music.

Itz Tiffany was invited together with fuse ODG by the President of Liberia for their independence, which I must say, was a shut down.

Itz Tiffany also featured on Kenya’s sensation Stella Mwangi's 'shut it down remix' which also was on London's BBC 1Xtra's top 5.

Our rising star has shared stages with international acts such as fat Joe, Busta rhymes, Omarion, Mario, Wizkid, D’banj, Osquare, Bracket, Fally Pupa just to mention a few.

In October last year, she released her EP (album) tilted ‘Press Play’ featuring artists like Mugeez of R2bees, Copta and Jayso on iTunes and nationwide stores.

She currently dropped another banger (Dance) Neke Neke produced by the hit maker Killbeatz and an impressive video shot by Nana Assihene, which is getting massive Airplay across the globe.

The Neke Neke dance routine is the basic steps from Azonto with a little twist to it. Her stage craft and presence, the smile and dress code always keeps the crowd on their feet.

Itz Tiffany who is independently funding her way to the top is indeed a born star, owning her own record label; Itz Tiffany music at age 26 is undoubtedly focused.

Check her out on twitter @itz_tiffany /@itzteamtiffany; Facebook TiffanyGh and YouTube Chanel itztiffanymusic.