Today marks Ebony Reigns’ 22nd birthday; the 2nd birthday after her death

Birthday anniversaries are sometimes more difficult than dead anniversaries -for me anyway. Usually, on someone’s birthday, you are reminded that a person that you love is alive and well. It stings when you are just reminded that you can’t celebrate with them

Today, Ebony Reigns would have turned 22

Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng affably known as Nana Heema by close relatives in Dansoman, a suburb of Accra. She was born on February 16, 1997, to Nana Poku Kwarteng(Starboy) and Beatrice Oppong Marthin.

Ebony Reigns was killed instantly in a traffic collision on 8 February 2018 whiles returning from Sunyani to Accra after a visit to her mother.

Her assistant and longtime friend Franklina Yaa Nkansah Kuri and Soldier Atsu Vondee were also killed in the fatal accident. She died eight days before her 21st birthday.

Ebony Reigns was a Ghanaian Dancehall and Afrobeats artiste known for her hit songs ‘Sponsor’ and ‘Maame Hwe’. She was discovered by Bullet of Ruff n Sooth fame.