Highlife legend, Paapa Yankson has died, a family friend has confirmed to Joy News.<\/p>\n
The 73-year-old who had been ill for some time died in his sleep at his Dansoman residence in Accra, Friday.<\/p>\n
Paapa Yankson, who was wheel-chair bound until his death made an appearance at the 2017 edition of the VGMA, where he gave a touching speech about coming back to the music scene soon.<\/p>\n
He picked the Lifetime Achievement Honour at the 18th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards held earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The stenographer turned musician told the story of how he struggled with fellow musician ace\u00a0Charles Kofi Amankwaah Mann who popularly known as CK Mann\u00a0before making it big.<\/p>\n
He dedicated the award to his “good friend and brother, CK Mann.”<\/p>\n
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Benjamin Paapa Kofi Yankson was born on June 22, 1944, at Winneba and for over 40 years, he\u2019s kept highlife alive with the release of 15 albums that spurned a deluge of hit songs including ‘Wiase Mu Nsem,” Show Your Love,’ ‘Wo Yere Anaa Wo Maame,’ and ‘Tena Menkyen’ among others.<\/p>\n
He was also instrumental in the projection of music bands into critical national acclaim; the Western Diamond Band, The Gold Nuggets Band and the Carousel Seven Band.<\/p>\n
He has lectured and performed in many countries around the world including the US, Canada, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Holland, Nigeria, Benin and the Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n
Below is a video of one of his appearance at the VGMA<\/p>\n