Gasmilla

Gasmilla calls himself the International Fisherman, and his song "Aboodatoi" made him one of the first acts to ride the azonto wave of the early 2010s. "Telemo", with Capasta, followed in 2015.

Roots

Odartei Milla Lamptey was born on 15 December 1984 and started singing at seven under his father's influence. At 13 he was recording raps and ragga on his mother's boom box, with his younger sister singing the choruses. At Wesley Grammar School he won best performer at an inter-school fiesta in 2003, and he went on to the University of Professional Studies, where he was one of the best-known campus rappers. He was the first artist signed to Cold Eye Studios.

Music and causes

His releases include "Edey Jom Papa" (2016), "Bentua" (2017), the albums Fisherman Waves and Sea Son 10.10.10 (2019) and Fifteenth (2021). In May 2021 the Accra Metropolitan Assembly made him a sanitation ambassador, and in April 2024 he led a beach clean-up, Falefale, with schoolchildren from Jamestown. In October 2023 he joined Ga musicians including Amandzeba in a tribute at the funeral of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III.