Guru

In September 2024, seventeen years into a rap career, Guru won the University of Ghana's SRC presidential election. The rapper behind "Lapaz Toyota" had gone back to school and taken charge of student politics at Legon.

Early life

He was born Maradona Yeboah Adjei on 7 May 1987 in Accra and grew up in Nkoranza in the Bono East area. He went to secondary school in Apam and later studied computing at NIIT and IPMC and marketing at Zenith College in Accra.

Music

In 2008 he won the first edition of the WAPPI Talent Discovery Programme. He appeared on Obrafour's "Kasiebo" and worked with Sarkodie on "Bra Be Hwe" and later "Baggy Jeans" (2015). "Lapaz Toyota" (2011) was his breakthrough. In 2013 government officials accused his single "Alkayida (Boys Abre)" of glorifying terrorism, a charge he rejected. His albums include Platform, which earned six Ghana Music Awards nominations, and Journey of Judah (2018), and he released "Who Born Dog" in 2021. He records on his own label, NKZ Music.

Business

He runs property businesses, Money Yard Real Estate and City Cottage, and the Nkz Yard restaurant.