MzVee

MzVee began as one third of a girl group. In the summer of 2012 Lynx Entertainment put Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda in front of D3 as lead singer; the group split at the end of 2013, and within a year she had a solo hit, "Borkor Borkor", a debut album and her first Ghana Music Award.

Early life

She was born on 23 June 1992 at South La Estates in Accra and her family comes from Keta in the Volta Region. Her father, Ernest Hamenoo-Kpeda, is a businessman and her mother, Florence, a caterer; she is the youngest of four children. She attended St Martin de Porres School in Dansoman and St. Mary's Girls' Senior High School, then enrolled in business administration at Ghana Telecom University, which she left in 2016 to concentrate on music.

Lynx years

"Borkor Borkor" was released in January 2014, and her debut album, Re-Vee-Lation, followed that November with the Stonebwoy collaboration "Natural Girl". She won Unsung Artiste of the Year at the 2014 Ghana Music Awards and Best New Artiste in 2015. Verified (2015) included "Abofra" with Efya, and "Hold Me Now" earned her Best Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2016 Ghana Music Awards. In October 2015 the World Bank made her an ambassador for its End Extreme Poverty campaign, for which she recorded "End Poverty". DaaVee followed in May 2017.

Depression and return

Between 2017 and 2019 she largely stepped back. In a January 2020 interview she said she had been dealing with depression. She left Lynx Entertainment in 2019 and now works independently. Her return produced inVeencible (December 2020) and 10 Thirty (June 2022). Her videos have won Best Music Video at the Ghana Music Awards twice: "Come and See My Moda" with Yemi Alade in 2019 and "Baddest Boss" in 2021. On 16 October 2026 she released "Enjoyment", featuring Sista Afia, Sefa and Ugoccie.