Pioneer of Northern RAP Music Big Adams of KKC has died

The death has been reported of one of the pioneers of the Northern Rap Music Big Adams of the defunct Kukuo Clan (KKC) has died.

He is reported to have died in the late hours of Friday, September 30, 2022, in Canada according to Sirina Issah based in the USA.

The musician who relocated to Canada over a decade ago and was doing very well until recently went news went out that things were not well for him and as a result was homeless.

A GodFundMe was therefore launched by colleague musician, Zakaria Abdul Basit known professionally as Tuba Zak to support him as well as cater for his health needs.

Unfortunately, the news went viral on Friday he passed before help could come.

Background of KKC

The Music duo KKC, otherwise known as DOUBLE KC in 2014  staged a mega music concert in Tamale to mark 20 years of hiplife music in Northern Ghana.

The group made up of Big Malik (Lil Malik) and Big Adams International based in Canada are credited with originating rap music up north of Ghana and officially outdoors it in the year 1993 when they featured on the “Cheer The Stars” album of America-based Sirina Issah. However, their first album as artistes came out in the year 2001.

According to KKC, they found it very necessary to come back to Ghana, specifically Tamale to mark two decades of an important milestone for rap music in which they originated. They posited that Hiplife in Northern Ghana has come a long way, especially looking at the proliferation of Hiplife artists in Tamale and other parts of the north in recent times.

“One can now point to a countless number of artistes in Tamale today who in many ways have been inspired and brought up by DOUBLE KC” Big Malik was quoted to have said.