Ama Serwah Genfi (an haife ta a watan Yuli 4, 1994), wacce aka fi sani da suna Amaarae, mawaƙin Ba’amurke ce, marubuciya, furodusa, kuma injiniyanci sananne ga aikinta na wakilcin jinsi da launin fata a cikin kiɗa.[1][2][3] Bayan yin haɗin gwiwa tare da masu fasaha na gida da kuma fitar da ƴan waƙoƙin da ba na album ba, ta fito da farkon waƙa ta 6 EP, Passionfruit Summers[4][5][6] a cikin 2017.

Amaarae
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna Ama Serwah Genfi
Haihuwa The Bronx (en) Fassara, 4 ga Yuli, 1994 (29 shekaru)
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Ghana
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a mawaƙi da mawaƙi
Sunan mahaifi Amaarae

A cikin 2020 Amaarae ta fito da waƙar "Sad Girlz Luv Money" wanda ke nuna Moliy a kan kundi na farko na The Angel You Don't Know. A cikin 2021 an sake haɗa waƙar tare da fasalin Kali Uchis wanda daga nan ya ci gaba da zama abin buguwa a kafafen sada zumunta da dandamali na yawo, yana tsara duniya.

Rayuwar farko gyara sashe

An haifi Amaarae a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1994, a New York, Amurka, kuma ta girma tsakanin Atlanta, Amurka da Accra, Ghana[5] ga iyayen Ghana Ama Bawuah da Kwadwo Boateng Genfi. Ta faru ita ce babbar a cikin yara biyu. Amaarae ta fara tafiyar waka tun tana shekara 13, a lokacin da ta fara rubuta wakar ta na farko.[7] A lokacin samarinta, ta fara jin daɗin kallon bidiyon kiɗa. Ta iya tuna ɗayan mafi kyawun tunaninta kasancewar kallon bidiyon kiɗan na waƙar Kelis "Young, Fresh n' New". Ta tuna Kelis na musamman furucin da ya kasance abin sha'awa ga tafiya ta cikin masana'antar kiɗa.[8]

A lokacin makarantar sakandare, ta fara yin kaset mai gauraya kuma tun tana shekara 17, ta sami horon horo a ɗakin waƙa. A jami'a, ta yi aikin horar da murya kuma ta haɓaka fasahar rubuta waƙa yayin da take nazarin adabin Ingilishi kuma ta koma Ghana a watan Yuni 2017.[5]

Aiki gyara sashe

Bayan haɗin gwiwa tare da masu fasaha kamar AYLØ, Kay-Ara, Yaw P, Amaarae ta fito da shirinta na farko na Passionfruit Summers[9][10][11] a cikin 2017. Kundin ya ƙunshi waƙar fice, "Fluid", wanda aka cika shi da bidiyon kiɗa mai mahimmanci.[12]

An san ta a cikin gida da kuma na duniya, an nada ta ɗaya daga cikin Sabuwar Mawaƙin Apple Music Africa a cikin Afrilu 2018[5][13][14][15] kuma daga baya waccan shekarar ta zama Apple Music Beats 1 da ta fito da mai fasaha[16] don aikinta na farko na Passionfruit Summers wanda ta fito ta hanyar lakabin rikodin ta mai zaman kanta, Golden Child LLC. on Nuwamba 30, 2017. Ta yi wasa tare da Teni, Boj na DRB LasGidi da Odunsi a ART X Lagos, bikin baje kolin fasaha a Lagos, Nigeria ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2018.[17]

Ita ma Amaarae an santa da salonta.[18][19] A cikin 2018, an nuna ta a cikin Mujallar Vogue akan layi a cikin labarin kan mata 4 a duk faɗin duniya tare da gyaran gashi[20][21] kuma an zarge ta da ambaton a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Manyan Masu Tasirin Salon 100 na Vogue akan layi na 2018, ban da zaɓen a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na shekara a wurin. Glitz Style Awards a Ghana.[22][23][24] Har ila yau, ta ba da tallan kayan ado na Ghana Free The Youth.[2]

A ranar 23 ga Maris, 2019, Amaarae ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da aka zaɓa don yin a taron Boiler Room na farko da zai faru a Accra, Ghana tare da La Meme Gang (Tarin da ya ƙunshi Nxwrth, RJZ, KwakuBS, Darkovibes, Kiddblack da $pacely) da Award Winning Rapper Kwesi Arthur.[25][26][27][28]

Tun daga wannan lokacin Amaarae ya kara Stonebwoy, Kojey Radical, M3NSA, Santi, Blaqbonez, Buju, Odunsi, B4bonah da kuma kwanan nan, a cikin 2019, Mawaƙin Najeriya, Mawaƙin Najeriya Wande Coal[29] a cikin jerin masu fasaha da ta yi aiki da su.[10]

A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2020, Amaarae ta fito da kundi na farko na studio, The Angel You Don't Know. Owen Myers na Pitchfork ya bayyana cewa, "The Angel You Don't Know yana yin birgima tare da kirkire-kirkire, mai saurin motsa jiki a daidai lokacin da manyan masana'antu ke farkawa kan gaskiyar da aka dade ana yi cewa Afirka na saita lokaci na duniya don kiɗan pop."[30]

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