Renowned highlife artist, Ofori Amponsah, has said he has been gifted by the Almighty God with the ability to prophesy or foretell the future.
The ‘Otoolege’ hitmaker explained that he used his music career as a platform to manifest his God-given gift.
For him, the gift of prophecy even predates his musical talent.“I don’t want to speak about it today, but like a gift… I can sit down and say in the year 2020, this would happen.”
“It’s a gift, and that was what I was doing in church before I became Ofori Amponsah. And for me, music was my platform. For example, I am in the studio and it came to me that in 2020 this will happen, so I put it in the song because I don’t have a church. That’s actually my gift more than even the music.”
Ofori Amponsah
The artist-turned-pastor said he didn’t turn to God just to give his life to Christ. “Of course,” he said when asked if he could prophesy.
According to him, he used to sing, preach, and lead worship in church before becoming the star he is known as today.
“Ofori Amponsah was already in church, singing in church before I became Ofori Amponsah. So, it’s not like I tried to give my life to Christ. I was already doing that.”
Ofori Amponsah
He explained that he took a break from music because he felt he was going “wayward” and needed time to refocus.
“At that time, I had my own challenges. I had been doing this for a long time, and I needed a break. I felt like I needed to find myself again, and I think the break was a very good thing for me because I was actually going a bit wayward until I took a break and came back. Right now, I am more successful than before, a hundred times more successful.”
Ofori Amponsah
In 2013, Amponsah decided to leave secular music. He released a gospel album in 2014 called The Gospel According to Ofori. His decision included becoming a pastor.
He founded the Family of Faith and Love Ministries to spread the word of God.
Ofori Amponsah Recounts First Time Meeting Daddy Lumba
The renowned highlife artist shared his journey to becoming a star in Ghana’s music scene.
Ofori Amponsah revealed that he often walked around in search of a producer to pitch his songs to.
He recounted that one day in Lapaz after he had just closed from school, he decided to go on his usual search for a producer and met a Compact Disc (CD) seller.
The CD seller told him about an opportunity; the legendary Daddy Lumba was looking for talents to groom.
“That was the last day, I just wanted to give up because I was looking for about 4 years trying to get somebody to listen to my songs. When I got to that place, I asked the guy ‘Do you produce?’, he said no and asked if I had a song and I said yes.”
Ofori Amponsah
He subsequently met Daddy Lumba two days after he had been told of the opportunity. The legendary highlife listened to his songs and applauded him with GHC5000 cash in a brown envelope back in 1993.
He recalled Daddy Lumba telling him “You are a star” after listening to his songs.
“The first day I couldn’t meet him so, I went the next day and met him and he said are you Ofori Amponsah and I said yes. And he said you this small boy sang this song. So, he went in and came back with an envelope with GHC5000 those days and he said ‘you are a star’.”
Ofori Amponsah
Despite what may have seemed to be a breakthrough for him, Ofori-Amponsah said it took five years before the song came out.
According to him, the reason was because the legendary Daddy Lumba at a point “gave up on production” and that stalled his work with him. “But by divine intervention, the songs came out,” Ofori Amponsah noted.
His first-ever song with Daddy Lumba was ‘Anti Atta’. He later released his first album, ‘Asew’.
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