Knii Lante
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Knii Lante
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nii Lante Okunka Blankson |
| Born | Accra |
| Origin | Accra, Ghana |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, doctor (physician specialist) |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, guitar |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | https://Facebook.com/KniiLanteOfficial |
Nii Lante Okunka Blankson, professionally known as Knii Lante, is a Ghanaian reggae, soul, and Afro pop musician, songwriter, and medical doctor from Accra, Ghana.[1]
Knii Lante is a medical doctor who has a degree in BSC Human Biology, MBCHB and MWACP. He started his music career when he was still in medical school.[2]
Knii Lante's career in music started when he featured on fellow reggae musician Blakk Rasta's song titled "Obama". He also featured on Micheal Dwamena's song titled "Ngozi" which won an award for collaboration of the year at the Ghana Music Awards in 2007/2008. He is a composer who plays the piano and guitar.[3]
He has two albums out: Love & Revolution, and True Feelings which featured Queen Ifrica and Cherine Anderson among others. He has also worked with producers Dean Fraser[4] and Mikie Bennett.[5]
Knii Lante has performed at Felabration organised at The Shrine and at Freedom Park Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria.[6] He released his second album True Feelings at the Redbones Blue Cafe in Kingston, Jamaica. He has also performed at Rebel Salute in Jamaica,[7] MASA 2018 in Côte d'Ivoire,[8] Chale Wote Festival in Ghana, Kuchoko Festival 2018 in Ghana,[9] and the Accra Jazz Festival in Ghana.[10]
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| Year | Title | Production credit | Ref |
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| 2011 | When You Love Someone feat Trigmatic | Zapp Mallet | [14] |
| 2013 | Baby Take Good Care feat Queen Ifrica | Joe Amoah | [15] |
| 2015 | Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran Cover) | Dean Fraser | [16] |
| Gimme The Roots | Reggae Rock Riddim | [17] | |
| Beautiful Virgo | Uptown Girl Riddim | [18] | |
| 2016 | Hello (Adele Reggae Cover) | Big Hills Band | [19] |
| Twerk It | Genius Selection | [20] | |
| Killa Machine feat Jupitar & Obibini | Genius Selection | [21] | |
| 2017 | A 1000 Ways | Reggae Fest Riddim | [22] |
| You feat Feli Nuna | Knii Lante & Genius Selection | [23] | |
| Champion | Dat BeatGod | [24] | |
| Open Mic feat Flowking Stone | Knii Lante & Genius Selection | [25] |
| Year | Title | Number of Tracks | Ref |
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| 2012 | Love & Revolution | 16 | [26] |
| 2014 | True Feelings | 12 | [27] |
