M3NSA Biography: Real Name, Age, Parents, Hometown, Girlfriend, Net-Worth, Career, Awards,Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Latest Songs
Once in a while, a musical gem is born but uncelebrated despite enormous contribution to the society and one of such figures is Ghanaian musician, M3nsa Ansah. Born in 1981 to a family well noted for music, creative arts and raised in different cities from different countries. M3nsa Ansah is a true reflection of the…
Once in a while, a musical gem is born but uncelebrated despite enormous contribution to the society and one of such figures is Ghanaian musician, M3nsa Ansah.
Born in 1981 to a family well noted for music, creative arts and raised in different cities from different countries.
M3nsa Ansah is a true reflection of the experiences from these cities as his wit and knowledge encompasses all and surpasses that of the average Ghanaian musician.
Let’s take a look at his biography below.
M3NSA Full Name
He was born Mensa Ansah but he goes by the stage name M3NSA.
M3NSA Age
He was born in the year 1981. He is therefore 39 years of age, this year 2020.
M3NSA Family
He was born in 1981 to a family well noted for music, creative arts and raised in different cities from different countries.
He is a son to Tumi Ebo Ansah, a celebrated guitarist of British afro-pop sensation, Osibisa, cousin of Joey Ansah who featured in popular movies such as The Bourne Ultimatum and Batman Begins, a nephew to decorated Ghanaian film director, Kwaw Ansah, who directed Heritage Africa and Kofi Ansah, a well-renowned fashion designer who designed clothes for the Royal Family wedding in the 1980s.
M3NSAM3NSA Career
From one half of FOKN BOIS, M3NSA is part of the renowned Ghanaian duo behind worldwide acclaimed short film Coz Ov Moni comes No.1 Mango Street – the international debut album by MC, singer, and producer M3NSA.
Having conceptualized and performed on the hilarious Coz Ov Moni (known as the world’s first pidgin musical) with Wanlov Kubolor, and produced the bulk of its soundtrack, 2010 has been an incredible highlight in M3NSA’s 12-year music career.
M3NSAThe film itself premiered in the UK and the US has been accepted at the Rio International Film Festival (Brazil), and at the Pan African Film Festivals in Los Angeles and Cannes.
It was screened at the Black August Festival in New York, where M3NSA blessed the stage with Hip-hop icons Dead Prez and Talib Kweli.
It is also partly the inspiration for No. 1 Mango Street, a nostalgic yet contemporary take on the place M3NSA grew up in Accra.
M3NSAHere, at a young age, he produced songs for the legendary founder of Hip-Life, Reggie Rockstone, (a blend of Highlife and Hip-Hop) and also released the single “If You Don’t Know”, nominated for four awards by the pan-African music channel, Channel O.
Opening a 14-track set, the title song concisely rounds up the many musical influences of Ghana’s number one beatmaker: Nu-jazz, Soul, Hip-hop, Afrobeat and High-Life delicately underscore sweet harmonies with his guitarist cousin Ryan Ansah, yearning for the place he still calls home.
M3NSA paraphrases, “I talk about going back to pick up from where I left things at, and where everything started. It’s about acknowledging exactly where I come from and bringing all those experiences with me.”
M3NSAM3NSA’s father Tumi Ebo Ansah was a guitarist in the British afro-pop collective Osibisa, while his mother taught him how to play the piano when he was eight.
Now living in London, he enjoys the unique global positioning that cosmopolitan city allows. And No.1 reflects this:
From the breezy pensiveness of the first single, the Nigerian soul singer Asa-sampled ‘No One Knows’, to the party-starter Adjuma (“work”) which could easily be as large as erstwhile Hip-hop club anthem ‘A Milli’ was.
M3NSA and Wanlov da KuborlorJust with the benefit of a dialect switch here and there.
With snatches of Twi and Pidgen, the clever rhyme schemes and narratives are what make this album universally relatable says M3NSA, “You don’t have to be into African hip-hop to listen to the album, you just have to be into music.”
That wide-reaching relevance will be the reason why you may have heard M3NSA’s work on legendary North London producer/DJ Richy Pitch’s Ghana-inspired Ye Fre Mi Richy Pitch LP (on which he wrote 6 tracks).
M3NSA and Wanlov da KuborlorAnd also why you will have seen him opening shows for Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, Little Brother and the Gorillaz. Not to mention recently rocking the mic with Damon Albarn, The Gorillaz, Tony Allen and Amadou and Mariam at the Africa Express events in France and Spain.
No.1 Mango Street is one of those albums which will help bring to the menu what Hip-hop has been missing for a long time – an authentic, everyday perspective which made the genre fun and enlightening at the same time
M3NSA Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
His official Instagram username is @m3nsa. He is known on Twitter as @mensamusic. His Facebook account is simply M3NSA.
M3NSAM3NSA Latest Songs
M3NSA has quite a number of songs to his credit. Among them is the banger When We Begin, What Ifs, Favourite Kind, Fck Sht Up among others. You can listen and download Wanlov’s music here.
