First sight: Blitz the Ambassador

A former teen star in his native Ghana, rapper Samuel Bazawule is taking Afro-centric hip-hop to the USWho is he?Rapper Samuel Bazawule, 29, was born in Accra, Ghana. "It's a vibrant place," he says. "Music was everywhere, big speakers blaring in the open field or live bands playing highlife and Afrobeat covers." Already a teen star in Ghana, Blitz moved to New York – having taken a bachelor's degree from Kent State University in Ohio – in 2005.He's not your typical say-nothing rap star the...

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