Biography of guru ghanaian musician

Ghanaian rapper and fashion designer

Musical artist

Maradona Yeboah Adjei (born May 7, ),^[1] also known by his stage names Guru and Gurunkz, is a Ghanaianrapper^[2] and fashion designer.^[1][3] He is known for his contemporary hip-hop rap style that combines English and Ghanaian indigenous languages.^[4][5] Guru's breakthrough was in , when his hit song "Lapaz Toyota" appeared on the Ghanaian music charts.^[1]

Early life and education

Guru was born on May 7, in Accra, and grew up in the small town of Nkoranza, in the Brong/Ahafo Region of Ghana.^[1] As an adolescent, he attended the Reverend John Teye Memorial Institute and studied at a secondary school in Apam.^[1] He continued his education at NIIT^{[clarification needed]} and at IPMC, studying architecture and computer networking.^[1] Afterwards, he attended Zenith College in Accra to study m