Ghanaian gospel musician Phil Evans Akesse Brempong recently shared insights into his life before embarking on his journey as a gospel artist.
During an engagement with Irene Adubea Aning on the Career Trail TV program, Akesse Brempong revealed that during his senior high school years, he used to charm girls by singing RnB songs.
He reminisced about owning a book filled with lyrics from Westlife and other popular RnB tracks, which he would learn and sing to impress the girls.
“I started singing for the girls in SHS and they fell for it. To get to be friends with the girls, I will use the music, singing a lot of RnB songs. There used to be a small book which contained all the Westlife songs including RnB songs. So you buy the cassette, you buy the book and you go and sing for the girls. It was a thing,’ he narrated.
He highlighted that this was his way of life until he entered university, where he realized that becoming a gospel musician was his true calling.
He noted that his transformation began when he was asked to lead the choir after attending a church meeting with a friend.
“Gideon dragged me to one of their meetings one day. The music director was teaching a song and he was fumbling with it. So he went to tell the music director that, the guy sitting there, the first-year guy is really good. He can teach this song. The guy called me up to help him teach it. I taught the song in 15 minutes. He was like, wow, this guy is good,” he recalled.
In the aftermath of this incident, he stated that he had the opportunity to direct the PENSA choir and other gospel programs at the university.
“I started directing the PENSA choir, right from the first day I went to rehearsal until I left KNUST. I was also part of the recording team for the gospel explosion and the lead vocal for the gospel explosion. I was involved in the mass choir as well,” he further submitted.
After graduating from university, he felt that gospel music was a divine calling from God and fully embraced it.