In a jubilant event marked by cheers, tears of joy, and stunning fashion, the spotlight was claimed by the parents of the late singer, Ebony Reigns.
Starboy Kwarteng and Madam Beatrice Oppong Marthin, who had been separated for several years, took center stage, renewing their marital vows amidst the celebratory atmosphere.
Before the marriage ceremony held at the luxurious Sunyani Tyco City hotel, the couple shared tender moments of public affection, creating an intimate atmosphere.
All eyes were on them as Madam Beatrice, adorned in an enchanting green corseted gown embellished with golden lace, arrived alongside her dashing groom, elegantly dressed in a grey striped suit.
Taking inspiration from singer Dada KD’s ‘Fathia Fata Nkrumah’ hit, the couple reaffirmed their love and pledged to remain united till the end of time.
As they danced passionately, their heartfelt performance drew admiration from the thrilled guests who enthusiastically cheered them on.
On the solemn occasion of the sixth anniversary of Ebony‘s untimely departure, her family gathers for a heartfelt tribute at the Osu cemetery.
The Osu cemetery became a touching background as the family engaged in a wreath-laying ceremony to honour the late musician’s memory.
Tearful moments unfolded as family members took turns expressing their emotions and memories.
Ebony’s mother, her voice laden with emotion, led a prayer for her daughter’s soul, seeking protection from premature death, accidents, sorrow, and unrealized aspirations from Ebony and their ancestors.
Yaa Foriwaa Opoku-Kwarteng, Ebony’s sister, struggled to find words as emotions overwhelmed her.
In a heartfelt prayer, she beseeched that her sister’s soul continues to rest in peace.
“It has become a tradition, it has become a ritual that we do this every year, this definitely was not what we prepared for, this was not the agreement and I say who are we to question God but let his will be done as always. As today marks exactly six years. As today marks exactly six year, we can’t say nothing but to mourn because you have been good to us,” Yaa Foriwaa Opoku-Kwarteng stated.
Mr. Opoku-Kwarteng, Ebony’s father, utilized the occasion to advocate for road safety, emphasizing the need to prevent tragedies like the one that claimed his daughter’s life on the Sunyani road on February 8, 2018.
Famed Sing-A-Thon lady Afua Asantewaa revealed that while delivering a rendition of Ebony‘s songs, she distinctly sensed the late musician’s presence in the glass booth.
Afua recounted that during one performance, a door that was typically sealed was opened on its own.
According to Afua, she experienced the late Ebony’s presence.
In a gripping interview on Kingdom FM, Afua Asantewaa made the revelations.
“There was one particular door we never opened unless there was a visitor coming in, but during the time I was singing Ebony’s song, the door opened on its own, and that was when I felt Ebony’s presence.”
Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, Ebony Reigns died instantly in a traffic collision on February 8, 2018 while returning from Sunyani to Accra after a visit to her mother.
She died eight days before her 21st birthday.
Afua Owusu Asantewaa Aduonum, better known as Afua Asantewaa, is a Ghanaian media personality, journalist, and entrepreneur.
She is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Askof Productions Ltd., organisers of the Ghana Outstanding Women Awards, the Pose For Africa Models Reality Show, and Miss Kidi Ghana.
In December 2023, she attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the longest individual singing marathon.
She sang for 126 hours and 52 minutes.
Her achievement is yet to be verified by the representatives of the Guinness World Record (GWR).
Renowned music producer Kaywa has encouraged celebrities not to fear death prophecies, emphasizing that they are not a guarantee of death.
During a live discussion on X with Graphic Showbiz, Kaywa stated that many celebrities and the general public fear such prophecies due to a lack of understanding. He explained that death is a transition from one state to another, and for believers, it should not instill fear.
Kaywa also shared that he had received a prophecy about the late songstress Ebony Reigns before her passing, and he had converted her to Christianity before her untimely death in 2018.
He emphasized that both positive and negative prophecies should be accepted in good faith, as prophets deliver messages from God, not personal opinions.
“Whether you believe in the prophecy or not, the prophet’s aim is to convey what God has revealed to him. It is up to the recipient to accept it and act upon it. I have given some prophecies about certain individuals, and they received them with grace, and we prayed about them,” he iterated.
Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, known by her stage name Ebony Reigns, was a Ghanaian dancehall/Afrobeats artist known for her hit songs including “Poison” and “Kupe” Ebony Reigns died in a motor accident in 2018.
David Kojo Kyei, also known as Kaywa, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Highly Spiritual Music, has made a startling revelation about a tragic incident involving the late Ebony.
According to Kaywa, he had a premonition of the accident that ultimately claimed Ebony’s life, as it appeared to him in a vivid dream.
Upon recognizing the gravity of the dream, Kaywa wasted no time in reaching out to Bullet, Ebony’s manager, to share what he had seen. As a man of God, Kaywa explained that he had a close and personal relationship with Bullet, especially when it came to prophecies concerning his record label and artists.
Speaking on Prime Morning on Joyprime, hosted by Rosellyn Felli, Kaywa revealed that there were occasions when he had to intervene and guide them on certain actions or locations to prevent the events he had dreamed about from happening. This chilling account underscores the profound impact of dreams and prophetic visions in his life and work, particularly when it pertains to the safety and well-being of the artists under his care.
“So, what happened to Ebony was not a prophecy, I saw it in a dream. Usually, when I go to sleep, there are many things I see and so when I woke up, I texted Bullet and sent him details which included where I saw my dream. It was very detailed. Until he put out that information, nobody knew I even spoke about it. There were times I will tell them not to go at this time, I will text them and it was a personal thing”, he explained.
Kaywa further emphasized that while some prophecies may be unchangeable, he firmly believes that altering the course of events can be the best approach.
Elaborating on this perspective, he recounted a specific instance when he had a foreboding feeling about Ebony performing in the region she hailed from. Consequently, he took it upon himself to warn Ebony against holding a performance there, based on his intuition and the dream he had experienced. In his view, this proactive approach is a means of mitigating potential risks and safeguarding the well-being of the artists he works with, even when faced with challenging or unsettling premonitions.
“I have heard many people say they can see but they can’t stop it. Sometimes it is not stopping, sometimes it is just changing the course. When I saw it, I kept telling him to change the course. I remember there were times I texted them and said, the region, that space, you have a lot of calls to go and perform there, don’t go. They kept getting calls and they also were turning down the calls and all that”
“You know she is gone and I want us to respect Ebony. You know she was a very good person and all that”, he stated.
The Worldwide Miracle Outreach’s founder and president, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, says the death of Ghanaian dancehall/afrobeats artist, Ebony, brought her family a breakthrough.
In his opinion, the female singer was still in the early stages of her career and faced financial instability, as did her family.
“Ebony had nothing, you can quote me anywhere, she was not 21 years yet when she died, her biggest contract with Bullet and the team had not materialized before she died, Ebony had also never gone to Europe before when she died.”
“The only privilege she had to go abroad was what connected me to her at the Hungarian embassy three days after which she died, so she never really had a breakthrough, she was in a pipeline for a major breakthrough but it never happened.”
“So when she died, there was nothing at home, the truth was that it was rather the death of Ebony that even opened certain doors,” he said.
Dr Lawrence Tetteh played a crucial role in arranging Ebony’s funeral, especially when he realized the family needed assistance.
“I did help financially; in fact, I took charge of the funeral. Everything concerning Ebony’s funeral was planned in my house; everybody came to my house, her record label, MUSIGA, her family, they were all in my house.”
“We had breakfast, lunch, and dinner in my house; we became like a family. Ebony’s father became like my brother. Anytime he flares up, I’m the only one who could calm him down, and I took him to every place and I introduced him to all the Presidential leaders.”
“And then also, I helped in making sure we secured the forecourt of the State House for the funeral. I also bought and paid for her coffin,” he recalled.
The death of Ebony did not surprise Lawrence Tetteh; rather, he was thrilled that she had received salvation 72 hours before she died.
“Shock is an understatement. I thanked God rather for her, that at least she met Christ 72 hours before she was called into glory,” he said.
On February 8, 2018, while travelling from Sunyani to Accra after seeing her mother, Ebony tragically died in an accident. She died eight days before her 21st birthday.
The fatal incident also claimed the lives of her assistant and longtime friend Franklina Yaa Nkansah Kuri and a soldier named Atsu Vondee.
The driver, Phinehas, who lives in Teshie, Greater Accra, was the only person to survive the collision.
The late Reggae/Dancehall and Afrobeats star Ebony Reigns‘ father, Nana Opoku-Kwarteng, has eulogised his daughter on her fifth death anniversary saying she will forever be remembered, adored and pampered by family, friends and fans.
Mr Opoku-Kwarteng spoke these words at the ceremony to mark five years since the passing of his daughter born Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng.
At the Osu Cemetary on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, Nana Opoku-Kwarteng addressed a gathering of family and friends including an elderly man who appeared to be of European descent.
He detailed the achievements of his daughter in pride and grief.
“She was a songstress, a very good one at that. She’s made a mark in Ghana,” he began.
“I should say she is the first ever female artiste to have won the most prestigious award on this land of ours, here in Ghana,” he knocked the ground with his fashionable walking stick and with it, pointed to the tombstone of the former Rufftown Records star.
“She was called Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng. She was once again called Ebony Reigns. She left us five years back today,” he went on and narrated how Ebony lost her life by a road accident on Thursday, February 8, 2018.
“Suddenly, when she was going to see her mom, when mom returned from the United Kingdom, she Ebony was about to travel to Europe to tour musically.
“Unfortunately, indeed she did meet mom, but on her way to Accra,” he stopped, overcome with emotion, and put his cane under his left armpit. “She never survived. She had an accident.” Mr Opoku-Kwarteng’s narration of the his daughter’s passing was truncated by tears.
“Nana Hermaa Ebony. She died gruesomely,” he seemed to regain his composure and knocked the ground repeatedly with his stick to punctuate his words. “I’ve always said that.”
He revealed the purpose for the gathering which included Ebony’s mother and elder sister.
“So we’re here today, five years since she left us to lay wreath and also to have acquaintance, so to speak, with her and say to her that we still love, we still appreciate, we still cherish, we still adore her, and we shall always do because she deserves that,” the grayed man in black’s lips trembled in speech.
“She did well, she made her mark. She put us in the limelight, myself and the family,” he said crying. “Who does that?”
“People might not understand why we celebrate this pretty person, but I have my reasons. If you were to be in my shoes, you’d very much understand who Opoku-Kwarteng is and what he stands for. She’s given me the mark that I so much deserve, and my family. We’re so proud we had her in our family, but suddenly, we lost her,” crying, he pointed to Ebony’s sculpture on the grave. “We miss her, and we shall always miss her.”
“We thank you,” he bowed before the grave. “We thank you, Queen. We appreciate you. We’re here today, your royal majesty, to have acquaintance with you, to have a word with you, to say we appreciate you, and to say we miss you so much,” he hugged himself solemnly.
His family could not hold back their tears behind their sunglasses.
Raising his voice, he barked: “Ohemaa (Queen), rest well. Rest in peace. You made your mark, as young as you [were]. You made a mark. You turned things around. Ghana shall forever and ever celebrate and adore you because you deserve it.
“21 years [only, but] you had gone all over the world. Everybody loved you. Why, because you made your mark.”
He stressed that the deceased music star’s family, friends and fans, “shall forever and ever, adore, cherish and pamper you because you did so well.”
Having said this, Mr Opoku-Kwarteng instructed that someone pray with the congregation at the Osu Cemetary so the commemoration would officially begin.
Nicknamed the 90s Bad Girl, Ebony shot to fame with hits like ‘Poison’ and ‘Kupe’ in 2017.
Two months after she died, she made history at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). She was crowned the first female artiste to win the ultimate trophy; the Artiste of the Year.
Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, aka Ebony Reigns, an Afro-dance hall artist, died unexpectedly on February 8, 2018. Today marks exactly 5 years.
Ebony Reigns died tragically in an accident while returning from the Bono Region after visiting some members of his family.
One soldier, Vondee, and a close friend all died as a result of the crash that sent the car they were in into a ditch. Only the driver, reportedly, made it out alive.
Many Ghanaians are still reeling from the untimely death of the budding musician, who was on the verge of becoming the face of Ghanaian music at the time.
Her death broke many hearts. It felt like a dagger had been drawn through the feeble hearts of Ghanaians and her fans.
On the fifth anniversary of her death, many people took to social media to remember Ebony Reigns and share their favourite memories of her.
Nana Opoku Kwarteng aka Starboy, father of late sensational dancehall artist Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng aka Ebony, has caused a huge stir with a new claim.
Starboy claims his daughter was murdered in cold blood before her accident and that police investigations have convinced him that is what happened.
Kwarteng appeared on Kingdom Plus Fm with Fiifi Pratt when he made his claims.
According to him, the police initially said during their investigations that there was nothing untoward about the accident that killed Ebony however a 2nd investigation discovered the driver did not have a license.
Kwarteng said such an obvious oversight makes him suspect that there is more than he’s being told.
He also said his late daughter’s corpse had very few injuries and blood on her when their car was supposed to have somersaulted multiple times.
Fiifi Pratt pointed out that Ghanaians don’t buy his claims and Starboy said he believes that his daughter didn’t die a natural death and that’s all that matters to him.
In an adomonline.com report, the female composer disclosed that she sometimes would see the ‘Maame Hw3’ artiste smiling at her and not saying a word.
However, in a dream she recounted, she said, “it was a weird dream. She [Ebony] was pregnant and teaching in a classroom.”
Iona described waking up with sharp pains in her chest when she dreamt of Ebonyuntil she thought it had gone far, and she requested spiritual assistance.
“At a point, it became very scary. Even when I was doing something, I see her standing by. In one of the dreams, she had come back and some people were chasing us and took her away.
“The pain I felt in the dream when I woke up, I felt the same chest pain and at that point, I knew I had to get spiritual help,” she said.
According to Iona, she sought the help of some pastors who prayed with her and she has since not seen the late Ebony Reigns again.
When asked if she had approached Ebony’s family about the issue, the budding artiste replied that people would have thought she was doing it for attention.
“The reason is that Ghanaians can easily misinterpret your intentions. They can attribute it to me wanting fame or chasing clout, so I kept quiet and dealt with it myself,” she said.
Starboy Kwarteng, the father of late Dancehall songstress, Ebony Reigns, has asserted that award-winning reggae-dancehall artiste Shatta Wale should be investigated as he might have something to do with his daughter’s death.
According to him, he’s been disturbed after hearing the allegation but doesn’t want to conclude anything until he has enough proof.
He told Mercy Bee the Ekumfi Princess of Happy98.9FM and e.tv Ghana that: “As you already know, I don’t joke with anything that involves my late daughter and like I’ve always done I’ll go into this. I need to investigate this because I can’t just let go like that. I’ll go to the police headquarters soon to report the issue with the video I have and the statement that has been released.”
He added that although he’s heard that the police have already invited Shatta Wale over for further investigations in Fennec Okyere’s murder adding that he will also do the same to find out if indeed he has something to do with his late daughter’s death as claimed.
Starboy Kwarteng also added that he was shocked when he heard the news but he’s come to realize that people are not always who we think they are and no one can be trusted fully.
For this reason, he believes anything is possible hence, his decision to go into the allegation levelled against Shatta by Wizla Finito, and get to know the details for himself because he believes there’s more to the story.
Singer Iona is currently confused and needs the help of her followers and fans to get through the hard time she is currently in.
In a self-filmed video, she shared on her Instagram page sighted by zionfelix.net, Iona revealed that for some time now, she has been seeing the late Dancehall diva Ebony Reigns anytime she closes her eyes.
Iona added that for some time now, she has this feeling that the musician is living in her.
She also gave details about five nightmares she had about the late musician in the video and pleaded with her followers who are either pastors themselves or know any good pastors to help connect them so she finds a solution to it.
Young Rich Gh Empire signee Pokuaa has publicised her admiration for Ebony Reigns as she has placed a tattoo of the late artiste at her back.
The budding artiste on Sunday, February 16, 2020 shared a photograph of the art piece on Instagram to mark the birthday of the musician who died in a gory accident two years ago.
“Happy birthday to the love of my Life… Ebony Reigns. Wherever you are, you are still reigning and will forever be in my heart…Ebony till my last breath,†the caption read.
Ebony would have been 23 if she were alive. She died on February 8. The RuffTown artiste and three other persons, according to reports, were on board a Jeep with registration AS 497-16, travelling from Sunyani to Kumasi when a head-on collision with a VIP bus heading towards Sunyani from Kumasi occurred.
Whereas the occupants of the bus escaped unhurt, only the driver of the Jeep whose names was given as Chartey Oko Pinehad, survived the accident.
Ebony, who was billed to travel to Belgium for a show, and later embark on an European tour, was in Sunyani to visit her mother who had returned from the United Kingdom.
Meanwhile Pokuaa is set to release two songs Wope Hwe and Somebody Dey on March 6.
