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Ghana's Teen Dance Hall Artiste, Dhat Gyal Is The Next Biggest Sensation

Ghana's Teen Dance Hall Artiste, Dhat Gyal Is The Next Biggest Sensation
23.11.2017 LISTEN

Listen to any of her covers for the first time and tell me if you didn't fall in love with her.

I first got to know about her after a Facebook user shared her viral video. After that, I rummaged through her Facebook page watching all her videos back to back.

I didn't need a prophet to tell me that with a little support and good people around her, she is set to become one of the biggest female artistes in the country.

Her deep nasal voice couple with her resilient attitude on the microphone do not only leave you craving for more but also paints a positive picture of the future for the music industry.

Her name is Ernestina Afari known in showbiz as Dhat Gyal and at age 17, she has garnered a huge following on Facebook just by releasing covers and mashups .

At the time of filing this story she had over 36 K Facebook followers.

"When I met Dhat Gyal about one and half years ago, I knew she was talented so I decided to support her," Jeremiah Adjei, her manager said in an interview with modernghana.com.

"We started doing covers about a month ago but we didn't intend to do any serious promotion with it. By the time I realised we hit 5k views within 2 days," he added.

After the cover became a hit, Adjei who doubles as a sound engineer and a video editor decided to help her release more covers before her own song is out.

Fans are anxiously waiting for her song release slated for November 25th, 2017. This is evident in the number of views that the teaser of the yet to be release song has garnered since it was posted on Facebook.

The teaser of the song titled, "Mayweather," released earlier this month has 25 K views at the time this story was being filed.

Ernestina (Dhart Girl) is a Junior High School graduate looking forward to enter Senior High School next year, Jerry noted.

However, he is planning to enroll her in a private day school so she could easily combine schooling and music.

Jeremiah hopes she will become big in the music industry across the world sharing same stage and collaborating with international acts.

This hope has started materialising as she is currently working on a collaboration with a great vocalist in Zimbabwe called Cindy Munyavi, he further said

"I am getting calls from all over the world: USA, Sweden, UK, Germany and Jamaica. Most of these people are very serious about signing her while others need her for jingles," he averred.

In an interview with Dhat Gyal, she explained that she started doing Dancehall music at age 14 and had to struggle to survive with no support.

"I had no one to take care of me after my mom died and daddy wasn't supportive. My sister will go hawking while I would move round looking for a job and then pass by the studio from there until I met my manager."

The huge following and views on her Facebook page so far motivates her to keep giving of her best.

"I see people love what I do so will ensure I don't disappoint my fans by doing good music," she noted.

Dhat Gyal hopes to be one of the greatest musicians in the world. Artistes like Efya, Kodjo Antwi and Rihanna are her biggest inspiration.

Pamela Ofori-Boateng
Pamela Ofori-Boateng

Lifestyle EditorPage: PamelaOforiBoateng

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