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Black Sherif Biography | Education | Age | Career | Songs | Net Worth

Mohammed Ismail Sherif who is popularly known as Black Sherif is a famous Ghanaian artist. Some people also call him Blacko and Kwaku Frimpong. He is a Ghanaian musician, rapper, singer, dancer, and performer from Konongo. He has gone too deep in the music genre and also fuses with rap and singing.

In this article, we will be discussing who Black Sheriff is, his education, career, age, net worth, and social media handles, among others.

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Black Sherif Early Life

Black Sherif was born and raised in Konongo-Zongo by his Islamic hometown in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. As both of his parents live overseas, Black Sheriffs lived with his auntie and other extended family members at the age of 10. His nomadic lifestyle exposed him to multiple influences and different cultures at a very early age.

Black Sherif Age

He was Born on January 9, 2002 in Konongo-Zongo

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Black Sherif Education

He had his secondary school education at Kumasi Academy and completed in 2019. He attended his basic education at an Islamic school in Konongo-Zongo, and completed his secondary education at Kumasi Academy, where he picked up an interest in Music and dancing.

He is also a former student of University of Professional Studies (UPSA) where he was studying Statistics but he quited and he is currently studying marketing at the University of Ghana.

Black Sherif Career

Sherif’s massive breakthrough few years ago and since then he had been heralded since the release of his “First Sermon” freestyle in May 2021. As a voice of the Youth, this viral hit followed up with “Second Sermon” two months later, introducing him as a force to be reckoned with in 2021.

During the maiden edition of the Ghana Music 2021 Awards, Sheriff, who had been making waves in the local and international music space, bagged three awards on the night, including Hiphop Artiste of the Year, Hiplife Song of the Year and New Artiste of the Year.

He also took home four coveted awards at the 5th edition of the 3Music Awards which took place at the Grand arena of the Ghana international conference.

He performed at the final of the 2021 MTN FA Cup final match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Ashanti Gold SC.

In May 2022, he together with Stonebwoy, Amaarae and Smallgod met Kendrick Lamar when he visited Ghana and held a private album listening party in Accra for his new album, Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers. In June 2022, Boomplay announced Black Sheriff as the first Ghanaian artist to surpass 100 Million streams on their platform.

Black sherif Controversies

On 11 April 2022, a lawsuit was filed against Black sheriff for alleged breach of contract. The lawsuit stems from allegations that he ignored his investor after he invested in his career. Again, Sherif is said to have signed a distribution agreement with Empire Music without his investor’s permission, despite the fact that he allegedly had a business management contract with him.

His investor, Shadrach Agyei Owusu, the CEO of Waynes Chavis Consult, was seeking the court to restrict Sheriff from performing at events without his authorization. Fortunately for him, the Accra High Court (Commercial Division) dismissed the injunction filed against him which sought to prevent the singer from performing music he released under his old management.

Black Sherif Songs and Discography

Here are some of the popular songs that was sang by this popular artist in the industry:

Cry For Me
Samir kinidi
Money
Money Remix ft AMG Armani & Tulenkey
Destiny
Ade Akye
Ankonam
First Sermon
Second Sermon
Amerado – Abotr3(Patience) as a featured artiste
Second Sermon Remix ft Burna Boy
Gold Digga ft Samsney
Kwaku the Traveller
Always – Darkoo ft Black Sherif
Holy F4k – Smallgod, Vic Mensa & Ivorian Doll Feat. Black Sherif & Kwaku DMC
Smallgod ft. Black Sherif & Tory Lanez – Gidi Gidi
…………and so many more.

Black Sherif Relationship

The artist stated that he wants to focus more on his career and studies, so, for now, he has no time for women. As at the time this article was written, he is currently single but hoping to have his own family one day. He has been friends with Nigerian popular dancer poco Lee who introduced him to Burna Boy and led to their collaboration on the “ second Sermon Remix”.

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Black Sherif Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2022	Entertainment Achievement Awards	Entertainment Personality of the Year	Won
2022	3Music Awards	Hip hop song of The Year	Won
2022	3Music Awards	Breakthrough Act of The Year	Won
2022	3Music Awards	Hip life/Hip hop Artiste of The Year	Won
2022	3Music Awards	Song of the Year	Won
2022	3Music Awards	Artiste of the Year	Nominated
2022	Ghana Music Awards	Artiste of the Year	Nominated
2022	Ghana Music Awards	Vodafone Most Popular Song	Nominated
2022	Ghana Music Awards	Best New Artiste	Won
2022	Ghana Music Awards	Best Hip life/Hip pop Artiste	Nominated
2022	Ghana Music Awards	Best Hip pop Song	Won
2022	Ghana Music Awards	International Collaboration of the Year	Nominated
2022	Ghana Music Awards	Male Vocal Performance of the Year	Nominated

Black Sherif Life Summary

Full name	Mohammed Ismail Sherif
Date of birth	January 9, 2002
Profession	Musical artist
Place of birth	Konongo-Zongo
Nationality	Ghanian
Net worth	Estimated $120,000 and above