Mista Silva

Mista Silva
Background information
Birth name Papa Kwame Amponsa
Born London, England
Genres UK funky, Afrobeat, Afro house, dance, Hip hop, Hip House, Urban
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, model
Years active 2012–present
Website mista-silva.com

Papa Kwame Amponsa, known by his stage name Mista Silva[1], is a British-Ghanaian musician from Brockley, London. Mista Silva released his debut EP, Full Vim, in 2012. Its success led to a record deal with Polydor in 2014.[2] He was the first unsigned UK Afrobeats artist to have his music playlisted by BBC 1Xtra,[3] with well received track "Now Wats Up" . He has had his music played by national radio stations such as Capital Xtra and Kiss FM.[4] As part of BBC 1Xtra's Destination Africa he performed on the BBC Live Lounge for Trevor Nelson[5] He has walked for Fashion label Ashish[6] and has been blogged about by fashion and culture publications I-D Magazine[7] and Wonderland.[8] When interviewed by popular online publication Noisey, BBC DJ Twin B, cited Mista Silva as one to watch for the future [9] The Guardian newspaper also listed Mista Silva as one of eight Afrobeat artists to listen to.[10]

Discography

EPs

Title Month/Year
Full Vim June 2012
Let It Off April 2015
Let It Off 2 November 2015

Singles

Title Year Album
"Boom Boom Tah" 2012 Non-album single
"I Know You Like Am" 2013
"Now Wats Up"
"Green Light" (featuring Syron) 2014
"B.A.D" 2015 Let It Off
"Rotate" (with Klayz) Let It Off 2
"Mafia"
(featuring Debrah Rose and HomeBros)		 2016 Non-album single

References

  1. ↑ "Mista Silva - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Mista Silva - Green Light ft. Syron", Polydor.
  3. ↑ "Mista Silva’s Now What’s Up gets added to Choice FM and 1Xtra’s A list", AfroBeatBuzz.
  4. ↑ "#NowPlaying: Mista Silva feat Syron - Green Light. #KISSFresh".
  5. ↑ "Mista Silva Destination Africa Live Lounge", BBC Radio 1Xtra.
  6. ↑ Shekina, "Mista Silva swaps the stage for LFW’s catwalk", 16 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mista Silva: Music To... Pool Party To", SoundCloud.
  8. ↑ "Platlist: Mista Silva's Top 5 Afrobeats Tracks", Wonderland Magazine, 6 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Sam Wolfson, "I was on the 1Xtra panel that Wiley said made the saddest list of all time", Noisey.
  10. ↑ Christian Adofo, "Eight Afrobeats artists to listen to", The Guardian, 23 June 2012.
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