INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 28/06/1983(Age 41) |
| Born In : | Dansoman |
| Occupation(s) : | Rapper,Record Producer and Sound Engineer |
| Genres : | Hip Hop,Hiplife,Azonto,Afro songs |
| Web Site : | www.bbnz.com |
Elom Adablah (born 28 June 1983), better known by his stage name EL, is an award-winning Ghanaianrecord producer, rapper and sound engineer
EL grew up in the largest estate in Dansoman . He first attended St. Martin De Porres School in Dansoman where he excelled as a top student and later transferred to Jack and Jill where he completed his Junior Secondary School level. He then gained admission into Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (PRESEC), where he discovered his musical talent. After high school, he pursued a degree in economics and political science at the University in Ghana, Legon.
During his first year in the university, EL signed to Jayso’s Skillions Records alongside other notable young Ghanaian underground artists like Ball J, Gemini, Kevin Beats, Killmatic and Lil Shaker, and helped Jayso co-produce the Skillionaires Demotape. However, after graduating from the university, the Skillions broke up and EL became a solo artist. He acquired a studio in Asylum Down and began working on a new mixtape. He went as far as releasing a single, “Chale (So Fli)”, with Jay Foley, Wolf and Kwaku T (remix). However the mixtape was never released. EL relocated to a better studio at Osu, and invested all his available funds in acquiring state-of-the-art equipment much to the chagrin of family and friends
EL got signed to BBnZ live His debut double album, Something Else, was released on 1 June 2012 by Akwaaba music, and is a blend of different varieties of music inspired from various sources.
EL released The Best African Rapper album, shortened as The B.A.R on 20 May 2014. It featured Edem, Sarkodie,Joey B, C-Real,Gemini, Telvin, Frozen, Lil Shaker, Stargo, P. K. and Dex Kwasi.
EL announced he was working a B.A.R 2, releasing the cover art and later dropping three songs ‘All Black’, ‘State Of The Nation’ and ‘King Without A Crown. On 29 August 2015, he followed up with the B.A.R 2 concert featuring Wanlov, Ko-Jo Cue,Dj Mic Smith and more.
EL released his second studio album entitled Elom(Everybody loves original music) has so far released decent ratings from critics. The album boasts of singles “Mi Naa Bo Po”, “Watch The Way You Dey Waka” and “Nkrumah Pt. 2” featuring highly respected recording artist Obrafour.
On April 15, 2016 Lauryn Hill headlined a concert dubbed Ms. Lauryn Hill Presents Diaspora Calling! in association with Tidal at Kings Theater, the concert was intended to celebrate the rich tapestry of artists from African Diaspora and had great artist from West Africa on stage namely El and Stonebwoy from Ghana, also Wondaboy and Mr. Eazi from Nigeria performing to a massive crowd.
In the early hours of 8 May 2016, at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards at the Ghana International Conference Center, EL received the Artist of the Year award.
