<![CDATA[Izzy Zick alias The Ghana Bad Boy has released his self-directed music video for ‘Something Dey There’.
Originally from the Tema community 4 Ghana, Izzy Zick is an American based Musical Artist with many different influences of music from Afrobeats to hip-hop and R&B.
Izzy’s whose real name is Isaac Nyarko discovered his musical talent at the very early stages of his life, by age 6 Izzy was part of the church choir and played the drums occasional, at age 7 Izzy then traveled to the United States where he met his parent for the first time.
His mother discovering his musical talent would involve him in talent shows. At age of 11 Izzy was accepted by the Art Institute school of the arts as he exhibited a love for music, painting and poetry writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C079aqudDKI
Izzy growing up was known to be a very quiet child who was very antisocial, his only outlet eventually became music and poetry. He developed a skill with art of words and eventually decided to turn his poetry into music. Growing up in Silver Spring Maryland USA wasn’t easy especially during the late 90s, most of the children would pick on him due to the fact that he was African and would call him names, during that time Izzy’s father was involved in a car accident which caused his father to stop working due to this disability.
His mother then had to take the role of the provider of the household working multiple jobs to provide for the family and still coming home late nights to cook for the family, many times Izzy saw his mother crying due to the hardship the family faced, this caused Izzy to rebel which caused a change in his behavior, at age 14 he was sent back to Ghana to Stay with his uncle and his family as a way for him to realize and learn how privileged he was to living in the United States.
During his time in Ghana Izzy started developing a stronger passion for music and would often travel to Klagon located near Sakumono to watch other artist record their music and learn how to develop and deliver musically. Izzy then because a part of a musical group called Light’s Camera Action (LCA) the group later broke up and Izzy then started recording with Lorenzo a Liberian based in Ghana who was also equally as driven musical as Izzy, they both created many music which was never shared with anyone.
In 2008 Izzy returned to the United States after secondary school and started attending college, after graduating with his BA Degree from the University of the Potomac School of international Business, Izzy then decided to share his musical gift with world, dropping his first single in 2017 called Overdose produced by Kasapa beats in Ghana and in the same year also released a song called Fall on Me also produced by Kasapa .
Izzy performed as an open act for Shatta Wale of Ghana in Washington DC and performed with as an open act for Timaya of Nigeria in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In 2017 after performing at the Fest Africa 2017 held in Silver Spring Maryland, Izzy was invited to perform for the African Heritage Month celebration which celebrated the African culture by the Washington DC Mayor’s Office of African Affairs, Izzy was honored to be the only musical act representing Ghana performing for the Mayor of Washington DC Muriel Bowser alongside the headlining act Les Nubians.
In 2018 Izzy Zick Released his new single Titles Something Dey There produced by ClerfMusic, this song was inspired by the classic song Simi Rapp by legendary High Life Artist that he admires Mr. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley. This Song has been greatly embraced, the song was featured on Ghanamotion.com and Ghclick.com and other music blogging sites.
Izzy is currently under the management of Niveau Suivant Empire. Izzy Zick is determined to put Ghanaian music on the map, watch out for the next biggest musical act from Ghana, another Tema Boy working to make an impact though his music. Follow his musical journey on his social media pages IG: Izzyzickofficia /l Facebook: Izzy Zick / Twitter: @Zickmuzik / Sanpchat:Ghprince240 / Youtube: Izzy Zick
Download Something Dey There
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