My mum’s death contributed to making my song ‘Mansa’ a hit – Bisa K’dei

Explaining how the song got that much airplay in 2015, Kdei revealed his late mother, Josephine Bruce’s death helped in making the ‘Mansa’ song a hit in Ghana.

Highlife musician, Bisa Kdei has disclosed how ‘Mansa’ turn out to be his biggest hit in 2015.

Speaking in an interview with Okyeame Quophie on the Emklan Tv Show, Bisa stated that on the eve of releasing the visuals for the ‘Mansa’ song, he received a call from somebody who told him that his mother was sick and was rushed to Cocoa Clinic in North Kaneshie, Accra where she died on Wednesday, August 19.

“On the 19th August, I was on radio promoting ‘Mansa’ and was also getting ready to release the video. I was about to tweet and post the video of ‘Mansa’ song on social media when I had a call that my mum was really ill but I still went ahead to post the video. My mum passed on that same day. It was both joy and pain when the song was everywhere.”

According to the Singer, his mum’s death and his accident made music lovers jam to his ‘Mansa’ song as they sympathized with him.

Bisa further disclosed that ‘Mansa’ got him a lot of shows outside Ghana.

“It got to a time people complained that I have neglected my own people (Ghanaians) and I’m connecting with other African countries. The song gave me a lot of recognitions where I had to perform it at Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon and other countries. Mansa has been my biggest hit song.” Bisa Kdei revealed