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Obour
12+ albums
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Biography of Obour Since age, 1, Bice Osei Kuffour has been very adventurous, daring and untouchable. If you hit him with stick, run for your life because he would respond with a stone [Twi meaning for 'Obour']. And as if a character transplant, that was the exact lifestyle of his late grand dad, Nana Kwesi [O]Buor; hence Bice's showbiz name. "They say I did most of the things my grand dad did", says Obour. He was born at 'Braha Bebu Me' (Dekyemenso) in the Ashanti Region on November 7, 1981 to Christiana Addo and reverend B.O Kuffour. Of his seven sibblings, all his sisters and even his mother sung in the church. At six, he played most of the drums especially the Atumpan in the Juaso-Ashanti Akyem chief's palace where his father used to preside over before accepting Christ. According to him, that inspired him a lot, lyrically. Right from his basic education days at the State Experimental School (Kumasi) through to the Soul Clinic School (Accra), Garrisson Junior Secondary School (Burma Camp) and Mfantsipim School, Obour never joked with his studies. As the first hip-life artist to reach his level at university, smart-headed Obour combine his tertiary education with music very effectively. Several situations tempted him to choose between education and music. "But nothing detered me since I knew I was doing execellently well at both. I just schedule my time properly". Moreover, any time he had to subtitute a few lectures for major concert or international shows, he alwa
