About the artist
From Burna Boy to Peter Fox: Ghanaian Stallion has produced hits for some of the most important artists of our time. But above all, he has developed his own sound—somewhere between UK drill and Ghanaian highlife, the attitude of ’90s hip-hop, and the energy of future Afrobeats. He celebrates this sound on his new album. Bridges tells a story of arrival while sounding like a new beginning. It’s Stallion Season!
Flashback to 2021. A skinny 19-year-old from Konongo Zongo records a quick freestyle. Black Sherif needs hype for his upcoming EP, so he pulls out this beat he recently got—a mix of UK drill and the highlife he grew up with, the music that everyone in Ghana grew up with. The beat sounds fresh, unique somehow, and it perfectly matches his style, which itself is a fusion of different influences. The song First Sermon, with its simple black-and-white video, starts to gain momentum. Then comes a second Sermon, again on a beat from the same producer. The hype grows even more, Burna Boy jumps on the track, and the remix becomes a global hit. Suddenly, the skinny kid is a star, and the style of his songs becomes an official genre: Afrodrill. The producer who came up with Afrodrill? Here’s where things get wild—he’s from Berlin. In the early summer of 2021, with First Sermon and Second Sermon by Black Sherif—both produced by Ghanaian Stallion—an incredible yet logical story unfolds. Incredible because it starts somewhere completely unexpected. Logical because, in hindsight, everything seemed to be leading up to this moment. Alan Mensah grew up in Berlin as the son of a German mother and a Ghanaian father. As a teenager, he spent several years in school in Ghana before moving to Freiburg to live with his grandparents, where he started DJing and making beats. Eventually, as a young adult, he returned to Berlin. The one constant throughout all these moves? Music. It acted as a bridge between the different phases of his life. In Berlin, it was his parents’ record collection and the African musicians who often stayed with them while passing through. In Ghana, it was the mixtape full of the latest hip-hop from New York that a friend of a friend handed him. And finally, back in Germany, it was his own music, his own identity: Ghanaian Stallion. In Germany, Ghanaian Stallion has worked with superstars like Patrice and Peter Fox, underground kings like Chima Ede and Amewu, and, of course, his longtime collaborator Megaloh. Together, they’ve created some of the most defining, musical, and emotional moments in German rap, from albums like Endlich Unendlich and Regenmacher to BSMG, their joint project with Musa. In 2016, this Black Super Men Group traveled to Uganda for a project, where Stallion’s mobile studio became the creative hub of the trip. Songs were recorded with various artists, but more importantly, a feeling emerged—an idea, a belief in his power as a bridge-builder. Bridges between continents, of course. But also bridges between genres and cultures that, in truth, aren’t so different. Between his industry experience and the raw, boundless creativity that thrives in West Africa—especially in Accra, where everything just feels a little warmer, more inspiring, more magical.
On the album Bridges, the track Another Banga is a nod to those early trips to the Motherland. But more than anything, Bridges is a showcase of the new: new sound, new energy, new artists. The vocalists from Ghana featured on the album are all at that special point in their careers where talent and determination align perfectly—just one song away from a breakthrough. Just like Black Sherif was when he found his signature style in those Afrodrill beats in his inbox. Ghanaian Stallion deliberately chose not to call up the big names in his phonebook to make his first major album a musical autobiography. Instead, Bridges is both a snapshot and a vision of the future—a manifesto of a new sound and a new status. It’s about movement, new opportunities, and the music reflects that: positive, upbeat, full of fresh energy.
When Ghanaian Stallion talks about this new phase of his career, words like fulfillment and artistic identity come up. He almost laughs when he hears himself say it: “It sounds cheesy, but it’s a blessing.” For the past few years, he has been splitting his time between Germany and Ghana. There, everyone just knows him as Stallion, and his Stallion on the Beat tag is a seal of innovation and vibes. He’s become a key figure in the local scene, with global reach. Burna Boy shows respect. The drill elite keeps an eye on him on Instagram. And Peter Fox tapped him for a beat on his comeback album Love Songs (Ein Auge Blau). But his main focus is on Ghana’s new movement. Bridges features some of the hottest rising stars in Ghana right now, including Arathejay, the country’s most exciting newcomer, as well as Kwame Yesu, Reggie, O’Kenneth, Kweku Flick, and G-West, with whom Stallion already released a full EP earlier this year. The album also includes German artists like Patrice, Albi X, Anny , Willy Will, Chima Ede, and the BSMG crew. At its core, it’s a family thing—every collaboration came about naturally through personal connections. Some tracks were born in sessions for other artists’ projects, while others were created specifically for the album. But all of them were made through direct exchange. Stallion has never been interested in random beat placements or chasing anonymous features. For him, it’s all about collaboration and the power of connection—Bridges. Musically, the album moves between Afrodrill and Afrobeats. The first single, Pelé with Albi X, is pure Afrodrill—raw yet melodic, euphoric yet deep. Tracks like Bus Station and 1:0 represent a version of Afrobeats that Stallion describes as his new signature sound. And then there’s Qoqoqo with Awa Khiwe from Zimbabwe—a futuristic, post-everything rap banger. On Bridges, it acts as a subtle reference to Stallion’s musical upbringing. It stands out at first, but ultimately, it fits perfectly into the album’s concept—because this project prioritizes vibes over rules, bridges over borders. Ghanaian Stallion has always lived between two worlds. He represented his roots when it wasn’t “cool” in Europe. And now that the whole world is dancing to Afrobeats, he’s pushing things forward instead of just riding the wave. The idea of music as a bridge has been used countless times, often to the point of cliché. But Bridges brings it to life in the most real way possible. Summer 2025 will be Stallion Season!
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