Kobina Thaddeus (/Kɔ:binæ Øæ’di:es/)

Jude Kobina Mensah (Born 22ndJuly, 2003), known professionally as Kobina Thaddeus is an African rapper , singer and a producer.

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BIOGRAPHY

Kobina Thaddeus

Early Life & Career

Early Life

Rapper Kobina Thaddeus was born as Jude Kobina Mensah on Tuesday, 22nd July, 2003. His birth took place 11:30am at a hospital in Kwesimintsim, a suburb of Takoradi and a city in Ghana. He’s of Akan ancestry, from the Fante tribe. He comes from Elimina-Emisano in the Central Region of Ghana. He’s presently staying at Kwesimintsim, his birth place. His biological parents are John Mensah (Mason) and Dorothy Ackah (Trader, Networker, Teacher & Seamstress) who are divorced.

Jude was sent to school by his dad when he was one year two months old (1year 2months). He started schooling at Tessark International School in the year 2005, which was Initially a Day Care. He was one of the first students to be enrolled when it was established.

He left Tessark International School during his transition from Primary 4 to 5 due to financial instabilities. He then attended Excellence Pathway Academy (E.P.A). There, he went to Primary 6 due to his academic intelligence (September 2014/15 Academic Year). That’s where he furthered his Upper Primary education as well as his Junior High level of education.

He wrote B.E.C.E from 4th June, 2018 to 8th June, 2018. He passed and furthered his education at Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi, Ghana on 8th November, 2018. He wrote WASSCE at GSTS from 25th August, 2022 to 6th October, 2021. He completed his secondary education on the 6th of October, 2022. He passed and furthered his education at the Tertiary Institution. He gained admission at the University of Ghana on 14th January, 2022. He was admitted to read Political Science, Geography, and French. He is now there pursuing a combined major in Political Science, and French. Jude partook in a Year-Abroad Language Immersion Program (A government scholarship program for French students), in Centre Beninois Des Langues Étrangères (CEBELAE), Cotonou, Benin.

Career

Jude Kobina Mensah got interest in music at an early age. When he was in Primary 3 at Tessark International School, he would jot down lyrics to songs from musicians like Sarkodie. He also wrote lyrics from Joyce Blessing and Sinach. He also noted lyrics from Mama Esther, Nero X, and many more. Jude would learn these lyrics. Then, he would rap or sing them to his classmates. He especially performed to the girls of the class. Sometimes, he sang along while the real song was playing to audiences. He received some motivations. After receiving these motivations, his interest to venture into music sparked. Not only did it spark, he also started scripting his own lyrics using the format of these successful musicians. But he never had a chance to record any of the scripted songs.

He started performing songs of these aforementioned artists at a school ceremony. This event is popularly known as “Our day” in the Ghanaian community. Either he sings (raps) to his classmates or sing (rap) to the entire school. He had a lot of fun. He did it for fun not knowing he was born to do that (ie, born to be a musician).

Jude Kobina Mensah firstly chose Jude Thaddeus as his artiste name. Later, he changed it to Kobina Thaddeus. He called this act rebranding. He changed the name because “Jude Thaddeus” was already used or taken on Google. His fans couldn’t find him when searched. So now he’s known as Kobina Thaddeus. You can follow him on all social media platforms. He’s the only person with that name. You can easily search for and see him.

Kobina Thaddeus is a young upcoming musician specializing in Hip-Hop/Rap. He likes to test his versatility on other genres. His music is romantic, sweet, aggressive, joyous, warm etc. He’s very creative and also has a very good energy but shy and always calm/

People say he sounds like M.anifest but Thaddeus thinks he sounds like Eminem and Sarkodie combined . He did and released a cover of Rapper E.L’s single which is “Efa Woho Ben” in September 2020 his first cover song. He has currently released a new EP titled “Road To Fame“

Kobina Thaddeus went for a competition at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. This event occurred when he was in JHS2 at E.P.A. It was a Gospel competition and it didn’t go well as too many abysmal things aroused. He went there with his friends. They were Joshua Ofori, Emmanuel Otabil (Paris Pappy), and Anthony Otabil. Anthony is the younger brother of Pappy. When he got there, those in charge could not find Thaddeus’s registration forms. This made him feel sad. His friends’ forms were there. Why only him? His excitement changed completely when this happened. He was lucky. The person in charge of the registration allowed him to partake without seeing his forms. Thaddeus went there to perform “Nyimpa Nua” by Nero X. The judges said it’s not a Gospel song. They stated that Nero X can never do Gospel after he told them the artist behind the song. This discouraged Thaddeus a lot because he never anticipated this so he rehearsed on only one song. He rehearsed other songs. However, that was the only song he took seriously. He included all the lyrics. He was then asked to perform another song. He was unprepared and already discouraged. He decided to do a Gospel song he was taught in primary at Tessark International School. He did his best with the singing. He received some freebies from the team and came back home. Before this, he planned to perform with his friends. Due to some misunderstandings, he was never called to rehearse with them. He decided to go solo. By then, Emmanuel was not talking to him. This led to Thaddeus not being called to partake in their rehearsals. Emmanuel wanted Thaddeus to be part of the competition. However, it was too late because it was at the last moment.

Kobina Thaddeus had his first award nomination on October 2021. It was Stars Awards. He didn’t win anything though. He has won 1 award to his name which is the best hip life record of the year with After School a single off his Road To Fame EP at the Upcoming Ghana Music Awards on 11th June, 2022.

Kobina Thaddeus first got to 1000 plays (streams) on Soundcloud on December 5th, 2020. He reached 1000 plays on Audiomack within the first quarter of 2020.