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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Pappy Kojo
Person · male · Ghana · Sekondi-Takoradi · born 1989
Ghanaian musician
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography338 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378201898
Biography
Jason Gaisie (born 13 February 1989), popularly known as Pappy Kojo, is a Ghanaian hip hop and hiplife recording artist from Takoradi. He is well known for his hit single "Realer No".
Early life and education
Jason Gaisie was born on 13 February 1989 to and Rosemond Gaisie. He was born and raised in Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana. He attended Ridge International School up until 2004, then went to Italy to be with his mother.
Music career
Pappy Kojo showed his interest and love for music at an early age. He took part in locally organized rap shows where he would rap to Obrafour, Tic Tac, Reggie Rockstone, and Lord Kenya. His biggest musical influences are Obrafour, The Shady Aftermath Camp and Michael Jackson. After leaving Ghana for Italy in 2004, his love for rap music grew even greater. He began covering popular songs and posting them on his YouTube channel.
Around the same time, he began recording his own material with Italian and Ghanaian music producers. This created some buzz for the young rapper. He grew in popularity in the latter part of 2014 when he collaborated on a smash hit record with Ghanaian superstar Joey B.
Pappy then followed with his first official single, "Realer No", also featuring Joey B. He went to South Africa with Joey B to perform at the Big Brother finale.
He was nominated three times at the 2015 Ghana Music Awards and won an award for the Hip-Hop Song of the Year. He has also been nominated for the Best Newcomer in Africa at the AFRIMMA Awards.
He has released three singles since: "Ay3 Late", "2 Raw" (with Edem) and "Deja Vu" (with Jiggy).
2021-present:Logos II
On March 12, 2021, Pappy debut studio album Logos II, was released. The albums features various international and local artistes including Sarkodie, Medikal, Fameye, Kwami Eugene, Phyno, Kofi Kinaata, Kwesi Arthur and Busiswa.
Major singles
"Realer No" featuring Joey B Produced by Slimbo
"Ay3late" featuring Sarkodie Produced by Kuvie
"Green Means Go" featuring RJZ Produced by ALTRA NOVA
"Awo'a" Produced by Kuvie
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pappy Kojo head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pappy_Kojo.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20655913genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20655913seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Kojobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Kojo
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Ghanaian musicians
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Owula kpakpo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q20655913 · MusicBrainz: 0655d720-0ebc-4d8d-a4a3-a24e7f09024f
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