Pappy Kojo

Jason Gaisie (born 13 February 1989), popularly known as Pappy Kojo, is a Ghanaian hip hop and hiplife recording artist from Takoradi.^[1] He is well known for his hit single "Realer No".^[2]

Pappy Kojo
Pappy Kojo performing at a concert in Accra.
Background information
Birth name	Jason Gaisie
Also known as	Fante Van Damme, Realer No, Pappy
Born	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 36) Takoradi, Ghana
Genres	Hip hop, hiplife
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	(2013–present)

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

He has released three singles since: "Ay3 Late", "2 Raw" (with Edem) and "Deja Vu" (with Jiggy).^[7]

2021-present:Logos II

On March 12, 2021, Pappy debut studio album Logos II, was released.^[8] The albums features various international and local artistes including Sarkodie, Medikal, Fameye, Kwami Eugene, Phyno, Kofi Kinaata, Kwesi Arthur and Busiswa.^[9]

Awards and nominations

Ghana Music Awards

Year	Recipient/nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2015	Pappy Kojo	Hip Hop Song of the Year 2015 – Realer No f/ Joey B	Won	[10][11]
		Hip-life/Hip-hop Artiste of the Year 2015	Nominated	[12]
		Best New Artiste of the Year 2015	Nominated
2021	"Thomas Pompoyeyaw Rmx"	International Collaboration of the Year	Won	[13]

AFRIMMA Awards

Year	Recipient/nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2015	Pappy Kojo	Best newcomer	Nominated	[14]

MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards

Year	Recipient	Award	Ref.
2015	Pappy Kojo	Best Hip Hop Video	Nominated
2015	Pappy Kojo	Most Popular Video	Nominated
2015	Pappy Kojo	Best New Discovery Video	Nominated
2015	Pappy Kojo	Best Collaboration Video	Nominated
2017	Pappy Kojo	Best Photography	Won

Discography

Studio albums

• Logos II (2021)

Major singles

• Realer No featuring Joey B Produced by Slimbo^[15]
• Ay3late featuring Sarkodie Produced by Kuvie^[16]
• Green Means Go featuring RJZ Produced by ALTRA NOVA
• Awo'a Produced by Kuvie