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Ghostpoet

London, United Kingdom • b. 1983-01-18

Ghostpoet is credited on 12 releases across 14 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2010–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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12

Pressings credited

14

Albums

2

Decades active

65

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Biography

Ghostpoet (born Obaro Ejimiwe; 18 January 1983) is a British vocalist, songwriter and musician. He released five critically acclaimed albums with two being nominated for the Mercury Prize. Based in Berlin, he has expanded his work to include fine art since 2021. Ejimiwe was born in South London to a Nigerian father and a Dominican mother. At the age of 18, he enrolled at Coventry University and joined a grime/MC collective there. After moving back to London, he received two Mercury Prize nominations, for Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (2011) and for Shedding Skin (2015). Other critically acclaimed albums are Some Say I So I Say Light (2013), Dark Days + Canapés (2017), and I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep (2020). Since 2021, Ejimiwe has expanded his artistic practice into sound art, sculpture, installation, photography and video. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

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12 releases · 14 albums · active 2010–2023

  • Performance · 10
  • Other credits · 3

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