asante is a Ghanaian-American afrobeat R&B singer/producer residing in Detroit, MI. He is a co-founder of the indie label Video7 & began his artistic exploration singing in phrases that appeared to contain and conceal words. In an effort to deduce meaning from asante’s lyrics, listeners assigned an individualistic connection to the music. He also uses this as a method of songwriting, which is exemplifed on his 2016 release “The Ladyfriends Collection”. His most popular song, “I Know, Imani”, started as a voice memo of him playing the piano and singing that he sent to his friends Dpat and atu to work with. As a producer, asante has worked with Sonder, River Tiber, Kaytranada, Sango, and more.

After a handful of single releases in 2017, asante is gearing up to release his first afrobeat r&b EP, sleek boy, in August of 2018.