StoneBwoy - Come Over ft. Mzvee

What this video is

Released on 16 February 2015 — two days after Valentine's Day — 'Come Over' represents a strategic intersection of Ghana's dancehall scene and the Afrobeats mainstream. The collaboration between Burnington Music Group and Lynx Entertainment united two of Ghana's most commercially potent acts of the period: Stonebwoy, fresh off his award-winning 'Necessary Evil' (2014), and MzVee, one of Ghana's leading female…

Why it matters

A landmark example of mid-2010s Ghanaian Afro-Dancehall crossover, 'Come Over' demonstrates how Ghanaian artists synthesized Jamaican dancehall rhythms with Afrobeats sensibilities and local linguistic codes to produce pan-African pop. The male-female duet format with complementary tonal contrast…

The director

Born 13 June 1980, Nana Kofi Asihene is a Ghanaian music video director, creative consultant, film producer and filmmaker with over 20 years of experience across film, fashion, design, advertising, photography, and brand strategy. He has directed more than…