AY Poyoo to release Rejected Stone album on April 24

Ghanaian singer, Yeboah Emmanuel, better known as AY Poyoo, has revealed the struggles he endured few years ago before gaining popularity as an Afrobeat artiste. AY Poyoo, who is on the Tree Money Yard (TMY) Empire Records, signed with the music label in 2023, for recording,  production, distribution and promotion of his music after he […]

Ghanaian singer, Yeboah Emmanuel, better known as AY Poyoo, has revealed the struggles he endured few years ago before gaining popularity as an Afrobeat artiste.

AY Poyoo, who is on the Tree Money Yard (TMY) Empire Records, signed with the music label in 2023, for recording,  production, distribution and promotion of his music after he came to Nigeria from Ghana to chase his career. Though he has released several singles since then, his eagerly awaited album, ‘The Rejected Stone’, drops on April 24, 2024.

The story leading to the concept of the album has correlation with the avalanche of life’s challenges AY Poyoo has been confronted with in one lifetime. Born June 5, 2000, in his village, Nkawkaw Amanfrom in the eastern, he grew in a family bereft of any financial capability to cater to their basic needs. He and his younger brother, Simon, were left to fend for themselves on the street.

AY Poyoo recorded his first official song,  “I’m a goat” (Aponkye), done in his native dialect, Twi, in 2020. The track attracted more than 2.3 million views on YouTube alone. Afterwards, however, he was used by those who managed him back in his country and dumped after being milked.

“This is where I started this face of GH rap thing and Akwasi Tymer was the brain behind the whole thing (manager). I had the talent but he was the one directing me. (early 2020 to late 2021 )After we released my first official song “I’m a goat”. It was a big song all over the world but because there was Covid 19 I did not have enough shows and events to play. All that we depended on was the revenue and it got to sometimes bill was too much so I approached Tymer that the way things were going we needed to get investors else my career would die.

“My man wasn’t happy then but he as me to do whatever I wanted to do. This is where I had the chance to talk to Aborga ( My former Label boss), ” he narrated. Aborga was Tymer’s friend on Facebook, so after a couple of covers Tymer asked Aborga to play Mad Beat for me. That is where Aborga comes in. In a way, he became part of the team because he was ready to do anything to support the movement. After I told Tymer that we need investors he asked me who is Aborga in the team so I decided to talk to Aborga. After talking to him, he let me know he has been talking to Tymer about rebranding and staff about my career but he is not minding him so he decided to stop working with him,” he recalled.