Award-winning Ghanaian songstress, Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda, also known as Mzvee has debunked claims of growing up in a rich and wealthy home.
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Speaking with Stacy Amoateng on the Restoration show, Mzvee said that she grew up with her parents and other five siblings in one room for six years of her life before her life finally took another turn.
She narrated that sometimes, her family had to go to bed on empty stomachs due to their financial struggles and leave the only food for her since she was the last child.
I don’t know why people think I’m some dadabee child from some really rich home, eating with Queen Elizabeth and traveling all over the world. People do not know that life started really poor for my family. Six of us, including my parents sleeping in one room for six years of my life and God worked for us until this point. At a point we were able to get a bunk bed for my siblings and I. two people on each and my parents slept on the floor.
Touching on how life changed for her parents, Mzvee said that her mother who was a very good cook used to sell a pot of rice, and eventually, she was able to establish her very own chop bars and restaurants.
Her dad also had the chance to travel outside Ghana and began selling spare parts and now, he owns about 21 shops of spare parts at Abbosey Okai.
My mom used to sell a pot of rice where we were squatting and because she is a really good cook, people patronized her food very well. Her business grew and God being so good she was able to establish two chop bars and a restaurant. My dad also had an opportunity to travel and started bringing home spare parts to Ghana. He ended up having 21 spare parts shops in Abossey Okai. The progress took time but it was consistent, she said.
Watch the interview below: