{"id":67512,"date":"2023-05-16T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/16\/how-yakoto-bagged-a-collaboration-with-donda-producer-nabeyin\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:20:59","slug":"how-yakoto-bagged-a-collaboration-with-donda-producer-nabeyin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/16\/how-yakoto-bagged-a-collaboration-with-donda-producer-nabeyin\/","title":{"rendered":"How Y&#8217;akoto bagged a collaboration with &#8216;Donda&#8217; producer Nabeyin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yakoto-5-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>On April 26, Ghanaian singer Y\u2019akoto released her sultry new single \u2018Secret\u2019<strong>,<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>heralding a new dawn for her musical guise.<\/p>\n<p>The single, her first project of the year, featured Ghanaian Drill\/Afro-Beat star Jay Bahd (<em>Asakaa Boys).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The stunning new cut was recorded as part of a host of very productive recording sessions in Los Angeles with Grammy-nominated producer<strong> <\/strong>Nabeyin<strong>, <\/strong>who has previously worked with<strong> <\/strong>Kanye West, Drake, Nas, and Miguel<strong> <\/strong>among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018<\/strong>Secret\u2019 was also mixed and mastered by multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated engineer<strong> <\/strong>IRKO<strong>, <\/strong>whose credits include Kanye West, Jay Z, The Weeknd, Sia, and Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>Y\u2019akoto and producer Nabeyin share an extraordinary story of musical destiny. Narrating how she crossed paths with the producer, she explained he first heard her sound on an Apple  playlist highlighting Ghanaian female artists. Impressed with what he heard, he reached out on Instagram, to which she responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a similar vibe. We were both into music, and I remember him telling me, I don\u2019t care how many followers any artist has; as long as they\u2019re talented, I want to work with them.\u201d She spoke about the producer. Y\u2019akoto further revealed the producer\u2019s intention to work with more Ghanaian artists, as he is of Ghanaian heritage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expounding further into her recording in LA, the \u201cSecret\u201d singer explained Nabeyin had plans to link up with her once he arrived in Ghana. However, she wanted to be able to spend more time working with the producers and flew to Los Angeles instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted full studio time because I like to get locked in with a certain producer and I like to work from morning to evening. I don\u2019t like when my sessions are interrupted,\u201d she said. Hence, she made the sacrifice and recorded a plethora of songs with the producer, which was equally mixed and mastered in LA.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cSecret\u201d on your preferred streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 26, Ghanaian singer Y\u2019akoto released her sultry new single \u2018Secret\u2019, heralding a new dawn for her musical guise. The single, her first project of the year, featured Ghanaian Drill\/Afro-Beat star Jay Bahd (Asakaa Boys).\u00a0 \u00a0The stunning new cut was recorded as part of a host of very productive recording sessions in Los Angeles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Y&#039;akoto bagged a collaboration with &#039;Donda&#039; producer Nabeyin - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/16\/how-yakoto-bagged-a-collaboration-with-donda-producer-nabeyin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Y&#039;akoto bagged a collaboration with &#039;Donda&#039; producer Nabeyin - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On April 26, Ghanaian singer Y\u2019akoto released her sultry new single \u2018Secret\u2019, heralding a new dawn for her musical guise. 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