Why Muzic Mensah walked away from gospel and embraced highlife
Muzic Mensah began his professional music career in 2004 as a gospel artiste, spending the next decade recording and performing music centred on Christian themes and worship.
Ghanaian artist Lawrence Mensah, known professionally as Muzic Mensah, has undergone a significant transformation in his musical career, moving from the realm of gospel music to highlife and afro-pop. The shift began around 2014 when Mensah left the gospel music scene, citing challenges within the industry's structure, such as insufficient financial backing and promotional support.
After a period of absence from the public eye, Mensah returned to music in 2021 under his new name, Muzic Mensah, and shifted his focus to contemporary highlife and afrobeats, signing with Triple M Records.
His subsequent releases, "Obi Besú" (2023), "Lady in Red" (2024), and "All Correct" (2026), blend traditional highlife guitar arrangements with modern afro-pop production. The transition to this new genre has allowed Mensah to explore themes that were previously absent in his earlier gospel work, such as resilience, confidence, relationships, and personal growth.
Despite dividing his time between Ghana and the United States, Mensah remains committed to his new musical identity, developing a diverse catalog that appeals to audiences both in Ghana and the diaspora. His journey from gospel music in the mid-2000s to his present-day highlife and afrobeats career exemplifies the artist's commitment to reinvention and the pursuit of creative expression across genres and audiences.
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