Mohammed Ismail Sharrif popularly known as Black Sherif renowned for his deep lyrics soothing vocal performance is a Ghanaian Highlife, Afro Beat and Hip Hop artiste. Black Sherif's music contains elements of the original Ghanaian Highlife, Afrobeat, Hiphop, Dancehall and Trap. His strong vocal abilities and great lyrics outdoor him into the music scene and he gradually became very influential among the youth and his peers. Poised as the new breakout star from the thriving Ghanaian underground scene, the 20-year-olds' energy burst through the speakers commanding the attention of anyone listening.
Early Beginnings Black Sherif burst onto the Ghanaian music scene in the early months of 2020 as a promising young singer who impressed his listeners with his deep song lyrics. Black Sherif, released hit singles such as Money and Destiny in 2020 and worked hard to reach a lot of Ghanaians and young people by touring villages in Ghana and also youth gatherings in Accra and Kumasi. A game-changing year (2021) for the charismatic artist began with the First and Second installments in his 'Sermon' freestyle series, the latter gaining over 2 million views in less than 2 weeks and then going on to be remixed with global giant, Burna Boy.
He went on to release his global charting single, Kwaku The Traveler which became the number 1 Shazam song in the world— covered Apple's prestigious Rap life playlist and Charted number 1 on several playlists across the digital stream platforms such Apple, Spotify, Deezer, Audiomack garnering over 75million streams in a month. The song became an instant hit on Tiktok with 95.1 million views.