Papa Kwame Amponsa, known by his stage name Mista Silva,[1] is a British-Ghanaian musician from Brockley, London with origins from West Africa Ghana. Mista Silva released his debut EP, Full Vim, in 2012. Its success led to a record single deal with Polydor universal in 2014.[2] He was the first unsigned UK Afrobeats artist to have his music playlisted by BBC 1Xtra,[3] with well received tracks "Boom Boom Tah" and "Now Wats Up" . He has had his music played by national radio stations such as Capital Xtra and Kiss FM.[4] As part of BBC 1Xtra's Destination Africa he performed on the BBC Live Lounge for Trevor Nelson[5] He has walked for Fashion label Ashish[6] and has been blogged about by fashion and culture publications I-D Magazine[7] Fader, Complex, Notion and Wonderland.[8] Mista Silva has also won a GUBA Award (Ghana UK Based Achievement), UMA (Urban Music Award), and three MOBO Award Nominations in the category of "Best African Act". When interviewed by popular online publication Noisey, BBC DJ Twin B, cited Mista Silva as one to watch for the future [9] The Guardian newspaper also listed Mista Silva as one of eight Afrobeats artists to listen to.[10]

Mista Silva
Background information
Birth namePapa Kwame Amponsa
BornLondon, England
OriginAccra, Ghana
GenresUK funky, Afrobeats, Afro house, dance, Hip hop, Hip House, Urban
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, rapper, model, fashionista
Years active2011–present

Discography

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EPs & LPs

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Title Month/Year
Full Vim June 2012
Let It Off April 2015
Let It Off 2 November 2015
Out Of The Darkest April 2018

Singles

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Title Year Album
"Bo won sem ma me" with Astar, Flava & Kwamz 2011 Non-album single
"Jump to the Party" ft Keche 2012 Full Vim
"Azonto Party" ft Stay Jay 2012 Full Vim
"No.1" - ft Skob & Cdon 2012 Full Vim
"Boom Boom Tah" ft Skob, Flava & Kwamz 2012 Full Vim
"Boom Boom Tah" 2012 Non-album single
"I Know You Like Am" 2013
"Now Wats Up"
"Dance Low, Kutu Sa" 2013
"Today Na Today" ft Ghetto Boy 2014
"Green Light" (featuring Syron) 2014
"B.A.D" 2015 Let It Off
"Goes Down" Let It Off
"Rotate" (with Klayz) Let It Off 2
"Cool it down" ft E.L 2015 Non-album single
"Goes Down Rmx" ft Doneao, Ekeno 2016 Non-album single
"Murda" 2016 Non-album single
"Lifestyle" 2016 Non-album single
"O.M.G" 2016 Non-album single
"Mafia"
(featuring Debrah Rose and HomeBros)
2016 Non-album single
"Feel My Wave" ft Mamy Dope 2017 Out of the darkest
"Strongbow" 2017 Out of the darkest
"Dont Give Up" 2018 Out of the darkest
"Oh Why" 2018 Non-album single
"Special Ting" Ft Jaij Hollands 2019 Non-album single
"Thinking" 2019 Non-album single
"Go Slow" 2019 Non-album single
"Blow" 2020 Non-album single
"Woso" 2020 Non-album single
"Dance With The Kings" 2020 Non-album single
"Koko" with KG 2021 Non-album single
"Amanfour" ft Novelist & Flow 'King' Stone 2021 Non-album single
"Wavy Level" ft E.L 2021 Non-album single
"Spirit" 2021 Non-album single
"Shea Jiggy" 2021 Non-album single
"Come Le Le" 2022 Non-album single
"REAP" Ft M.anifest 2022 Non-album single

Features

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Titile Year Artist
"Sweet Coco" 2013 Afro B
"Friday" 2013 Gizmo
"Fire" 2014 Donaeo
"Wa Di Mi Sika" 2014 Vibe Squad
"PMVD" 2015 Giaka
"Stream It" 2015 Sway
"Go Mad" 2015 Kwamz & Flava
"Arise Mama Africa" 2015 Guba
"Ogade" 2015 Showa Shins x Star Boy Willz
"They Know" 2016 P.Montana, Kojo Funds
"Kotisia Rmx" 2016 LDNC
"Goes Off" 2016 KSI
"Monsa" 2016 Aim
"Ijo" 2016 Luci Monet
"Power Rangers" 2016 A-star
"Thing For You" 2017 J-Hus
"Pattern Up" 2017 Mike Skinner
"Fear Nobody" 2017 Mitch STP
"Dont Do Dat" 2017 Pester
"Sunlight" 2017 L-vis
"oh lala" 2018 Mr Carlton & Andyman
"Winning Team" 2018 Roska
"Ma Lo" 2019 Kani & Brandz
"The System" 2021 Alvin Royce
"Are You Dumb" 2022 King Zion
"Crash Riddim" 2022 Scracthklart
"Nostalgia" 2022 Polo & Ramzee
"Radar" 2023 Valentine

References

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  1. ^ "Mista Silva - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Mista Silva - Green Light ft. Syron", Polydor.
  3. ^ "Mista Silva’s Now What’s Up gets added to Choice FM and 1Xtra’s A list" Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, AfroBeatBuzz.
  4. ^ ""#NowPlaying: Mista Silva feat Syron - Green Light. #KISSFresh"". Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Mista Silva Destination Africa Live Lounge" Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, BBC Radio 1Xtra.
  6. ^ Shekina, "Mista Silva swaps the stage for LFW’s catwalk" Archived 15 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 16 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Mista Silva: Music To... Pool Party To" Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SoundCloud.
  8. ^ "Platlist: Mista Silva's Top 5 Afrobeats Tracks" Archived 27 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Wonderland Magazine, 6 June 2014.
  9. ^ Sam Wolfson, "I was on the 1Xtra panel that Wiley said made the saddest list of all time" Archived 19 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Noisey.
  10. ^ Christian Adofo, "Eight Afrobeats artists to listen to" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 23 June 2012.
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