STONEBWOY BURNITON, born Livingstone Etse Satekla is a Ghanaian Afro pop, dancehall and reggae artiste who hails from the Volta Region. He was born on March 5, 1988 in Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, and places fourth (4th) in a family of seven (7) siblings.

As far back as grade four (4), young STONEBWOY realized his love and passion for creative arts, having successfully scripted and acted for the drama club of his school and also put words together in a rhythmic manner. Since then, the young chap has never stopped singing both songs that he has written and composed and those by artists he is influenced by.

Thereafter, things happened in quick succession and STONEBWOY soon started work with S24 studios in 2008. He later joined Samini (one of Ghana’s revered dancehall artist) and his High Grade Family and remained there until 2012, when he decided to to put into practice all he had seen and learnt when he formed his own record label called Burniton Music Group (BMG).

With his electrifying and energetic performances, he has attracted a large fan base across the world having staged performances in UK (Proud 2 & more), USA (Barclays Centre and national tour), Australia (Nationwide



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