Today, Wednesday, February 8, 2023, is exactly five years celebrated Afro-dancehall/Afrobeats female musician Ebony Reigns died.
The Ghanaian singer died in a fatal car accident that claimed the life of her friend, Franky Kuri and a military officer Atsu Vondee, who were all in a jeep with her while she was returning to Accra from Sunyani.
Ebony, nicknamed ‘9osBadGyal’ passed away just one week away from her 21st birthday.
The singer, who died in 2018 is best known for her monster hit songs Poison, Kupe, Mama Hw3, and Sponsor
She was signed to RuffTown Records, and dropped her debut album ‘Bonyfied’ a few months before her demise.
Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, known by her stage name Ebony Reigns still holds the record as the First-ever Ghanaian female artiste to have won the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
The Posthumous award was received by her management in 2018.
Some Ghanaians have taken to social media to eulogise Ebony Reigns five years on.
Today 5 years ago, Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng popularly known as Ebony Reigns met her untimely death.
Keep Resting . pic.twitter.com/Ok7OFFhFJk
— Clever Brain (@CleverBrain10) February 8, 2023
If like Ebony Reigns is still alive, by now she would be rocking shoulders with Tems, Ayra Starr etc!
Keep resting queen! pic.twitter.com/d2SuSa2kmt
— Real Fly (@__realfly) February 8, 2023
Keep resting in power Ebony Reigns#excitemedia #contentmaking #exciteentertainment_news pic.twitter.com/5wIUFPYqMr
— Excite Media (@excite_media) February 8, 2023
There’s no one like Ebony Reigns pic.twitter.com/PowYPUy0l6
— RIF RAF (@RiF_RAFgh) February 8, 2023