Daddy Lumba was born on the 29th of September 1964. Daddy Lumba is a Ghanaian musician. Lumba was born Charles Kwadwo Fosu in a village called Nsuta Amangoase in the Sekyere Central District, near Mampong in the Ashanti Region. He is widely regarded as the greatest Ghanaian musician of all time.
Lumba has been married twice – once to Maame Akosua Serwaa, with whom he had four children, and currently to Maame Broni, with whom he has three children.
Owoahene kwadwo Fosu and Comfort Gyamfi were the parents of Lumba, both of them were teachers. Kwadwo Fosu died when Lumba was only a child and his mother died in 2001 at kumasi. Daddy Lumba dedicated most of his songs to her, including "Anidaso? W?h? Ma Obiara", "Ohia As?m", "?mmere Pa B?ba", "Agya Bi Wua Agya Bi Tease".
Daddy Lumba started his music career at the age of 16. He was the leader of Juaben Senior High School choir from 1983 to 1984 academic year where Christabel was the music teacher and he completed in 1985.
After school, with the help of his girlfriend Theresa, Lumba travelled to Germany to seek greener pastures.
In Germany, he met Ernest Nana Acheampong. Nana had already formed a group called talking dreams with a white man. The only thing Lumba knew at the time was gospel music, and he has credited Nana Acheampong for introducing him to highlife music.
The pair planned releasing an album in 1986 but due to financial constrains, the album was released in 1989 with the help of Lumba's wife, Akosua Serwaa, who produced the album. The title of the album is Y??y? Aka Akwantuo Mu.
Daddy Lumba, in all, has released 33 albums. The albums include critically acclaimed ones such as Aben W?ha, Awosu?, Obi Ate Me So Bu?, Sika As?m and Ebi Se ?y? Aduro.
He is currently gearing up for his 34th album, titled Nnipa Fon Na ?ka Ns?m Fon.
He introduced a future love song master, Ofori Amponsah, through his blockbuster hit album Woho Kyere (1999). Daddy Lumba's pairing in 1999 with the rising star produced five hits and shot Ofori Amponsah into the limelight. Altogether he has sprung the careers of 13 different Ghanaian musicians.
In 1999, he won three awards including Best Album, Artist of the Year and the Most popular Song of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards. Before the year 2002, Daddy Lumba came out every year with a hit album.
Most of his songs were backed by female singer Yvonne Ohene Djan, professionally.
In 2002, he won the Artist of the Year, Best Album of the Year, Most Popular Song of the Year. And in 2003, he won Contemporary Highlife Artist, Contemporary Highlife Song, Contemporary Highlife Album also known as SHE.
In 2018, he was acknowledged with an "Icon/Legend of Entertainment" award at the Exclusive Men of the Year Africa Awards(EMY Awards)
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